John Sims
John Sims
TX-33 Republican nominee?
$11.5K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFirefighter/EMT (Captain)
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationTexas
BackgroundFirefighter/EMT (Captain)
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EducationDallas College (attended; began 2010)
Notable personal detailsJohn David Sims Sr. is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Texas’s 33rd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has also run for Dallas City Council District 3. Public profiles describe him as having a background in public safety and community involvement, including work as a firefighter/EMT and service in local volunteer roles.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports reducing regulatory barriers and fees that act as a burden on workers and businesses, seeks to repeal ethanol subsidies and mandates, and proposes limits on refundable benefits for certain immigration-related work permits; emphasizes lowering costs and expanding workforce mobility rather than higher taxes or wealth redistribution.
Healthcare
The candidate emphasizes reforming and expanding veterans' healthcare through a proposed VETS Act that would shorten VA wait times, add community clinics, and increase fraud recovery. His campaign materials also propose capping family healthcare costs (reported as $12,000 annually) and prioritize veterans' mental health and specialized care. The campaign does not present a clear position on broader national health-system changes such as Medicare for All, a public option, or full repeal of the ACA.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a conditional earned-regularization plan (the Earned American Roots Act) that grants multi-year work permits and a path to citizenship for long-term residents who meet work, criminal-background, payment, and civics-test requirements, while imposing fines, benefit limits, deportation for crimes, and stricter rules (sponsors, waiting periods, limited benefits, and expedited removal) for more recent arrivals.
Climate & Energy
Opposes the federal corn-ethanol mandate and subsidies, proposing repeal by 2027 and promoting market-driven ‘clean fuels’ as alternatives; frames policy around lower food costs, cleaner local air, and economic transition rather than aggressive emissions mandates or phasing out fossil fuels.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports expansive Second Amendment protections including federal preemption of state and local gun laws, national concealed-carry reciprocity, repealing or blocking bans on commonly possessed semi-automatic rifles and magazine limits, and limiting or prohibiting red-flag orders. The campaign proposes cuts to federal law-enforcement and highway funds for jurisdictions that enforce laws deemed to violate the Second Amendment and removes qualified immunity for officials enforcing such laws. The platform also calls for ‘carry anywhere’ and other measures that oppose new firearm-regs
News
John Sims is running in a four-candidate Republican primary for Texas’s 33rd Congressional District, alongside Patrick David Gillespie, Monte “Doc” Mitchell, and Kurt Schwab. The district is described as a Democratic stronghold and is set to hold its first election under new boundaries drawn in 2025. Reporting notes that if no candidate wins a majority, the race would go to a runoff.
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