Patrick Gillepsie
TX-33 Republican nominee?
$11.5K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCandidate
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationTexas
Notable personal detailsPatrick David Gillespie is a Republican candidate who has run for U.S. House in Texas’s 33rd Congressional District. He has described running low-budget, self-funded campaigns and declining to accept political donations. He maintains a campaign website under the name “Patrick Gillespie 4 Congress 33.”
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports reducing federal spending, balancing the budget, and paying down the national debt; emphasizes fiscal restraint as a priority. No specific tax-rate proposals or explicit calls for tax increases were found on the candidate’s campaign site.
Healthcare
The candidate emphasizes improving mental health services and enforcement of existing laws related to public safety; the campaign site does not present a comprehensive federal healthcare plan or clear positions on Medicare/Medicaid, ACA, or market-based reforms. Public materials link healthcare primarily to mental-health responses for gun violence rather than broader coverage or system-change proposals.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stricter enforcement of existing immigration laws, tighter vetting of immigrants, and preventing large numbers of people from crossing the border illegally; advocates addressing the situation through actions on the Mexico side of the border and enforcement of laws already on the books.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate opposes taxpayer-funded abortion services, supports limiting federal involvement in abortion policy, and endorses state-level measures to restrict or prohibit abortion. He indicates that state legislators should act to protect unborn children.
Climate & Energy
Opposes the Paris Climate Accords and calls for the United States to withdraw and demand funds returned; supports shifting U.S. electricity generation from coal to natural gas rather than committing to international emissions agreements. Emphasizes prioritizing domestic energy approaches and criticizes major emitting developing countries' exemptions under international accords.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports protecting the Second Amendment while emphasizing mental-health interventions and enforcement of existing laws to curb gun violence. Expresses skepticism that red‑flag laws and expanded background checks are effective deterrents and says existing red‑flag laws should be enforced rather than expanded. Calls for tougher penalties for gang violence rather than new major firearm restrictions.
News
Patrick David Gillespie is in the news as one of four Republicans running in the primary for Texas’s 33rd Congressional District. Recent coverage notes the district will have its first election under new boundaries set in 2025 and is described as a Democratic stronghold. Reports also say Gillespie, a customs broker, previously defeated fellow candidate Kurt Schwab in the 2024 primary, with a runoff possible if no one clears 50%.
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