Issue compare

As attorney general and Senate candidate, emphasizes hardline border enforcement; endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council and frames immigration crackdowns as a core priority.

Supports hiring more Border Patrol agents and immigration judges, modernized surveillance, focusing ICE on criminals/traffickers, pathways for long-term residents and DREAMers, and opposing a wall through Big Bend National Park.

Has enforced Texas abortion restrictions as AG, sued out-of-state providers sending abortion medication into Texas, and campaigns on defending the unborn; analysts say a Senate win would amplify federal anti-abortion efforts.

Pledges federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and protect contraception and IVF access; criticizes Texas’s abortion ban.

Aligned with Republican critiques of so-called woke classroom policies; less detailed federal education platform than border/tax agenda in public Senate materials.

Former teacher who opposes private-school vouchers, supports universal Pre-K, teacher training/pay supports, school meals and counselors, and federal special-education oversight.

Released an economic agenda with large new tax deductions, doubling the child tax credit, and permanently repealing the federal gas tax; emphasizes cutting spending and regulations.

Calls for repealing Trump-era tariffs he says raise grocery and consumer prices, and campaigns on lowering housing, grocery, and everyday costs for working families.

Led multi-state litigation seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act as AG; Senate campaign aligns with MAHA themes targeting pharmaceutical and food industry practices.

Campaigns on expanding access to quality, affordable health care so Texans are not bankrupted by illness.

Supports expanded domestic energy production and deregulation; backs permanently repealing the federal gas tax and data-center rules that shift infrastructure costs while restricting Chinese tech in U.S. data centers.

Argues Texas should lead in clean energy jobs while also campaigning on lower consumer energy costs; opposes Big Bend wall construction that he says harms parks and local economies.

Supports expansive gun rights and opposes new federal firearm restrictions, consistent with his conservative legal and campaign record.

Supports public-safety reforms while campaign materials emphasize community safety and justice reform; less of a single signature federal gun bill than on abortion/education—summarized cautiously from campaign themes.

Generally defers to President Trump on major foreign and domestic fights; as AG pursued high-profile partisan litigation. Did not answer the Texas Tribune Senate questionnaire.

Campaigns against billionaire mega-donors and dark money, for transparent government, and for war-powers oversight reasserting Senate checks on the executive.