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Ted Brown is a retired insurance adjuster from the Austin area and longtime Libertarian Party activist³⁴. He was the party's 2024 U.S. Senate nominee and won the 2026 nomination at the Libertarian state convention³².

Where they stand

• Income taxes: Cut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporations Said · medium confidence
  • Said he wants to repeal the federal income tax, abolish the IRS and never vote to raise taxes. (2024) source
• National debt: Cut spending sharply, including popular programs, to balance the budget Said · medium confidence
  • Said stopping deficit spending requires massive cuts in every federal program and department. (2024) source
• Healthcare: Mostly private market; roll back the government's role Said · medium confidence
  • Called for a separation of health care and state, including repeal of Medicare, Medicaid and health care regulations. (2024) source
• Business regulation: Cut regulations broadly and let the market sort it out Said · medium confidence
  • Said he believes in a free market where people trade without government regulations and controls. (2024) source
• Guns: Remove most restrictions; bearing arms is a right Said · medium confidence
  • Said he will work to repeal existing gun control laws and opposes red-flag laws. (2024) source
• Immigration: Much more open immigration with less enforcement Said · medium confidence
  • Called for an Ellis Island-style system, no more border wall, ending deportations except for violent criminals, and immediate citizenship for Dreamers. (2024) source
• E-Verify mandate: No, and scale back worksite raids in favor of legal work visas Said · medium confidence
  • Listed E-Verify requirements to find work as an infringement on Americans' liberty and privacy. (2024) source
• Trade and tariffs: Free trade with minimal tariffs across the board Said · medium confidence
  • Said he believes in free trade, that tariffs are taxes on consumers, and that the Trump trade wars must end. (2024) source
• Foreign policy: Pull back from foreign conflicts and aid (often called America First) Said · medium confidence
  • Supports non-intervention, bringing all troops home, leaving alliances like NATO and ending all foreign aid. (2024) source
  • Described his approach as including a non-interventionist foreign policy. (2026-06-02) source
• Aid to Israel: End it Said · medium confidence
  • Said he will work to end all foreign aid payments, military and humanitarian. (2024) source
• Aid to Ukraine: Stop sending aid and stay out of it Said · medium confidence
  • Said he will work to end all foreign aid payments and warned against sleepwalking into war with Russia or China. (2024) source
• Marijuana: Legalize it and clear past convictions Said · medium confidence
  • Called for removing marijuana from the controlled substances list, repealing marijuana laws, and releasing and expunging records of nonviolent drug offenders. (2024) source
• Death penalty: Abolish it and use life without parole instead Said · medium confidence
  • Said premeditated murderers should face life in prison without possibility of parole rather than execution, citing the risk of executing innocent people. (2024) source
• Mandatory minimums: Repeal them and let judges set each sentence Said · medium confidence
  • Said he opposes mandatory minimum sentences and supports letting jurors set sentences. (2024) source
• Qualified immunity: No, end it for police so officers or departments can be sued for rights violations Said · medium confidence
  • Called for ending qualified immunity for police officers and other officials who violate people's rights. (2024) source
• Term limits: Position does not fit our answer choices; see evidence. Questionnaire answer · medium confidence
  • Said he believes in limiting senators to two six-year terms. (2024) source
• Abortion: Legal in all cases, left to the woman and her doctor Questionnaire answer · low confidence
  • In a 2022 state House race survey, said government should not interfere with doctors and patients deciding on medical care, including termination of pregnancy. (2022) source

No public position found on: Social Security, Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Energy and climate, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Redistricting, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.

Record

• Retired independent insurance adjuster; former chair of the Libertarian Party of California and current vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Travis County³⁴.
• Libertarian candidate for Texas House District 50 in 2022; James Talarico won that race².
• Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in 2024, receiving more than 267,000 votes³.
• Won the Libertarian nomination at the April 11, 2026 state convention, 83 votes to 39².
• Certified as the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot¹.