Patrick Gillepsie
TX-33 Republican nominee?
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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 for the U.S. House in Texas’s 33rd Congressional District. He has been a repeat GOP nominee/candidate in TX-33 across multiple cycles, and has been characterized as running low-budget, self-funded campaigns while declining to accept political donations. His campaign messaging emphasizes constitutional conservatism, border security, limited government, and Second Amendment rights.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports limited government and free-market policies, emphasizes stopping unnecessary federal spending, balancing the budget, and using any surplus to pay down national debt. Opposes government interference and subsidies in the economy and promotes job training and economic opportunity.
Healthcare
Supports limiting government's role in society and endorses free-market principles for services; emphasizes improving mental-health focus as a public-safety measure. Policy language on the campaign site indicates preference for limited government involvement rather than expanded federal programs.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate emphasizes strict border enforcement, calls unauthorized crossings an "invasion," urges closing the southern border, and says immigrants must be vetted; his materials prioritize preventing illegal entry and stronger removal/expulsion measures.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate describes the sanctity of human life and says human life should be protected from conception (fertilization) to natural death, indicating opposition to abortion. Platform language expresses support for protecting life beginning at conception.
Climate & Energy
Opposes U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Accord, calls for withdrawing from the agreement and demanding U.S. funds be returned, and recommends shifting U.S. electricity generation from coal to natural gas rather than pursuing international emissions commitments.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports the Second Amendment and will not seek to abolish it; emphasizes mental-health interventions and enforcement of existing laws to curb gun violence. Expresses skepticism about red flag laws as a deterrent but says laws on the books should be enforced and calls for tougher sentences for gang members. Prioritizes law-and-order approaches rather than new broad gun bans.
News
Patrick Gillespie is in the news because he is running in the Republican race for Texas’s 33rd Congressional District. Recent coverage says he is one of four candidates in the primary and that he previously defeated Kurt Schwab. An editorial on the runoff recommends John Sims over Gillespie, and notes that Democrats are likely favored to win the district in the general election.
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