Kenneth Hyde

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Let’s go Bexar County—Flip San Antonio RED!

Let’s go Bexar County—Flip San Antonio RED!

One House member cannot stop the president. Funding votes, lawsuits, and oversight still require majorities, the Senate, and the courts. A single freshman changes none of that. Demanding someone “tell Trump to back down” is campaign theater. Federal decisions on the wall stay federal. Texas can pursue its own border measures through the governor and Legislature, but Padilla is running for a federal House seat, not a state office—she would have no authority over those actions either. Election to Congress does not give her control over executive policy or state border security.

All that is needed to ensure this doesn’t happen is 51 Republican senators in 2029. That’s why Senate control matters this cycle. Permanent structural changes are hard to reverse.

One drop. Hands steady. Voice back. Texas patients can get limited medical cannabis, but Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) still costs $90-100 per gram and home processing is banned. Texans should be able to process their own medicine at a fraction of the cost. Cultivate Texas Act: adult-use for 21+, home grow, Texas farmers first, revenue locked to cut property taxes and fund schools. youtu.be/zNT8Zo_sfwo?is=ylhL… Not medical advice. #CultivateTexas #TexasFirst #LegalizeTexas

Let’s finish strong San Antonio! FLIP SA RED!

Just voted in Bexar County using my pre-marked sample ballot so I could get in and out fast. Marked Republican across the board—Abbott for Governor, Paxton for Senate, Patrick, Middleton, and the judicial races that were available. Even when some local seats like SD 26 have no GOP option, showing up keeps Texas values of limited government and secure communities in play. Every down-ballot vote counts.

Dear Fellow San Antonians and Texans, San Antonio, like every major city in Texas, is currently governed by Democratic majorities. That is not an accident. It is the result of years of low Republican turnout in local elections, a shortage of conservative candidates willing to run for down-ballot offices, and a political machine that treats city government as a tool for expanding programs rather than protecting the people who pay for them. Look at the current ballot in Bexar County. There is no Republican candidate for State Senate District 26. There are no Republican judicial candidates in the 45th, 144th, 150th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, 290th, 436th, or 437th District Courts. There are no Republican candidates for County Courts at Law 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, or 15, nor for Probate Courts 1 or 2. When conservative Texans stay home or decline to run, these seats are filled by default. The result is a local government that does not reflect the values of the majority of Texans who believe in limited government, secure borders, parental rights, and fiscal responsibility. The consequences are visible. Property taxes continue to rise because appraisal practices and local spending decisions are shaped by people who prioritize expanding government over protecting homeowners. Public schools and institutions increasingly push ideologies on children—including gender medical interventions—while some officials have treated parents who object as potential subjects of investigation rather than the primary authority in their children’s lives. At the same time, policies that make it easier for people to remain on government assistance for long periods, rather than as temporary help for families in genuine hardship, are defended as compassion. These programs were never intended to become a permanent political constituency. Mass immigration, legal and illegal, has changed the political landscape of our cities. When local leaders welcome large numbers of newcomers who have little connection to Texas history, culture, or self-reliance, and who are then steered toward parties that promise more government benefits, the character of those cities shifts. This is not abstract. It shows up in voting patterns, in budget priorities, and in the steady erosion of the expectation that people come here to work and assimilate rather than to be supported indefinitely. Texas has remained a bastion of conservative governance longer than most states because rural and suburban voters have outweighed the major cities. That advantage is not guaranteed. If our largest cities continue to be run by officials who favor higher taxes, expanded entitlements, open-ended social experiments, and weaker enforcement of laws, the state will eventually tip. When Texas goes, the rest of the country loses its largest remaining counterweight to the progressive model that has already transformed California, New York, and Illinois. We do not have to accept this. Conservative Texans in San Antonio and across Bexar County can change it by running for office, supporting candidates who share our values, and showing up in every election—not just the presidential ones. Local offices matter. They control appraisals, courts, schools, and the day-to-day decisions that affect your property, your children, and your taxes. The choice is straightforward: either we fill these seats with people who will defend Texas values of self-reliance, secure communities, parental authority, and limited government, or we continue to watch them filled by those who do not. Texas was built by people who expected to work, raise families, and live free of excessive government interference. That is still worth fighting for. Sincerely, Kenneth Hyde

SCOTUS is finally looking at a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on distilling liquor at home. This is exactly the kind of federal overreach that keeps power locked in the hands of a few giant corporations while regular Texans get told “no.” Big Alcohol has spent decades writing the rules, protecting their monopoly, and now they’re doing the same thing to cannabis—lobbying to keep home grow and real competition out so a handful of connected companies control the market. Same story in gas, beef processing, and everything else. A few players dominate, Texans pay more, and outsiders or global interests cash in. My platform is the opposite: smaller government footprint, Texas-first, anti-monopoly. Let Texans produce, farm, and compete. Home distilling, home cannabis grow under the Cultivate Texas Act, Texas farmers and veterans first—not crony cartels or out-of-state giants. Every market should have room for everyday Texans, not just the handful of companies that bought the regulations. If Texas falls to the same monopoly and foreign influence game the rest of the country plays, America falls with it. I’m running to take Texas back and put it in the hands of Texans again. I support term limits. If I can’t deliver smaller government, real tax relief, and break these monopolies, I’m out. No clinging to power. No career politician games. Trust a candidate who actually means it. News: scotusblog.com/2026/10/supre…

Talarico can promise federal legalization all he wants. A U.S. Senator does not write Texas law. Cannabis possession, sale, and regulation in this state are set by the Texas Legislature and signed by the Governor. Moving to Washington does not give him that pen — it takes him farther from it. I already wrote the bill. Cultivate Texas Act: adult-use for 21+, regulated like alcohol, Texas farmers and veterans first, home grow, revenue locked to cut property taxes 50% and fully fund schools. No California model. No crony medical monopoly. That was on the gubernatorial ballot. The Senate race does not pass it. Texas cannabis policy gets fixed in Austin, not D.C.

San Antonio just sued DHS and ICE to delay conversion of an East Side warehouse into a federal immigration processing facility that could hold up to 1,500 people a day. The majority of the council backed the legal action; Misty Spears and Marc Whyte voted against the related impact studies and steps, calling them political theater that wastes taxpayer money while the city manages its own budget pressures. Local governments have limited leverage over federal facilities. Major Texas cities have grown more Democratic as high levels of immigration—legal and illegal—have increased their Hispanic, Asian (including large H-1B Indian populations in tech hubs), and other immigrant shares. Those changes drive higher demand on housing, schools, hospitals, and social services that cities fund with local tax dollars. Progressive majorities in places like San Antonio have responded by opposing federal enforcement, expanding services, and advancing policies aligned with those growing populations and the liberal voters who turn out in local races. The council includes multiple DSA-aligned members, including District 2’s Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (a self-described socialist and DSA member who has been vocal against the ICE facility). Texas Hispanic voters shifted right in 2024 on the economy and border, including major flips in South Texas counties. Cities that continue prioritizing expanded assistance and resistance to enforcement are choosing different priorities from much of the rest of the state.

Ronald Reagan said it in 1964, sixteen years before he ever took the oath: “If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.” Look at what happened after. California was his state. It is blue now. High taxes. Open borders. Businesses leaving. New York went the same way. One by one, the places people used to run to handed the keys to the crowd that thinks a far-off capital can run your life better than you can. That leaves Texas. Texas is the last stand. A fact. If Texas falls, America falls. No other state has the size, the energy, the border, and the backbone to hold the line. Lose this one and there is no place left to escape to. Reagan warned us. California already proved him right. Texas does not get a second chance. Texas first. America depends on it.

Vote @VoteRick125! Rick posted a sign on my family’s Adopt-A-Spot.

Last night at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio — @POTUS back in the city for the first time since 2019, rallying for @KenPaxtonTX and @CarlosForTexas . Red hats, flags, and a loud crowd on the East Side. Great night to be there.