Issues

Mark Dorazio is a border security champion. In 2023, he delivered $5.1 billion in border security funding for Operation Lonestar – helping to fill in the massive gap left by the Biden Administration’s refusal to do its job. By 2024, Operation Lonestar had reduced illegal crossings into Texas by 87%.

The Trump Administration has made border security a priority, and in 2025, illegal border crossings are at their lowest point since the 1970s. This is major progress that must be built upon, and Texas must continue to partner with and support the Trump Administration in their border security efforts.

Mark Dorazio will ensure that Texas remains a steadfast partner of the Trump Administration in securing the southern border and protecting Texas citizens.

Texas welcomes people of all faiths who come here to live in peace, work hard, and embrace our values of freedom and individual liberty. What Texas will never tolerate is the spread of radical Islam that promotes jihad, oppresses women, and seeks to replace the Constitution with Sharia Law.

We have already seen warning signs: terror watch-list encounters at our border, radical preaching in some mosques, campus groups celebrating Hamas terrorism, and attempts to inject Islamist agendas into public schools under the guise of “diversity.”

Mark Dorazio will keep Texas a place where every faith is free to worship, but no ideology—foreign or domestic—is free to wage war against our way of life.

Mark Dorazio believes fiscal responsibility is about stewardship for the hardworking Texas families who earn every dollar government spends. To him, every cent squandered on bloated bureaucracy or endless handouts is a betrayal of our children and a theft from their futures.

Mark refuses to mortgage Texas for political convenience and reviews legislation that spends money with additional scrutiny. Both he and his business are debt free, and Mark understands the prosperity and freedom that come staying in the green.

While the State of Texas is debt-free, local governments hold over $300 billion in debt and Mark is determined to reign in out-of-control local government spending.

Mark Dorazio has been proud to deliver real property tax relief for Texans, including $51 billion in 2025 and raising the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $140,000 since 2023. Unfortunately, Texans do not feel the property tax relief like they should – and that is because out-of-control local governments continually increases their property tax revenue by the maximum amount they are allowed by law. This effectively robs citizens of the property tax relief the state has provided.

Mark Dorazio supports Governor Abbott’s plan to overhaul the property tax system which includes:

• Local government spending limits, adjusted for population and inflation
• Two-thirds voter approval on property tax increases
• Reappraisals every 5 years as opposed to annually
• Allowing voters, though a petition process, to call a local election to lower their property taxes.

Mark Dorazio is determined to deliver long-lasting and permanent tax relief for his constituents and families across Texas.

“Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of liberty.” – Henry M. Robert

Law and order is the backbone of a prosperous society. It enables businesses to operate, keeps neighborhoods safe, and preserves the liberty of the people. Law enforcement must be well trained, well equipped, and well compensated to ensure that these great individuals are in the best position possible to protect and serve our communities. Additionally, district attorneys must enforce every law, not picking and choosing which laws to ignore for political purposes.

Some recent wins for Texas include:

• Giving prosecutors the ability to appeal dangerous bail decisions of violent criminals and repeat offenders.
• Increasing criminal penalties for property crimes and empowering sheriffs and constables to act against squatters. 

• Requiring law enforcement agencies to establish crisis response policies and complete annual training on responding to active shooters in schools.
• Establishing a process to remove district attorneys from office if they implement blanket policies of not prosecuting certain types of crimes.

Mark Dorazio will continue to uphold the rule of law. 

Mark Dorazio is unwavering and uncompromising in the belief that life begins at conception and ends at natural death. The people institute governments to protect the most vulnerable amongst them and there is no one more vulnerable than a preborn baby who cannot advocate for itself or defend its life. 

Mark Dorazio delivered on these pro-life wins for Texas:

• Increased funding for the Alternatives to Abortion program, now called Thriving Texas Families
• Passed the “Life of the Mother Act” which provides clarification of the state’s near-total abortion ban to empower doctors to save the mother’s life.
• Allowing private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, prescribes, or provides abortion-inducing medication in Texas or to Texans.
• Prohibiting cities from using taxpayer dollars to pay for abortion-related expenses, such as helping people travel out of state for abortions.

Mark will continue to fiercely and unapologetically defend life and the unborn.

We are a unique nation in that we not only recognize the basic right to self-defense, but also the right to keep and bear arms, both enshrined in our 2nd Amendment. We all know that criminals don’t follow the law, but the Left continues to push laws that will only diminish the rights of law-abiding citizens. 

In 2023, Mark Dorazio led the charge in committee against legislation which would have raised the age to purchase a semi-automatic rifle to 21 years old.

He also supported legislation for Texas to recognize handgun licenses from other states, and prohibiting local governments from using taxpayer dollars to fund ineffective and symbolic gun buyback programs.

Mark Dorazio will never support any measure which limits or curtails the rights of citizens who follow our laws and responsibly exercise their 2nd Amendment rights. He will fight to defend an individual’s right to protect his life, his liberty, and his property from those who wish to take it by force.

When Mark first ran for office, he was outraged to discover that the penalty for illegal voting had been changed from a felony to a misdemeanor. Mark promised that, if elected, he would make illegal voting a felony again. That’s exactly what he did, and illegal voting is once again a felony in Texas!

Election security is the foundation of democratic legitimacy. When voters doubt that their ballots are counted accurately and protected from manipulation, trust in government erodes and turnout declines. 

Robust safeguards—paper ballots, mandatory audits, voter-verified records, risk-limiting audits, and strong cyber defenses—prevent both foreign interference and domestic fraud attempts. Secure elections ensure that power transfers peacefully according to the genuine will of the people rather than the skill of hackers or the schemes of insiders. 

In an era of sophisticated cyberattacks and rampant disinformation, treating election infrastructure as critical infrastructure is not optional; it is the difference between self-government and chaos. Mark Dorazio will continue to make increased election security a top priority.