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I’m Kenneth Hyde, a lifelong Texan, husband, father, and committed Christian — not a career politician.

 

Born on March 2, 1984 — Texas Independence Day and Sam Houston’s birthday — I believe this calling is no accident. My mission is clear: Reclaim 1836 and restore the bold, self-reliant spirit that built the Lone Star State.

 

I ran in the 2026 Republican primary for Governor because I’ve had enough of crushing property taxes, foreign land grabs, open borders, Washington overreach, and the erosion of our God-given right to self-defense. I lost that race, but the fight is far from over.

 

I’m running again for Texas Governor in 2030 to put Texas First with a practical, bold plan: eliminating property taxes forever through the Cultivate Texas Act and Texas Freedom Act via the Freedom Fund, shielding that relief from federal inflation through sound money protections, protecting our land from hostile foreign buyers and corporate overreach, securing our border, delivering universal school choice, giving Texans real gold-and-silver-backed banking freedom, and supercharging the Second Amendment with Constitutional Carry 2.0 + Stand-Your-Ground on Steroids so every law-abiding Texan can protect their family anywhere, anytime — no apologies, no excuses.

 

This is a grassroots campaign — no PACs, no special interests. My fight is personal: for my kids, your kids, and every Texan who wants a stronger, freer, safer Texas.

 

Join me. We’re Reclaiming 1836 by voicing our future peacefully through the ballot box, legislation, and the will of the Texas people. Texas deserves maximum sovereignty and self-determination.

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Kenneth Hyde
Republican Candidate for Texas Governor 2030

"Reclaim 1836: Cultivating a Stronger, Freer Texas"

Platform

I’m running for Texas Governor in 2030 to put Texas First — to reclaim our sovereignty, eliminate crushing property taxes, protect our families from federal overreach, and restore the bold, self-reliant spirit of 1836.

 

Here are the key pillars of my plan:

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1. Cultivate Texas Act
Legalize cannabis with home grow to help Texas farmers, hurt the cartels, and generate new revenue to slash property taxes 50% my first term without raising taxes on families.

Cultivate-Texas-Act.pdf

 

2. Texas Freedom Act + Freedom Fund
Limited Texas-owned coastal resorts and casinos will generate revenue to slash — and ultimately eliminate — property taxes forever by 2038 (maybe sooner!). Unlike Governor Abbott’s approach that only nibbles around the edges, my plan uses bold new revenue streams so we can deliver real, permanent property tax elimination without raising taxes on hardworking Texans.

Texas-Freedom-Act.pdf & Freedom-Fund-Zero-Tax-2038.pdf

 

3. Texas Sound Money Protection Account Act
Federal money printing is stealing the value of every Texas dollar. This Act shields our property tax relief from inflation by using Freedom Fund revenue to buy physical gold and silver stored in the Texas Bullion Depository, with a tiny safe 1% Bitcoin test. Every dollar stays for Texans only — fully audited, no school fund raids, zero foreign influence.

Texas-Sound-Money-Protection-Account-Act.pdf

 

4. Texas Gold Standard Banking Freedom Act
No Texas family should be forced to rely solely on the failing federal banking system. This Act authorizes Texas-chartered banks and credit unions to offer voluntary gold and silver-backed deposit accounts fully collateralized by metal in the Texas Bullion Depository. It creates a transparent Texas guarantee option and enforces strict accountability with zero foreign influence.

Texas-Gold-Standard-Banking-Freedom-Act.pdf

 

5. Texas Sovereignty & Influence Shield Act
Permanent ban on hostile foreign governments (China, Iran, North Korea, Russia) and cartels buying Texas land or homes. Protects family homes from corporate bulk-buying and ideological threats. Texas land. Texas rules.

Texas-Sovereignty-Influence-Shield-Act.pdf

 

6. Texas Sovereignty Defense Act
Secure the border when Washington won’t. Full authority for Texas Guard and law enforcement to stop crossings, end catch-and-release, and defend our sovereignty.

Texas-Sovereignty-Defense-Act.pdf

 

7. True School Freedom Act
Your money follows your child. Universal school choice — public, private, charter, homeschool, or micro-school. No zip code traps. No income caps. From Day 1.

True-School-Freedom-Act.pdf

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8. Texas Second Amendment Sovereignty & Family Protection Act​ (Constitutional Carry 2.0 + Stand-Your-Ground on Steroids)

Texas already leads with constitutional carry. As Governor, I will supercharge the Second Amendment so every law-abiding Texan can defend their family anywhere, anytime — no apologies, no excuses, and zero unnecessary government infringement.
Texas Second Amendment Sovereignty & Family Protection Act.pdf

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Additional Priorities

  • End Corporate Welfare & Cronyism

Stop taxpayer subsidies for big corporations and special interests. Government should serve the people, not pick winners and losers.

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Expand and strengthen our God-given right to self-defense. No more infringement on law-abiding Texans.

 

"Reclaim 1836: Cultivating a Stronger, Freer Texas."

 

All bills are already written and ready to file Day 1. This is a grassroots fight for maximum Texas sovereignty — peacefully, through the ballot box and legislation, but without apology.

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 Q&A-Straight Talk on Cannabis in Texas
 

Q: Do Texans actually support cannabis legalization?
A: Overwhelmingly—yes.   A January 2025 University of Houston poll shows: 

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  • 79% support legalizing the sale and use of medical marijuana with a prescription. 

  • 69% support decriminalizing possession for personal use (21+). 

  • 62% support full legalization for recreational use.
     

These numbers are bipartisan and massive—yet Austin politicians keep blocking real reform with their crony "medical" oligopoly.  Texans want freedom, real medicine, and the billions in revenue to cut property taxes 50%. That's exactly what my Cultivate Texas Act delivers: one bill for full adult legalization, Texas farmers in control, and historic tax relief.

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Q: Is cannabis legal in Texas?
A: Not the way it should be.  Even after the politicians' "big expansion" (HB 46), Texans are still stuck with a restrictive "medical" program: capped at just 10 mg THC per dose and 1 gram total per package—no real flower, no concentrates.  Patients pay $50–$150 for watered-down designer candy, tinctures, and lozenges from the same three crony companies (like Texas Original) that have controlled everything for years—lobbying hard to crush competition and protect their monopoly.  

That's why my Cultivate Texas Act legalizes full cannabis for adults 21+, puts Texas farmers in charge, and uses the revenue to cut your property taxes 50%.  

True compassion means real medicine and real tax relief—not this crony scam.

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Q: What happens if I get caught with it today?

A: Fines, jail, or a record that screws you for life.  That’s why I’m fighting to fix this.

 

Q: Will legalizing turn Texas into a stoner free-for-all?
A: Hell no.   My Cultivate Texas Act means strict 21+ rules, testing tougher than alcohol, and cartels finally lose their black-market cash.

 

Q: What’s really at risk if Texas keeps dragging its feet?
A: Cartels keep selling laced garbage to our kids in high-school parking lots while we leave billions in tax money on the table.  Prohibition isn’t conservative — it’s surrender.

 

Q: Why is Texas “medical” cannabis such a joke?
A: "Big expansion" (HB 46), it's still cruelly restrictive and crony-controlled.

  • Capped at just 10 mg THC per dose and 1 gram total per package — watered-down products that often fall short for severe pain or conditions. 

  • No smokable flower, no real concentrates — just gummies, tinctures, lozenges, and overpriced "designer candy" costing $50–$150 a bottle/package. 

  • In January 2026, patients are still stuck with the same three crony companies controlling 100% of supply (the nine "new" ones got conditional approvals last month, but they're mostly out-of-state giants buried in DPS bureaucracy — no new medicine flowing yet). 

  • And yes, our state police (DPS) still oversees who gets "medicine" in this oligopoly scam.
    That's not compassion — that's cruelty dressed up as progress.  

Real relief means full legalization for adults 21+, Texas farmers in charge, and billions in revenue to cut your property taxes 50%.  That's the Cultivate Texas Act.

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Q: What are the actual medical benefits?
A: Combat veterans treat PTSD without getting hooked on opioids.  Kids with seizures get fewer attacks.  Cancer patients keep food down.  Two major federal reviews and thousands of Texas doctors agree: cannabis is legitimate medicine.  Politicians shouldn’t play doctor.

 

Q: How can I help?
A: Talk to your friends, share this page, volunteer, chip in a few bucks, and show up to vote.


Change starts with Texans who are fed up.

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Q&A - Reviving the Texas Coast

 

Texas Freedom Act 

​Coastal Freedom & The Texas Riviera
 

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Q: What about gambling—do Texans want casinos and sports betting too?
A: Absolutely.  The same UH poll found: 

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  • 73% support destination resort casinos. 

  • 60% support online sports betting. 

  • 56% support sportsbooks at pro venues.
     

Texans are ready for more freedom and economic wins—but leadership drags its feet.  Imagine combining cannabis revenue with gambling taxes: even bigger property tax cuts without touching schools.  My plan starts with cannabis legalization to prove we can regulate responsibly and fund relief—putting Texans first, not cronies or cartels.

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Q: Why focus destination resorts on the Texas Coast?
A: Because the Coast is getting hammered — hurricanes, flooding, skyrocketing insurance, and property taxes driving retirees across the border.   Four world-class, Texas-owned destination resorts in Galveston, Corpus Christi, South Padre Island, and Port Aransas will pump $4–6 billion in new construction and 30,000+ permanent coastal jobs into the exact region that needs it most.  That’s welders in Port A, hotel workers in Corpus, and shrimpers finally getting real flood-insurance relief from billions in new Texas revenue.

 

Q: Won’t this bring crime and sleaze to our family beaches?
A: Look at Biloxi and Gulfport — after Katrina, destination resorts rebuilt the entire Mississippi Coast faster and cleaner than FEMA ever could.  Crime actually dropped because people had real jobs instead of desperation.  We’ll do it better: Texas-owned resorts, ironclad Gaming Commission oversight, and every penny of new tax revenue earmarked for seawalls, flood barriers, and buying out flood-prone homes.  Your beach stays family-friendly; your wallet gets hurricane-proof.

 

Q: Texans already gamble in Louisiana — why change it?
A: Because every weekend hundreds of thousands of Texas dollars flow straight across the Sabine River into Louisiana schools and roads while our coastal schools scrape by.  Houston-area gamblers alone dropped $2+ billion in Lake Charles last year.  That money should be rebuilding Galveston’s seawall, widening Corpus highways, and cutting coastal property taxes in half — not funding Cajun casinos.

 

Q: What about gambling addiction and moral concerns?
A: We already have offshore boats, tribal casinos, and three-hour drives to WinStar.   Bringing it home means we finally regulate it: mandatory addiction programs, on-site counselors, and a big slice of revenue going straight to mental health and veteran services along the coast.  We protect people and we prosper — that’s the Texas way.

 

Q: Can the Texas Coast even handle big resorts?
A: We already host Spring Break, Shrimporee, Sandcastle contests, and cruise ships.  Four capped, world-class destination resorts with water parks, fishing charters, and live Texas music venues?  That’s not changing the Coast — that’s upgrading it into the crown jewel it was born to be.   Every new hotel room means more revenue to finally fix Highway 288 and I-45 so you’re not stuck in traffic after the rodeo.

 

Bottom line:
Coastal destination resorts aren’t about slots — they’re about survival and strength.
They keep Texas money in Texas, put our kids in better schools, and make our Coast hurricane-proof.

 

Let’s stop sending billions to Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Let’s build the Texas Riviera — four resorts, Texas-owned, voter-approved — right here, right now.

 

Ready to make the Coast the crown jewel again?

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Q&A: Straight Talk on Mental Health and Street Safety

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Q: What will you do about homeless people with severe mental illness who are committing crimes and making Texas streets unsafe?

A: Texas has too many folks suffering from untreated severe mental illness living on our streets, cycling through jails, and posing risks to themselves and others.  Voluntary therapy is great for those who can engage but for dangerous repeat offenders without insight into their illness, talk therapy handouts aren't enough.  I'll push for expanded use of involuntary crisis intervention and secure treatment beds in our state hospitals — stabilization first, then pathways to housing and recovery.  No more open-air asylums on Texas sidewalks.  Revenue from the Cultivate Texas Act and Texas Freedom Act will help fund this without raising taxes.

​March 04,2026

Texas,

 

I stepped into this gubernatorial fight knowing the deck was stacked—big money, big incumbents, big establishment machine.  But I came armed with a bold, unbreakable platform that no one could tear down: real math, real revenue, real relief.

 

The Cultivate Texas Act + Texas Freedom Act = the Freedom Fund.  Smart, responsible freedoms—cannabis legalization to empower our farmers, crush cartels, and generate billions; coastal resorts, sports betting, raw milk freedom, Tesla sales, and more—all pouring straight into slashing property taxes 50% in my first term and wiping them out forever.  No new taxes on families.  Fully funded schools.  Stronger borders.  Sovereign Texas.  The numbers don’t lie, and neither do I.  Texas doesn’t leave money on the table—we turn untapped potential into straight-up prosperity for hardworking Texans.

 

You felt the same rage I did: crushing property taxes stealing homes from seniors, foreign influence creeping in, Austin elites and D.C. puppets selling us out.  I studied every angle, built the ultimate plan to end this nightmare, and threw my hat in to see if Texas was ready to flip the script on decades of failure.

 

We got crushed under the incumbent’s weight—again.  But let’s call it what it is: I didn’t lose this fight.  I ignited it.  Over 14,916 fierce Republicans stood with me—Texans who said hell no to more of the same, who demanded real tax relief, real sovereignty, real freedom.  That’s not a footnote; that’s a movement waking up.  I’m damn proud of every vote, every share, every conversation.  You proved the fire is real.

 

Thank you—from the gut—for trusting a born-and-raised Texan to carry this banner.  Your belief fueled this fight, and it won’t be wasted.

 

Kenneth Hyde isn’t fading away.  I’m sharpening the blade.  And make no mistake: I’m still coming for the mansion.  The Governor’s Mansion isn’t a retirement home for career politicians—it’s the command center for the fight to put Texas first.  I’ll keep hammering the issues that matter: ironclad borders, crushing property taxes for good, justice reform that actually works, personal liberties without apology, and putting Texas first—always.  No retreat.  No surrender.  The establishment thinks we’re done?  Watch us.

 

I’m young.  I’m hungry.  And I’ve got more fight in me than they’ve got excuses.

 

Texas, this ain’t over.  It’s just getting started.  The revolution for a freer, stronger, sovereign Lone Star State is alive—and it’s coming for every seat that stands in our way.

 

From one Texan to another: thank you.  Now let’s keep building.  Let’s keep fighting.  Let’s take it all back.

 

With grit, gratitude, and zero apologies,

 

Kenneth Hyde

Republican Candidate for Governor of Texas

“Cultivating a Better Texas”

I’m not taking a dime from Austin lobbyists or corporate PACs.

 

This campaign runs on grassroots Texans who are sick of the status quo and ready for real, bold change — no apologies, no excuses.

 

Your $10, $20.30, $50, or $100 today helps us:

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  • Pass the Cultivate Texas Act and Texas Freedom Act — generate new revenue from Texas-grown resources and limited coastal resorts/casinos to slash property taxes 50% in my first term and ultimately eliminate them forever through the Freedom Fund by 2038. 

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  • Pass the Texas Sound Money Protection Account Act — shield that tax relief from federal inflation with gold and silver stored in the Texas Bullion Depository (plus a tiny safe 1% Bitcoin test). 

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  • Pass the Texas Sovereignty & Influence Shield Act — permanently ban hostile foreign governments, cartels, and corporate bulk-buyers from owning Texas land and homes. Texas land. Texas rules. 

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  • Pass the Texas Sovereignty Defense Act — secure our border with full Texas Guard authority when Washington won’t. 

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  • Pass the Texas Gold Standard Banking Freedom Act — give Texas families real choice with voluntary gold- and silver-backed banking accounts. 

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  • Pass the True School Freedom Act — let your money follow your child to the best education option: public, private, charter, homeschool, or micro-school. 

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  • Pass the Texas Second Amendment Sovereignty & Family Protection Act (Constitutional Carry 2.0 + Stand-Your-Ground on Steroids) — supercharge the Second Amendment so every law-abiding Texan can protect their family anywhere, anytime. Lower the carry age to 18, harden soft targets like schools and churches, end secret gun-free zones, protect veterans under the Cultivate Texas Act, and push back hard on federal infringements. Arm the good guys. Tough on criminals.

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Every single dollar gets us closer to Reclaiming 1836 and building a stronger, freer, safer Texas — where families keep more of what they earn, sovereignty means something, and law-abiding Texans can defend what’s theirs.

 

Chip in right now and help us shock the establishment in 2030.

 

Thank you,


Kenneth Hyde
Republican Candidate for Texas Governor 2030

"Reclaim 1836: Cultivating A Stronger, Freer Texas"

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