Jose Navarro BalbuenaFor Texas Governor 2026 • Katy Mayor 2027
I am fighting on behalf of my tax bracket — families making under $100K from every walk of life across Texas. From Statewide Early College high school integration to $15 minimum wage small business subsidies, tenant repair SLAs, and agricultural food sovereignty, we are building a government for the people who actually build Texas.
Working-Class Candidate"Self-educated Father, Renter, Small Business Owner, Tax Strategist, Insurance Agent, and Technical Engineer."
Tangible legislative solutions engineered to elevate working-class families, protect small businesses, and revolutionize education. Explore each core initiative below.
"My Executive Blueprint: Pathway to Legislation aims to offer transparency on how we reverse unpopular laws by promoting change through executive action which leads to legislation. Texas voters approved increased home exemptions and business property tax reductions. I urge voters to now FOCUS ON the STANDARD DEDUCTION, OUR COMMON GROUND. I advocate for a standard deduction of $100K for single filers, $150K for head of household, and $175K for married couples (offset with a $150 flat tax fee on all Schedule C earned & unearned income when applying the standard deduction), with income over the standard deduction and under $250K receiving a tax reduction down to a 1% rate before normal federal tax brackets resume after $250K, prioritizing permanent tax relief for working families."
— Jose Navarro Balbuena, Community Impact & State Offices QuestionnaireI am The StandardDeduction.net Candidate, and as a working-class tax strategist, I see firsthand how the current code punishes the people who build this country. We need a system that rewards hustle, protects families, and fuels the American Dream. We advocate for a historic standard deduction of $100,000 for single filers, $150,000 for head of household, and $175,000 for married couples, paired with a marginal tax rate reduction down to 1% under $250,000 and a 3% homestead property tax circuit breaker.
We are breaking the predatory college debt trap by establishing a statewide framework that guarantees Texas high school students graduate with an Associate Degree in Science, Arts, or Applied Science (60 college credit hours) tuition-free.
Families save an average of $35,000 to $75,000 in university tuition and room/board per student.
Funded by a dedicated constitutional carve-out from voter-approved adult recreational cannabis revenue.
Non-negotiable requirement: campus air conditioning must function before superintendent bonuses are disbursed.
Inspired by Jose's mother’s lifelong career as a public school lunch cashier, this initiative abolishes lunch-shaming, debt collection against children, and processed junk food by linking Texas agricultural producers directly to school cafeterias.
Redirecting state nutrition procurement away from multinational processors straight into Texas family farms.
Free, hot, nutrient-dense scratch-cooked breakfast and lunch for every Texas public school student regardless of income.
Eliminating artificial preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup to combat adolescent diabetes and behavioral issues.
Workers cannot survive on Texas's outdated $7.25 minimum wage, yet mom-and-pop small businesses cannot bear sudden payroll spikes alone. Jose’s plan utilizes the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) and Enterprise Zone Program to co-subsidize 50% of the wage increase for small employers with under 50 employees.
50% state payroll reimbursement for small businesses prevents layoffs while raising purchasing power.
Mega-corporations grossing over $50M pay the full $15/hr wage without subsidies.
Every extra dollar in a working Texan's pocket is spent immediately at local diners, grocers, and mechanics.
Replacing fear with verified due process. Partnering with foreign consulates to verify identity and issue Texas Provisional IDs linked to ITINs. Lowers auto insurance premiums for all Texas drivers and brings workers into the formal banking system.
Institutional firms now own 30% of residential homes. Jose will enforce Senate Bill 17 to block adversary and corporate monopolies from buying single-family homes, and establish an ITIL-modeled County SLA Registry for HVAC, mold, and pest repairs.
Deploying remote live telemetry monitoring on dams, levees, and critical ERCOT grid points with National Guard logistics. Enforcing strict Service Level Agreements with non-negotiable financial penalties on utilities for outages.
Texas leads the nation with the highest uninsured rate, forcing 26 rural hospitals to close since 2010. Jose will accept $5.4B in annual federal funds to stabilize rural hospitals, cap out-of-pocket insulin and inhaler costs, and ban surprise billing.
Actively screening with grassroots democratic and labor organizations across Texas.
Jose Navarro Balbuena isn't a career politician financed by Austin PACs and corporate lobbyists. He is a hands-on tax strategist, technical engineer, licensed insurance agent, notary public, presiding elections judge, and certified Volunteer Deputy Registrar (VDR) residing in Katy, Texas.
Having run an independent grassroots congressional campaign in 2024 across Texas District 22, Jose experienced firsthand the structural barriers entrenched parties place against working-class candidates. His mission is to bring transparent municipal management to Katy in 2027 and executive transformation to the Texas Governor's mansion in 2026.
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