The following are the complete and unedited responses submitted by the candidate listed below to the Amarillo Pioneer’s Candidate Questionnaire.
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Name: Gina Parker
Office Sought: Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7
Party Affiliation: Republican
Age: 62
Educational Background:
*BBA in Marketing & Entrepreneurship from Baylor University Business School
*Juris Doctorate from Baylor University Law School
Occupation: Attorney
If you are a business owner, please list the business or businesses that you own.
Gina Parker, Attorney at Law
Please list any civic boards or commissions (non-profit, government, union, religious, political, etc.) on which you have served as a board member or equivalent.
*Past Commissioner and Chair of Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation
*Republican Party of Texas, Past Associate General Counsel and Treasurer
*Central Texas Republican Women, Past President
*Texas Republican Hispanic Assembly, Past General Counsel
*Hands of Hope International, President
*National Eagle Forum, Past Judicial Reform Chairman
Have you previously held or do you currently hold any elected office? If so, what office(s)?
None
If your campaign has any online campaign resources where voters can learn more about you, such as social media accounts or a website, please list them below.
www.ginaparkercampaign.com
Why did you decide to run for this office in 2024?
After reading the Stephens decision right after it was decided in late 2021, I began to give
serious consideration to another run for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This landmark
decision abruptly stripped the Texas Attorney General of long-standing authority to unilaterally prosecute election fraud in Texas which leaves Texans undefended from election fraud when local district attorneys refuse to prosecute election fraud cases. By fall of last year, I was firm in my commitment to run for the Texas Court Criminal Appeals.
If elected, what will be your top three priorities in office?
*Uphold the rule of law and never legislate from the bench.
*Increase the number and timeliness of opinions written and the number of oral arguments set for hearing.
*Consider a limitation on the amount of donations from lawyers and litigants before the court. This matter would likely be addressed by the legislature, but recommendations could be presented.
What is an issue you believe has gone overlooked in your race and how will you address it if elected?
See answer above for top three priorities.
Do you have any notable endorsements you would like to highlight for voters?
*President Donald J Trump
*Attorney General Ken Paxton
*Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller
*Montgomery County Tea Party
*Eagle Forum
*True Texas Project
*Texas Right to Life
*Texas Home School Coalition
*Grassroots America, We the People
*Gun Owners of America
*Andy Schlafly, Founder of Conservapedia
Why are you the best candidate for voters to support for this position?
Men and women in black robes have supplanted the rule of law with the rule of judges. Justice Scalia described it this way, “What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become justices of this Court, that enables them to discern that a practice which the text of the Constitution does not clearly proscribe, and which our people have regarded as constitutional for 200 years, is in fact unconstitutional? . . . Day by day, case by case, [the Court] is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.” It is imperative for the integrity of the judicial system to return to the rule of law. I’m passionately committed to upholding the rule of law and will not legislate from the bench.
I'm an accomplished attorney with more than 30 years of experience. I’ve practiced as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, so I would bring a balanced perspective to the court. I have a wide-ranging legal career, including criminal law, business law, church law, and appellate work. As a public servant, I’ve represented Texas citizens as a City Attorney, Assistant County Attorney, and Assistant District Attorney. I've served on and chaired the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation overseeing and ruling on over a thousand administrative law appeals.