Texas Equity PAC is the political action committee (PAC) associated with the LGBT activist group Equality Texas. ¹

Issues

Equality Texas, a 501(c)(4) and the parent organization for Texas Equity PAC, is the largest Texas advocacy group working on LGBT issues. Equality Texas Foundation has programs designed to help advocates obtain the skills needed to work as activists towards state legislation that promotes LGBT interests and opposing legislation it deems contrary to LGBT interests. ²

Endorsements

Texas Equity PAC endorsed more than a dozen candidates during the 2020 election cycle. All the endorsements listed were Democrats. ³ Texas Equity PAC lists, as of February 2024, 39 candidate endorsements for the general election, for positions including judges, senators, and congressmen. ⁴

In 2014, Texas Equity PAC endorsed a Republican, then-state Rep. Sarah Davis (R- West University Place) for state representative for the first time. Davis was given an A+ by Texas Equity PAC’s parent organization, Equality Texas, in 2019. ⁵

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5. Staff, B. 2014. “Feb 4: Texas Eauality Raises Eyebrows, Social Security for Same Sex Spouses, Indiana Seeking to Ban Equal Marriage.” Pride Source, February 5, 2014. Accessed February  16, 2024. https://pridesource.com/article/64474-2.