Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 25, 2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Texas, District 25, 2016

Candidate, Texas State House of Representatives, 2006

No caucus information on file.

Owner, Kathi Thomas Design, 1990-present

Former High School band Director

Former Employee, An International Floral Wire Service

Former Instructor, Austin Community College

Chair, Dripping Springs high School Reflections Council, 2016

Member, Austin Table of Pan American Round Table (PART), present

Member, Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church, present

Member, Dripping Springs Democratic Alliance, Leadership Team, present

Member, Longhorn Alumni Band, present

Member, Thankful Hubbard National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), present

Chair, Thankful Hubbard National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Conservation Committee, present

Member, The Cherokee Nation, present

Precinct Chair, Hays County Democrats, 2008-2015

Father's Name:

Paul Thomas

Father's Occupation:

engineer/superindendent and built refineries

Favorite Book:

"Lest Innocent Blood be Shed" by Philip P. Hallie

Favorite President and Why:

Jimmy Carter- he didn't have a great presidency, I think because he was such an honest man, and people there didn't appreciate his honesty. He put solar panels on the White House- imagine how much further along in renewable energy we'd be at this point if the next President hadn't undone all the good Pres. Carter did in that field?
As a former President, he has given of himself selflessly, whether monitoring elections in dangerous places or building homes for Habitat for Humanity, he is my idea of what I'd like to see former presidents be, instead of cashing in on their status and helping only themselves.

Favorite Quote:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Favorite Sport:

Racquetball

Mother's Name:

Ruth Thomas

Mother's Occupation:

Ruth was an RN by training

Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:

I hope that I live long enough to see my daughter graduate college and marry whoever it is that she will love.

Pets (include names):

two dogs, 12 chickens and a pony

Priority Issues:

Comprehensive Immigration reform- you can build as many walls as you like, but as El Chapo knows, tunnels are pretty easily made these days. Until we have comprehensive immigration reform, we'll continue to have a high number of undocumented workers.

The women and children coming from Central America are not immigrants, but refugees, and should be treated as such.
Affordable higher education, especially for teachers, so we have great teachers with our children in public education

Healthcare- especially for women, protecting their right to make their own medical decisions and decisions about family planning

Taxes- the upper 1% needs to pay their fair share. The Inheritance Tax needs to stand, I will support changing base for inheritance tax from $5.1 million for an individual to $10.2 for individual or couple- not raising it for couple.

Reasonable gun safety laws, which includes not allowing armor piercing bullets to be sold to public and closing all gun show/internet loopholes. Everyone who buys a gun should have a background check.

Continuing to build a coalition in the Middle East to let Muslim countries provide the staffing for military action. We need to find the source of the weapons and ammunition for the radical groups and get the world to put pressure on whoever is providing the weapons and ammunition by the use of sanctions, if necessary. If their fancy guns are rendered useless by a lack of ammunition, it should be easier to root them out.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I heard our current Congressman speak at a town hall in August. He said the most important things to him were "faith, family and country", but then he spoke of things that have no foundation in the religion we both supposedly follow. I don't think that "sending the illegals" (as he said) back home and building a wall fall into "love your neighbor as yourself" very well. I don't think that talking about how we're "the most powerful country in the world" and how we can "pressure our allies to go along with us on sanctions on Iran" instead of supporting a treaty (that seems to have already worked some minor miracles) speaks of "faith"- maybe "faith" in power and weapons, but not faith in God.

In short, I'm tired of people standing up and saying they're Christians and then doing things so alien to what Jesus said to do. I think most Muslims feel the same way about the extremists who claim to follow their religion. I don't like people saying they're "Christian" and then doing and saying such horrible things, so that we are all painted with the broad brush of extremism and bigotry. It is time those of us who try very hard to follow what Jesus said to do, rather than just worshiping Him.