NATE SHEETS

Republican

On ballot as: NATE SHEETS
Current role: Business and ranch owner
Background: Served in the U.S. Naval Reserve
Marketing degree
Co-founded Nature Nate's honey; sold it in 2021, resigned as CEO in 2024
Experience: Communications director for E3 Partners, a ministry organization
Owns and operates Honey Rock Ranch, a 10,000-acre property
Top priorities: "Cleaning up school lunches and our food supply"
"Making food more affordable by prioritizing Texas farmers and ranchers over foreign processed-food companies"
"Protecting our land and water"
Revamp the Go Texan program; "Texans should feed Texans"
"Cut unnecessary taxes and regulations" and bring "greater transparency and accountability to the agency"
Tidbits: School meals: "Texas must put more locally grown, whole foods in schools, invest in scratch-cooking kitchens, and prioritize nutrition education."
New World screwworm: "strengthen surveillance, secure our border, accelerate detection and response, and deploy proven eradication tools"
Food supply and farmers: "Texas producers should get the first shot at supplying schools, agencies and other taxpayer-funded institutions.
Land and water: "We face enormous challenges, from screwworm to data centers and growing pressure on our land and water."
Endorsements: Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Cattle Feeders Association
State Sens. Charles Perry, Kevin Sparks and Angela Paxton
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum
Houston businessman Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale
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Houston Chronicle Editorial Board
Texas Farm Bureau AGFUND
Texas Alliance for Life
Congressman Ronny Jackson and many other Republican Officials and Conservative Organizations – too many to list (see website)
Cattle Raisers PAC and numerous other Business Associations – too many to list (see website)
Campaign website: natesheets.com

NATE SHEETS

Commissioner of Agriculture

Nate Sheets