Bailey chairs The Woodlands Township board of directors and is running for the open seat after Steve Toth left to run for Congress.
In 2012 Bailey, then a Houston-area restaurateur, lobbied Republican convention delegates to support a legal pathway for foreign workers and softer immigration rhetoric — a position he has since reversed.
Bailey’s take on Texas values
Bailey supports Texas's private-school voucher program and says he'll work to see it 'fully implemented and expanded' using public funds for private-school tuition. [campaign website; Texas Tribune]