Susan is a proven leader, with extensive management and financial experience, as well as solid conservative credentials. Her commitment and drive to serve her fellow Texans is widely admired.

As Comptroller, Susan Combs
Will Make Texas Better By:

• Wisely manage taxpayer's money - because it's YOUR money not the government's

• Pursue tax dodgers, so you don't pay for those who cheat the system

• Find innovative ways to streamline government, lowering taxes and reducing spending

• Hold the Comptroller's office to the highest ethical standards

• Work with legislative leaders to provide the information they need to make good decisions

I will continue to work hard to earn and maintain your trust. You can count on me to stick to my conservative philosophy because I know that, working together, we can provide more opportunity for the next generation of Texans.

I’ve been a small business owner for 25 years, have worked on Wall Street in New York, and understand that business owners are having to do more with much less. We’ve followed that model at the Texas Department of Agriculture. My father, a lifelong rancher, had a phrase which I hope describes how I conduct the state’s business; “You have to be as tight as the bark on the tree.”

If elected as Comptroller, I am going to pursue fiscal policies, ensuring that taxpayers are getting full value for their money. I’ll wisely manage the funds in that office because I know it is YOUR money – it is never the government’s.

I’ll pursue tax dodgers and root out tax fraud – you shouldn’t be paying the share of those who won’t. We’ll do the same kind of top-to-bottom review at that office we did at TDA – finding innovative ways to streamline government and reducing spending. I know that we can find ways for state agencies, not just the Comptroller’s office, to be more efficient because all of the data to assist in that effort is available at the Comptroller’s office.

I will also ensure that the highest ethical standards are maintained in that office, and also ensure that the legislative leaders are always given accurate numbers. Public policy based on bad numbers inevitably means bad public policy. Lastly, I will work with the state’s leadership on a broad-based initiative to provide real and solid economic data so that we can make Texas competitive in all sectors with other states and countries. Good information can be a powerful selling point when a company either considers locating in Texas or wants to continue business here.