Justin Early, House Candidate, Texas District 31, ASBL 81, September 25, 2026 Justin Early is running for Congress as a Democrat in Texas, District 31. His website is www.VoteJustinEarly.com. It says, Veteran. Father. Husband. Cybersecurity Specialist. “After graduating from Leander High School in 1998, I chose to follow in my parents' footsteps and enlisted in the U.S. Army. I served as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg and later as a LAN Systems Administrator at the Defense Intelligence Agency in the Pentagon. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, I was proud to play a key role in our national security during one of our country's most pivotal moments.” Today, I am a Cybersecurity Architect at Dell Technologies, where I lead initiatives to secure data, protect critical infrastructure, and ensure compliance with privacy laws. Whether I am defending our nation in uniform or defending our technological infrastructure in the private sector, my mission has always remained the same: protect what matters most. Beyond my professional life, I’ve stayed active in my community and the democratic process: Democratic Precinct Chair: Served in Tarrant County.Human Relations Committee: Worked to foster community equity.2008 Presidential Delegate: Represented our community during President Obama’s campaign.Today, I live in Georgetown, Texas, with my wife, Toni. We are the proud parents of seven successful adult children … As a father and a husband, I see the same pressures you do affecting families today: the rising costs of living, the weight of unaffordable healthcare, and the steady erosion of our civil liberties. I’m not a career politician; I’m a leader who believes in listening first and leading from the front. My focus has always been, and will always be, building a community that serves everyday people. District 31, in central Texas, contains these COUNTIES: Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills, Bell, Burnet, and Williamson, and these CITIES: Kelleen, Round Rock, Georgetown, Temple. Lloyd Chapman, president and founder of the American Small Business League, believes Democrats could sweep the midterm by exposing the anti-small business bias of the Republicans. 99.9% of all businesses are small businesses. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is the only agency dedicated to helping them. But Republicans since Reagan have tried to shrink or close the SBA. Reagan proposed closing it. Congress wouldn’t let him. Bush Junior cut its budget in half and sought to close it. Lloyd Chapman’s opposition, we believe, played a big role in saving the SBA. And “No president in history has cut the SBA budget more than Donald Trump,” says Lloyd. Many small business programs have been cut or eliminated. There are Republican bills in committee that would wipe out federal contracting goals for Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Small Businesses. All federal spending could go to companies owned by white men. Democrats MUST run to stop that from happening. In addition, Trump’s SBA wants to change the definition of many industry codes. That would let huge corporations compete for and win “small business” contracts. And Trump’s proposed SBA budget for 2027 is a 67% smaller than this year’s budget. Millions of jobs will be lost to AI. Since small businesses create up to 90% of net new jobs, Democrats should run to expand federal small business programs. When small businesses get the support they deserve, we’ll have prosperity. See what’s at stake, and what you can do, at www.ASBL.com. See ASBL’s Don’t Cheat Women Project at www.DontCheatWomen.com. Don’t Cheat Women is a national campaign fighting for economic fairness for Women‑Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). We want Congress to raise from 5% to at least 15% the amount of federal contract dollars that must go to WOSBs. Why? Because women are half the population, they own over 42% of all businesses in America, and they sell what the government buys. Yet firms owned by men receive over 95% of federal contract dollars under the current 5% goal for WOSBs. Lloyd Chapman’s 100+ Freedom of Information legal victories forced disclosure of contracting data covering billions of dollars in awards miscounted as small business, triggered federal investigations into the diversion, and established the precedent that agencies must release that data. Lloyd has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business and been quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of outlets nationwide as he opposes the diversion of small business contracts to big businesses. #justinearlyforcongress #americansmallbusinessleague #lloydchapman #dontcheatwomen