Elections Matter. So Does What We Do Next.

Before Election Day, we asked you to think about a family you may never meet.

Last night’s election results changed the political landscape in which those families will fight. Texas voters elected new leadership in the Governor’s office, Lieutenant Governor’s office, the Attorney General’s office, the Texas House, and the Texas Supreme Court. 

Many of the leaders who have supported stronger parental rights protections will be leaving office. This will present new challenges for future pro-family reforms. But our responsibility to Texas families has not changed.

We Have a Foundation for the Work Ahead

Our work has always extended beyond the next election.

For us, parental rights were always about families, not about politics. The major wins that were secured in over the last decade were done through hard work in republican and democratic offices. FFP worked hard to build strong relationships with democratic lawmakers in recent years. Last year, FFP championed the passage of the parental rights amendment to the Texas constitution specifically to ensure that parental rights in Texas would continue even if the political winds in Texas were to change. That day has now arrived.

The seismic changes to the political landscape last night will produce significant new challenges, but we have prepared well for this day, and we remain as committed as ever before to defending the rights of Texas families and working with lawmakers, whether Republican or Democrat, to get that done. 

What Comes Next?

The full consequences of this election will take time to become clear. It is too early to know every proposal, policy change, or legal challenge that may emerge.

As we prepare for the 2027 legislative session, we will evaluate those developments carefully, engage with elected officials, and keep families informed about opportunities to act.

Our work alongside families will continue, too. Their experiences show where protections are working and where the system still falls short. 

The road ahead may be more difficult. Protecting the progress Texas families have made will require preparation, persistence, and continued support from people who believe these freedoms are worth defending.

Families Still Need Us to Show Up

If you woke up concerned about the future of parental rights in Texas, we understand.

We also hope you will remain engaged. In fact, we hope you engage now more than ever before. Families still need advocates willing to answer a worried parent’s call, attorneys prepared to defend their rights, and supporters whose generosity makes that work possible.

Our calling to serve families remains firm.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat – Theodore Roosevelt, April 23, 1910. 

We are in the arena for families, and we’re asking you to join us there.