Doug Rogers

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Doug Rogers completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rogers' responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" id=\"heading-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tGrowing up in SE Texas taught me the important values of justice, fairness and honesty. As a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner, I have dedicated my entire career to investigating and stopping corporate fraud and abuse. For the past 25 years, I have worked on some of the nation’s most significant cases, including the Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford investigations while at FTI Consulting, a global firm specializing in financial investigations, technology, and economics. \r\n<p>After graduating from Baylor with a degree in accounting, I began a career in public service at the White House under President George H.W. Bush. In 1996, I graduated with a masters degree in journalism from Univ of Missouri and became a financial investigator, combining my accounting and reporting skills to uncover fraud and corruption. As former Republican who became a Democrat in 2024, I believe in service over partisanship and serving the people with integrity and decency.\r\n</p>\nAchieving the rank of Eagle Scout instilled in me the importance of community service at a very early age. For the past 30 years, I have served my community through my church in Beaumont (First United Methodist Church) and Washington, DC (Foundry United Methodist Church) where I have worked on various homeless and community programs. I have also worked directly with the Trever Project and on committees for a professional theater company. In addition, I served on the board of my local citizens association where I served as President.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" id=\"heading-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Promoting prosperity for ALL Americans...not just the wealthy\r\n<p>▪\tMake the wealthy pay their fair share. A billionaire should NOT pay a lower federal tax rate than their Secretary. The top 10% of wage earners in the US are currently paying some of the lowest federal tax rates in history. \r\n▪\tEnd tax breaks that favor the wealthy over working families\r\n▪\tPay our bills today without passing the burden to our children and grandchildren.\r\nLower Cost of Living\r\n•\tBring down the price of groceries, gas, and utilities\r\n•\tSupport small businesses and local jobs (not corporations outsourcing jobs)\r\n</p>\n•\tStrengthen relief during natural disasters that hit Southeast Texas first and hardest</li><li>Protecting healthcare in Southeast Texas\r\n▪\tStop cuts to Medicaid and CHIP;\r\n▪\tKeep rural hospitals open;\r\n▪\tEnsure every Texas has a place to go for emergency care.</li><li>Lower cost of living\r\n▪\tBring down the prices of groceries, gas, and utilities\r\n▪\tSupport small businesses and local jobs\r\n▪\tStrengthen relief during natural disasters\r\nInvesting in our future\r\n•\tSupport teachers, public schools, and vocational training\r\n•\tExpand broadband in rural communities\r\n•\tProtect Social Security and Medicare for future generations</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-390039-2026-01-02\" id=\"heading1-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-390039-2026-01-02\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-390039-2026-01-02\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-390039-2026-01-02\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tKeeping rural hospitals open and financially viable. Rural health care infrastructure across Texas is under significant strain, and rural hospitals play a critical role as the primary source of emergency, in-patient, and maternity care for constituencies like those in Chambers, Hardin, Liberty, Newton, and Tyler counties. Rural hospitals cover about 15% of the Texas population but 85% of the state’s geography, yet nearly a third of rural hospitals have eliminated key service lines like labor and delivery – meaning longer travel times for mothers, children, and emergency patients.<br/>\r\nFor many residents in Texas 36, their closest emergency provider may be 30-60+ miles away\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nDoug Rogers completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rogers' responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Growing up in SE Texas taught me the important values of justice, fairness and honesty. As a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner, I have dedicated my entire career to investigating and stopping corporate fraud and abuse. For the past 25 years, I have worked on some of the nation’s most significant cases, including the Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford investigations while at FTI Consulting, a global firm specializing in financial investigations, technology, and economics. After graduating from Baylor with a degree in accounting, I began a career in public service at the White House under President George H.W. Bush. In 1996, I graduated with a masters degree in journalism from Univ of Missouri and became a financial investigator, combining my accounting and reporting skills to uncover fraud and corruption. As former Republican who became a Democrat in 2024, I believe in service over partisanship and serving the people with integrity and decency. Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout instilled in me the importance of community service at a very early age. For the past 30 years, I have served my community through my church in Beaumont (First United Methodist Church) and Washington, DC (Foundry United Methodist Church) where I have worked on various homeless and community programs. I have also worked directly with the Trever Project and on committees for a professional theater company. In addition, I served on the board of my local citizens association where I served as President. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Promoting prosperity for ALL Americans...not just the wealthy ▪\tMake the wealthy pay their fair share. A billionaire should NOT pay a lower federal tax rate than their Secretary. The top 10% of wage earners in the US are currently paying some of the lowest federal tax rates in history. \r\n▪\tEnd tax breaks that favor the wealthy over working families\r\n▪\tPay our bills today without passing the burden to our children and grandchildren.\r\nLower Cost of Living\r\n•\tBring down the price of groceries, gas, and utilities\r\n•\tSupport small businesses and local jobs (not corporations outsourcing jobs) •\tStrengthen relief during natural disasters that hit Southeast Texas first and hardest Protecting healthcare in Southeast Texas\r\n▪\tStop cuts to Medicaid and CHIP;\r\n▪\tKeep rural hospitals open;\r\n▪\tEnsure every Texas has a place to go for emergency care. Lower cost of living\r\n▪\tBring down the prices of groceries, gas, and utilities\r\n▪\tSupport small businesses and local jobs\r\n▪\tStrengthen relief during natural disasters\r\nInvesting in our future\r\n•\tSupport teachers, public schools, and vocational training\r\n•\tExpand broadband in rural communities\r\n•\tProtect Social Security and Medicare for future generations What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Keeping rural hospitals open and financially viable. Rural health care infrastructure across Texas is under significant strain, and rural hospitals play a critical role as the primary source of emergency, in-patient, and maternity care for constituencies like those in Chambers, Hardin, Liberty, Newton, and Tyler counties. Rural hospitals cover about 15% of the Texas population but 85% of the state’s geography, yet nearly a third of rural hospitals have eliminated key service lines like labor and delivery – meaning longer travel times for mothers, children, and emergency patients. For many residents in Texas 36, their closest emergency provider may be 30-60+ miles away\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]