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https://www.texasgop.org/filing-period/|title=2016 Filed Primary Candidates|publisher=texasgop.org|accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref> Gooden polled 14,500 votes (51.8 percent) to Spitzer's 13,502 (48.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 1, 2016.</ref> Despite his previous association with [[Moderate Republican]]s such as Joe Straus, Gooden is also a staunch supporter of former [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. Gooden was elected for his second term to the District 5 seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] on November 3, 2020.

https://www.texasgop.org/filing-period/|title=2016 Filed Primary Candidates|publisher=texasgop.org|accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref> Gooden polled 14,500 votes (51.8 percent) to Spitzer's 13,502 (48.2 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Republican primary election returns, March 1, 2016.</ref> Despite his previous association with [[Moderate Republican]]s such as Joe Straus, Gooden is also a staunch supporter of former [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]]. Gooden was elected for his second term to the District 5 seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] on November 3, 2020.

Spitzer was a sponsor of a [http://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/dr-spitzer-may-abstain-but-teens-in-his-district-dont/] budget amendment seeking to remove $3 million from the state's [[HIV]] prevention services and adding the funds to teach abstinence-only education. Spitzer cited his [[Christian]] belief that everyone should remain abstinent from sexual activity until marriage. During floor debate in the Texas House of Representatives, Spitzer said that he was abstinent until marriage at the age of twenty-nine, and he considers abstinence the only way to prevent pregnancy and [[STD]] infection.<ref>http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-house-strips-3-mil-from-hiv-prevention-to-promote-abstinence-is-incredibly-dumb-7134777</ref><ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/abstinence-funding-devolves-uncomfortable-debate/</ref>

Spitzer sponsored a budget amendment in 2015 seeking to remove $3 million from the state's [[HIV]] prevention services and adding the funds to teach abstinence-only education. Spitzer cited his [[Christian]] belief in  abstinence from sexual activity until marriage. During floor debate in the Texas House of Representatives, Spitzer said that he was abstinent until marriage at the age of twenty-nine, and he considers abstinence the only way to prevent unwanted pregnancies and [[STD]] infections.<ref>http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-house-strips-3-mil-from-hiv-prevention-to-promote-abstinence-is-incredibly-dumb-7134777</ref><ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/abstinence-funding-devolves-uncomfortable-debate/</ref>

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