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

Rhonda Hart, House Candidate, Texas District 36, ASBL 80, September 24, 2026

Rhonda Hart is running for Congress as a Democrat in Texas, District 36. Her website is www.Hart4Congress.com. It says, “Rhonda is a Texas mom and disabled military veteran. My family and I lost our 14-year-old daughter in the Santa Fe school shooting. That tragedy changed everything. Rather than surrender to despair, I chose to fight back — to make sure no other family has to endure the pain we carry every day.’

“For the last six years, I've been fighting for safer gun storage laws and common sense solutions to gun violence. I've advocated for better healthcare access, women's rights, and support for military veterans like myself. I know what it means to struggle, to sacrifice, and to never give up.”

“Now I'm stepping up to fight for all our families in Congress. Real change requires someone who understands the real challenges working families face — and I do. Together, we can build a better future.”

"I am running because leadership should be about service, not power. It is about lifting people up, telling the truth, and making sure no one gets left behind. I am not asking for your vote — I am asking for the chance to earn it.”

CORE PRIORITIES, Rhonda's fight for Texas Families

Education

Environment and Clean Energy

Immigration and ICE Reform

Voting Rights & the SAVE Act

Veterans & Military

Cost of Living

Fixing Our Broken Healthcare System

Ending Gun Violence and Saving Lives

Texas’s 36th Congressional District includes all or part of roughly 70 incorporated cities and towns, plus numerous unincorporated communities and Census-designated places, and these COUNTIES: Angelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, and these CITIES: Beaumont, Lufkin, Lumberton, Mont Belvieu, Dayton, Cleveland, among others.

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 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.

#americansmallbusinessleague #lloydchapman #dontcheatwomen

Lloyd Chapman: Republicans Are Anti-Small Business, ASBL 79, September 23, 2026

99.9% of all American businesses are small businesses. They generate half the GDP, employ half the private sector workforce, and create most (sometimes 90% or more) of all net new jobs.

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. Pending proposals would cut small business support even further. And the SBA budget proposed for 2027 is a 67% cut down from this year’s.

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.

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.

#americansmallbusinessleague #lloydchapman

Lloyd Chapman, Expose Corruption, You Get Cancelled, ASBL 78, September 23, 2026

When you win 100+ legal victories against the federal government (mostly against the Pentagon), go on national TV, and expose hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud, what do you think they do?

They cancel you. They silence you. They don’t like it. Lloyd was on every major news show. The phone would ring 100 times a day.

Then, overnight, nothing.

After a 1991 victory against the Pentagon, Lloyd was supposed to appear on THE TODAY SHOW with Bryant Gumbel. But that got cancelled.

Around 2002, Tom Brokaw’s show, THE FLEECING OF AMERICA, spent a week filming a story about Lloyd. It never ran.

Last month, August 2026, Lloyd was interviewed for The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton for the Federal News Network. He talked about the $35 trillion dollars missing at the Pentagon; how for every soldier killed in combat, four commit suicide; and how military families don’t have enough food. The show still hasn’t run. It’s six weeks later.

In 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said America’s biggest enemy was not a foreign country. It was the Pentagon bureaucracy. President Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex in 1961.

“Here in America, the military-industrial complex pretty much runs the government. They don’t want you to know what people like me have to say.”

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.

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.

Danny Minton, House Candidate TX D-6, ASBL 77, September 22, 2026

Danny Minton is running for Congress as a Democrat in Texas, District 6. His website, www.DannyMinton.com, says, “Danny is running for Congress because he believes government should work as hard as the people it serves. He’s tired of the endless culture wars and partisan gridlock. He wants real solutions or healthcare, for education, for economic opportunity, solutions that lift up all Texans, not just the wealthy or well-connected.”

“A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Danny earned his degree in Zoology and pursued advanced studies in epidemiology. He spent years working in the medical field as a consultative sales professional, training physicians and supporting patients facing devastating illnesses like breast cancer and Alzheimer’s. That experience gave him a deep understanding of how healthcare actually works, and where it fails everyday Americans.”

“Today, Danny lives in Arlington, Texas, with his wife Christina, a veterinarian he describes as “the best in the state.” They are raising two sons: Maximus, a student at James Martin High School, and Flash, an aviation major at Angelo State University.”

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. Trump and the Republicans are shrinking the SBA and ending many federal small business programs.

·        Millions of jobs will be lost to AI. Since small businesses create up to 90% of net new jobs, Democrats should expand federal small business programs.

·        There are Republican bills in committee that would wipe out federal contracting goals for Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Small Businesses. Will all federal spending go to companies owned by white men? Democrats MUST run to stop that from happening

·        Trump’s SBA wants to change the definition of many industry codes. If enacted, huge corporations could compete for and win “small business” contracts.

·        The proposed 2027 budget for the SBA is the lowest in its history. Republicans since Ronald Reagan have tried to shrink or close the SBA.

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.

Learn more at www.ASBL.com.

#dannyminton #texasdistrictsix #americansmallbusinessleague #lloydchapman

Lloyd Chapman, The Don’t Cheat Women Project, ASBL 76, August 27, 2026

The American Small Business League’s Don’t Cheat Women Project wants Congress to raise from 5% to 15% the amount of federal contract dollars that must go to Women‑Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) 

Women own about 40% of all businesses in America. They sell what the government buys. But firms owned by men receive over 95% of federal contract dollars and WOSBs can get as little as 1% in any given year (despite the government’s claims to the contrary).

Every 1% increase in small business contracts creates 100,000 jobs. If WOSBs got 15% of federal contracts, 1.5 million jobs could be created.

DCW also wants to stop H.R. 8511 and S. 4390, bills that would end federal contracting programs for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses. If passed, thousands of businesses could close, around one million jobs might not get created, agencies would be prevented from tracking who receives federal contracts, and 100% of federal contract spending could go to companies owned by men.

For more information and to see what you can do, please visit www.DontCheatWomen.com.

#americansmallbusinessleague #dontcheatwomendotcom #federalsmallbusinesscontracts #womenownedsmallbusinesses

Lloyd Chapman, The Importance of America’s Small Businesses, ASBL 75, August 26, 2026

The American Small Business League is the most persistent voice in America fighting to protect all federal small business programs. They are perpetually under attack. And no president in history has gutted the Small Business Administration budget more than President Trump.

ASBL exposes the diversion of small business contracts to big businesses, opposes bills that would hurt small businesses and the jobs they create, and seeks to protect and expand, through our Don’t Cheat Women Project, opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses.

99.9% of all U.S. companies are small businesses.

They create almost all net new jobs, employ almost half of the private sector workforce, and generate almost half of U.S. GDP.

They supposedly receive more than 23% of federal contract dollars annually but ASBL has found that they actually receive far less. Every year, billions of dollars in “small business” contracts go to big businesses.

ASBL Founder Lloyd Chapman has won 100+ Freedom of Information legal victories, prompted investigations, forced agencies to correct misreported small business awards, and appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business. He has also been quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post and hundreds of other media outlets.

Don’t Cheat Women, an ASBL Project (DontCheatWomen.com)

Don’t Cheat Women wants Congress to raise from 5% to 15% the amount of federal contract dollars that must go to Women‑Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). Women own about 40% of all businesses in America. They sell what the government buys. But firms owned by men receive over 95% of federal contract dollars and WOSBs can get as little as 1% in any given year (despite the government’s claims to the contrary).

DCW also wants to stop H.R. 8511 and S. 4390, bills that would end federal contracting programs for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses. If passed, thousands of businesses could close, around one million jobs might not get created, agencies would be prevented from tracking who receives federal contracts, and 100% of federal contract spending could go to companies owned by men.

For more information and to see what you can do, please visit www.ASBL.com and www.DontCheatWomen.com.

#americansmallbusinessleague #dontcheatwomendotcom #federalsmallbusinesscontracts #womenownedsmallbusinesses

ASBL 74, Amanda Bell, House Candidate, Wisconsin D-6, June 29, 2026

The American Small Business League spoke with Amanda Bell, running for Congress as a Democrat in Wisconsin’s District 6. Her website is www.AmandaBellForCongress.org.

We discussed her plan for her District and the goals of our www.DontCheatWomen.com project.

The incumbent in her District, Glenn Grothman, has introduced a bill that will strip protection from Women-Owned Small Businesses and Minority-Owned Businesses. If it passes, all federal contract dollars will probably go to companies owned by men. Learn what you can do to help at www.ASBL.Substack.com, see the May 21, 2026, article pinned at the top.

From Amanda’s website:

“Amanda was raised on a farm, worked in local factories, then for 25 years she was with the U.S. Geological Survey, leading teams that studied and protected our nation’s most vital natural resources and rising to Deputy Director of that multi-state federal agency. Amanda believes real leadership means listening first, not to party leaders or political donors, but to the people you represent.”

Main issues include:

ECONOMY & COST OF LIVING

• Lower healthcare costs and cap insurance deductibles
• Increase wages so work pays the bills
• Stop corporate monopolies that raise prices and lower wages
• Protect homeowners from Wall Street investors

HEALTHCARE

• Cap deductibles and out-of-pocket costs
• Lower prescription drug prices
• Move toward a single-payer healthcare system
• Protect access to rural healthcare

HOUSING

• Limit corporate ownership of housing
• Expand affordable housing programs
• Protect renters from unfair practices
• Support first-time homebuyers

EDUCATION

• Fully fund public schools
• Repair unsafe school buildings
• Support teachers and school staff
• Protect the Department of Education

Our Substack about the bill that must be stopped:

(61) ASBL 70, Save Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Small Businesses (Oppose New Bill), May 21, 2026

“On April 27, 2026, a bill was introduced in the House (H.R. 8511 by Rep. Glenn Grothman-R, Wisconsin District 6) and the Senate (S. 4390 by Sen. Mike Lee-R, Utah) that would wipe out the federal contracting goals for minority and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs).”

“We want this bill squashed and hope that you will oppose it, too, with every resource at your disposal. Please share this with everyone in your professional and personal worlds and contact the people below. (Also below see video of candidate Amanda Bell describing her confrontation with Rep. Grothman about his bill.)”

#amandabellforcongress #americansmallbusinessleague #dontcheatwomendotcom #federalsmallbusinesscontracts #womenownedsmallbusinesses

ASBL 73, Alexander Cooke, House Candidate, FL D-21, June 22, 2026

The American Small Business League spoke with Alexander Cooke, running for Congress as an Independent in Florida’s District 21. His website is www.AlexCookeForCongress.com. 

He has a BS is Finance, is the Founder and CEO of Optimist Capital, was elected to Town Council of Juno Beach in 2022 and elevated to Mayor within the year. He refused his mayoral salary and rejected all campaign donations, gifts and endorsements.

Speaking of which, we, the ASBL, have endorsed Bernard Taylor for District-21, which is no reflection on Alex because we’ve only just met him.

From Alex’s website …

No Party. No Corporate PACs. No Excuses.

Main Issues:

Florida’s Insurance Crisis

The ACA Premium Cliff

Housing and Development

The Environment

Fiscal Policy: Foreign Aid vs. Domestic Investment

Civil Liberties, and

The Economy

We also discussed our May 21, 2026, Substack:

(57) Save Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Small Businesses

On April 27, 2026, a bill was introduced in the House (H.R. 8511) and the Senate (S. 4390) that would wipe out the federal contracting goals for minority and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). It would practically guarantee that 100% of federal contracts would go to companies owned by men and that must not be allowed to happen. Women own 40% of all businesses in America and they sell what the government buys.

We want this bill squashed and hope that you will oppose it, too.

Again, please print our Substack and call the people and Committees therein.

The American Small Business League wants Congress to stop small business contracts from going to big businesses (many new jobs would get created and the economy would boom) and raise from 5% to 15% the federal contract dollars that should go to women-owned small businesses. Learn more at www.ASBL.com and www.DontCheatWomen.com.

#americansmallbusinessleague #dontcheatwomendotcom #federalsmallbusinesscontracts #womenownedsmallbusinesses

ASBL 72, Anna Wilding, What Happened in CA District 32, June 12, 2026

The American Small Business League spoke with Anna Wilding, who ran for Congress as a Democrat in California’s District 32, whom we endorsed. The June 2 primary was won by incumbent Rep. Brad Sherman, who has held the seat since 1997.

“I’m glad I ran. I ran a good, clean race. But I don’t think the American public is being told the complete truth about how these elections are run.”

“[At the start of the race] I was contacted by all the pollsters, and they said, you pay us $7,000 to $20,000. We go to 500 people in your district in an area you choose, and we keep polling until you get the results you want, that you can go out to the public with. I was told this across the board, by about 10 pollsters [by the end of the race]. It’s mind-boggling. Mind-boggling. So I don’t listen to any pollsters now. This race has been a journey.”

Since the June 2 primary, “In California, there have been a lot of stories of election fraud. In my race there appears to have been voter manipulation.” The L.A. District Attorney has received multiple complaints about fraud and manipulation in a number of races in the area.

“Across Los Angeles races we’re seeing results that don’t reflect necessarily what was happening on the ground in [those] campaigns. There are a lot of people [Republicans and Democrats] who are shocked or concerned by the results.”

“A woman was arrested recently for paying for votes on Skid Row and throughout Los Angeles. She paid people to vote a certain way, [for] Karen Bass or Nithya Raman and various candidates down-ballot, so we know without question that there has been voter fraud and that there has been ballot harvesting going on.”

“[My campaign] had solutions in abundance. I have a lot of experience that I was bringing to the table. I fix problems. America must start working on and resolving its issues [and stop battling so much over politics and ideologies]. American elections should be clean and fair.”

Ballots were mailed to all 39.5 million Californians. Problems include delays, as many arrive by mail, and authenticity. Are all the ballots coming from legitimate, registered voters?

Learn about Anna at www.WildingForCalifornia.com and www.AnnaWilding.world.

The American Small Business League (www.asbl.com) wants Congress to stop big businesses from getting small business contracts. (Up to two million new jobs would get created and the economy would boom.) Our www.DontCheatWomen.com project wants to raise from 5% to 15% the federal contract dollars that should go to women-owned small businesses. It’s not DEI or affirmative action. Women own 40% of all businesses in America and they sell what the government buys. Companies owned by men get more than 95% of federal contracts and that must change.

#wildingforcalifornia #americansmallbusinessleague #dontcheatwomendotcom #federalcontracts #smallbusinesscontracts