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Aaron Arguijo
Aaron Arguijo (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on March 5, 2024.
Arguijo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Aaron Arguijo was born in Dimmitt, Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 2000 to 2010. He earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado Technical University in 2016 and a graduate degree from Baylor University in 2022. His career experience includes working as a businessman.[1]
Arguijo has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Native American Indigenous People Caucus of Texas
- LULAC
- Texas Vereran Democrats
- Tejano Democrats
- Castro County Hispanic Heritage Committee
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Colin Allred, Ted Brown, Analisa Roche, and Tracy Andrus in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ted Cruz (R) | 53.1 | 5,990,741 |
 | Colin Allred (D)  | 44.6 | 5,031,249 | |
 | Ted Brown (L) | 2.4 | 267,039 | |
 | Analisa Roche (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1,906 | |
 | Tracy Andrus (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 919 | |
| Total votes: 11,291,854 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dan McQueen (Independent)
- Mason Cysewski (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Colin Allred | 58.9 | 569,585 |
 | Roland Gutierrez | 16.6 | 160,978 | |
 | Mark A. Gonzalez | 8.8 | 85,228 | |
 | Meri Gomez | 4.6 | 44,166 | |
 | Carl Sherman Sr. | 3.3 | 31,694 | |
 | Ahmad Hassan | 2.3 | 21,855 | |
 | Steve Keough | 2.3 | 21,801 | |
| Heli Rodriguez Prilliman | 1.9 | 18,801 | ||
 | Thierry Tchenko | 1.4 | 13,395 | |
| Total votes: 967,503 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zachariah Manning (D)
- Aaron Arguijo (D)
- Soren Pendragon (D)
- John Love III (D)
- Sherri Taylor (D)
- Victor D. Dunn (D)
- Tracy Andrus (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Holland Gibson and Rufus Lopez in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Cruz | 88.3 | 1,977,961 |
| Holland Gibson | 6.0 | 134,011 | ||
| Rufus Lopez | 5.7 | 127,986 | ||
| Total votes: 2,239,958 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cody Andrews (R)
- Carlos Garza (R)
- Josiah Ingalls (R)
- Montgomery Markland (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas
Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 14, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Brown (L) |
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Polls
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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[2] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[3] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.
Below we provide results for polls that are included in polling aggregation from FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, when available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval.
| U.S. Senate election in Texas, 2024: Democratic primary election polls | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Date |  Colin Allred
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Tracy Andrus
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Aaron Arguijo
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Victor Dunn
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Meri Gomez
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Mark Gonzalez
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Roland Gutierrez
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Ahmad Hassan
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Steve Keough
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John Love III
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Soren Pendragon
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Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
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Carl Sherman Sr.
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Sherri Taylor
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Thierry Tchenko
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[4] | Sponsor[5] |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Feb. 18–26, 2024 | 37% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6% | -- | -- | 34% | ±5.3% | 441 LV | N/A |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Feb. 2–12, 2024 | 52% | -- | 0% | -- | 3% | 5% | 14% | 0% | 3% | -- | -- | 1% | 2% | -- | 1% | 18% | ±5.2% | 354 RV | N/A |
| University of Houston | Jan. 11–24, 2024 | 40% | -- | -- | -- | 4% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 1% | -- | -- | 1% | 1% | -- | 0% | 38% | ±5.1% | 372 LV | N/A |
| Emerson College | Jan. 13–15, 2024 | 29% | -- | -- | -- | 4% | 6% | 7% | 1% | 2% | -- | -- | 2% | 2% | -- | 2% | 45% | ±4.5% | 460 RV | Nexstar Media |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Dec. 1–10, 2023 | 28% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | -- | 1% | 2% | -- | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 50% | ±4.8% | 415 RV | N/A |
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| Poll | Date | Colin Allred
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Tracy Andrus
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Aaron Arguijo
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Victor Dunn
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Meri Gomez
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Mark Gonzalez
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Roland Gutierrez
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Ahmad Hassan
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Steve Keough
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John Love III
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Soren Pendragon
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Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
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Carl Sherman Sr.
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Sherri Taylor
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Thierry Tchenko
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[6] | Sponsor[7] |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Oct. 5–17, 2023 | 21% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 10% | -- | 2% | 1% | -- | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 47% | ±4.8% | 409 RV | N/A |
Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Allred | Democratic Party | $94,674,183 | $94,530,048 | $144,135 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Meri Gomez | Democratic Party | $16,944 | $17,242 | $2 | As of June 30, 2024 |
| Mark A. Gonzalez | Democratic Party | $14,967 | $11,660 | $3,308 | As of February 14, 2024 |
| Roland Gutierrez | Democratic Party | $1,446,695 | $1,446,898 | $430 | As of September 30, 2024 |
| Ahmad Hassan | Democratic Party | $2,440 | $9,655 | $-781 | As of March 27, 2024 |
| Steve Keough | Democratic Party | $28,693 | $29,040 | $-1,057 | As of February 14, 2024 |
| Heli Rodriguez Prilliman | Democratic Party | $30,745 | $30,754 | $-9 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Carl Sherman Sr. | Democratic Party | $179,297 | $167,936 | $11,360 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Thierry Tchenko | Democratic Party | $142,864 | $142,864 | $0 | As of March 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[8][9]
If available, satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. FEC links include totals from monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports. OpenSecrets.org compiles data from those reports as well as 24- and 48-hour reports from the FEC.[10]
Details about satellite spending of significant amounts and/or reported by media are included below those links. The amounts listed may not represent the total satellite spending in the election. To notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Arguijo in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Aaron Arguijo completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Arguijo's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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A THRIVING CAREER
I joined the U.S. Navy after leaving high school and was one of the first to respond to the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001. I was deployed in both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Once on the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt and again on the U.S.S. Enterprise. I once again was deployed to camp Taji, Iraq, a mission that required for me to be boots on the ground.
After 10 years in the military I separated honorably and began a career in accounting and finance where I received my bachelor degree in accounting and my MBA at Baylor University. My degrees have given me an opportunity to become a successful business owner and entrepreneur. Now I am embarking on a run for the U.S. Senate, because I care about what happens to my fellow Texans and we need a change in our leadership. Join me in the fight to win the U.S. Senate seat for Texas.- Safer schools
- Responsible gun ownership
- Civil rights
No parent should worry if their child is going to come home from school.
Responsible Gun Ownership:
With extensive military training and service on multiple tours during wartime, Aaron is passionate about acknowledging how guns are a deadly weapon. He does not believe that guns
should be outlawed outright, but that gun ownership should come with extensive responsibility.Training, inspection, licensing, and safekeeping are paramount in gun safety, as are background
checks and an increased age in ownership. When assessing the data on mass shootings, especially in Texas, the majority have been committed with the use of a legal weapon; by better
educating gun owners and having a process more similar to what we use in motor vehicle operation, he believes we will save lives.
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL
Legislators in Texas have been slowly stripping away the rights of the people. The new laws regarding abortion and healthcare are impacting women at alarming rates, resulting in physical
and emotional scars, and in some cases, a loss of fertility and death. Aaron believes a woman’s healthcare decisions should be between her and her doctor, a person who has sworn the
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Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 11, 2023
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ Amee LaTour, Email correspondence with the Center for Responsive Politics, August 5, 2022
