Abhiram Garapati
Abhiram Garapati (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 31st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.[source]
Biography
Abhiram Garapati was born in Nuzvid, India.[1] Garapati earned a bachelor's degree in electronics and communications engineering.[2] His career experience includes founding Ant Savings and working as a farmer, rancher, real estate broker, and property manager. Garapati has been affiliated with the National Association of Realtors and Williamson County Republican Leaders.[1][2]
Elections
2026
See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Texas District 31
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
![]() | John Carter (R) | |
![]() | Justin Early (D) | |
![]() | Caitlin Rourk (D) | |
Brian Trautner (D) | ||
Steven Dowell (R) | ||
![]() | Abhiram Garapati (R) | |
![]() | Valentina Gomez Noriega (R) | |
Raymond Hamden (R) | ||
![]() | Jack McConnell (R) | |
Mike Williams (R) |
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2024
See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Stuart Whitlow in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter (R) | 64.4 | 229,087 |
![]() | Stuart Whitlow (D) ![]() | 35.6 | 126,470 |
Total votes: 355,557 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Caleb Ferrell (L)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31
Stuart Whitlow defeated Brian Walbridge in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Stuart Whitlow ![]() | 68.5 | 3,512 |
![]() | Brian Walbridge ![]() | 31.5 | 1,614 |
Total votes: 5,126 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
Stuart Whitlow and Brian Walbridge advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rick Von Pfeil in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Stuart Whitlow ![]() | 48.4 | 10,023 |
✔ | ![]() | Brian Walbridge ![]() | 25.8 | 5,346 |
![]() | Rick Von Pfeil ![]() | 25.8 | 5,332 |
Total votes: 20,701 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter | 65.3 | 55,092 |
Mike Williams | 11.1 | 9,355 | ||
![]() | Mack Latimer ![]() | 7.8 | 6,593 | |
![]() | Abhiram Garapati | 7.4 | 6,256 | |
![]() | William Abel ![]() | 5.2 | 4,362 | |
![]() | John Anderson | 3.2 | 2,732 |
Total votes: 84,390 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31
Caleb Ferrell advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Caleb Ferrell (L) ![]() |
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter won election in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter (R) | 100.0 | 183,185 |
Total votes: 183,185 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Mike Williams and Abhiram Garapati in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter | 71.1 | 50,887 |
Mike Williams | 19.7 | 14,115 | ||
![]() | Abhiram Garapati ![]() | 9.2 | 6,590 |
Total votes: 71,592 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derrick Johns (R)
- Jason Hutson (R)
2020
See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Donna Imam, Clark Patterson, and Jonathan Scott in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter (R) | 53.4 | 212,695 |
![]() | Donna Imam (D) | 44.3 | 176,293 | |
![]() | Clark Patterson (L) ![]() | 2.2 | 8,922 | |
![]() | Jonathan Scott (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 147 |
Total votes: 398,057 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Bravo (Independent)
- Moshe Schrauth (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31
Donna Imam defeated Christine Eady Mann in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Donna Imam | 56.6 | 21,026 |
![]() | Christine Eady Mann | 43.4 | 16,109 |
Total votes: 37,135 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Christine Eady Mann | 34.7 | 24,145 |
✔ | ![]() | Donna Imam | 30.7 | 21,352 |
![]() | Tammy Young | 14.3 | 9,956 | |
Michael Grimes (Unofficially withdrew) | 10.8 | 7,542 | ||
![]() | Eric Hanke ![]() | 5.9 | 4,117 | |
![]() | Dan Janjigian ![]() | 3.6 | 2,471 |
Total votes: 69,583 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Murray Holcomb (D)
- Omar Kadir (D)
- Jon Curtis (D)
- Roderick Kutch (D)
- Jeremiah Landin (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Mike Williams, Christopher Wall, and Abhiram Garapati in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carter | 82.3 | 53,070 |
Mike Williams ![]() | 8.6 | 5,560 | ||
![]() | Christopher Wall ![]() | 4.9 | 3,155 | |
![]() | Abhiram Garapati ![]() | 4.2 | 2,717 |
Total votes: 64,502 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Bohlin (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31
Clark Patterson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 21, 2020.
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✔ | ![]() | Clark Patterson (L) ![]() |
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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Campaign website
Garapati’s campaign website stated the following:
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America Should Win
Washington has become a place for the status quo and nothing gets done of the people, by the people or for the people and no one represents this status quo more than our current Congressman John Carter, who has been in Washington for the last two decades. [3] |
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—Abhiram Garapati’s campaign website (2024)[4] |
2022
Abhiram Garapati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garapati's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|I earned a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering. I studied In-vestments at Stanford University, and despite facing many hurdles, I founded Ant Savings in 2004, and have made it into a successful, multimillion dollar real estate investment firm based in Austin, owning retail investment properties in 12 states.
As part of doing business, I have visited the most remote corners of the country and have had the opportunity to meet and do business with wonderful people all over the US.
I am also a cattle rancher, and raise hay on my ranch, along with 100 head of cattle.
I have my real estate license and am an active broker. And I'm developing 93 acres of commercial property I just purchased on Ronald Reagan Blvd. in Leander.
I enjoy playing Volleyball on weekends with friends, I love traveling and have visited more than 50 countries. I'm happily married to my high school sweetheart, whom I have known since kindergarten. We have two young children.
I’m a member of the National Association of Realtors, and Williamson County Republican Leaders."- I have a plan to eliminate the National Debt by 2050.
- Congress needs term limits - 12 years maximum for House and Senate.
- Fix immigration, secure our borders
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Campaign website
Garapati's campaign website stated the following:
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America Should Win
Washington has become a place for the status quo and nothing gets done of the people, by the people or for the people and no one represents this status quo more than our current Congressman John Carter, who has been in Washington for the last two decades.[3] |
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—Abhiram Garapati's campaign website (2022)[5] |
2020
Abhiram Garapati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garapati's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Eliminating the federal debt and balance our budget
- Safest and healthiest country in the world
- 100% renewal energy and zero landfill waste by 2040 with zero cost to the tax payers
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Candidate U.S. House Texas District 31 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 22, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abhiram Garapati for Congress, "About Abhiram Garapati," accessed January 2, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Abhiram Garapti for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 14, 2024
- ↑ Abhiram Garapati for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 18, 2022