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Akilah Bacy
Akilah Bacy (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 138. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Bacy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Akilah Bacy was born in Houston, Texas. She obtained a bachelor's degree from Spelman College and a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138
Lacey Hull defeated Akilah Bacy in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lacey Hull (R)  | 51.6 | 33,081 |
 | Akilah Bacy (D) | 48.4 | 30,982 | |
| Total votes: 64,063 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 138
Akilah Bacy defeated Jenifer Rene Pool in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Akilah Bacy | 79.3 | 4,061 |
 | Jenifer Rene Pool | 20.7 | 1,063 | |
| Total votes: 5,124 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138
Akilah Bacy and Jenifer Rene Pool advanced to a runoff. They defeated Josh Wallenstein in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Akilah Bacy | 46.8 | 4,416 |
| ✔ | | Jenifer Rene Pool | 29.2 | 2,757 |
 | Josh Wallenstein | 24.0 | 2,268 | |
| Total votes: 9,441 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138
Lacey Hull defeated Josh Flynn and Claver Kamau-Imani in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lacey Hull | 59.3 | 5,437 |
 | Josh Flynn | 32.3 | 2,962 | |
| Claver Kamau-Imani | 8.4 | 767 | ||
| Total votes: 9,166 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Bacy's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Akilah Bacy completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bacy's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- It is unacceptable that Texas has the highest overall uninsured rate in the country. Akilah will work to rein in healthcare costs, crack down on rising prescription costs and protect coverage for Texans with pre-existing conditions.
- The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated the importance of our neighborhood public schools. Akilah will work to increase classroom technology and ensure no child slips through the cracks remotely or in the classroom.
- Akilah will fight to increase our state investments in pre-disaster mitigation grant programs for local areas like Northwest Houston. She will also push to hold insurance companies accountable and make it harder to deny claims due to natural disasters.
Equitable Education
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 14, 2020
