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Amin Salahuddin

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Amin Salahuddin
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

DeVry University, 1998

Graduate

Keller Graduate School of Management, 2011

Personal
Profession
Business owner
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Amin Salahuddin (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 136. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Salahuddin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Amin Salahuddin's professional experience includes working as a business owner, software engineer, business analyst, QA analyst, project manager, technical lead, and executive manager. Salahuddin earned a bachelor's degree and graduate degree from DeVry University in 1998 and 2011, respectively.[1][2]

Salahuddin has been affiliated with Diversity Impact, Inc. and Rotary Club of Round Rock.[2]

Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III defeated Amin Salahuddin in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Bucy III
John Bucy III (D)
 
62.0
 
45,185
Image of Amin Salahuddin
Amin Salahuddin (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.0
 
27,665

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,850
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Bucy III
John Bucy III
 
100.0
 
6,356

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,356
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Amin Salahuddin advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Amin Salahuddin
Amin Salahuddin Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,691

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,691
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III defeated Michelle Evans and Burton Culley in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Bucy III
John Bucy III (D) Candidate Connection
 
61.3
 
36,137
Image of Michelle Evans
Michelle Evans (R) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
21,240
Image of Burton Culley
Burton Culley (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
1,552

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 58,929
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Incumbent John Bucy III advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Bucy III
John Bucy III Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,959

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,959
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Michelle Evans defeated Amin Salahuddin in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michelle Evans
Michelle Evans Candidate Connection
 
83.7
 
6,427
Image of Amin Salahuddin
Amin Salahuddin Candidate Connection
 
16.3
 
1,249

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,676
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136

Burton Culley advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 136 on March 12, 2022.

Candidate
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Image of Burton Culley
Burton Culley (L) Candidate Connection

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Amin Salahuddin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Salahuddin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Amin Salahuddin is an innovative leader residing in the Brushy Creek area of Round Rock, Texas. Amin is known in the community for having a kind heart, always willing to serve his neighbors in the community. He wants to continue that servant leadership in Austin as a state representative. Amin is one of nine children born to Indian immigrants who migrated to the United States from Pakistan, ultimately residing in Texas. Amin is a husband, father of three beautiful daughters, small business owner, nonprofit founder, entrepreneur, and community leader. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Round Rock, and has written a book, "Give First, Take Last: A Path to Learning, Perseverance, Building Resilience, and Impacting Your Community." Listening to community needs and finding innovative ways to serve has always been Amin’s passion, vision and mission. Bringing this experience to the legislature will lead to constructive policies and building a better, more innovative state government.
  • In 2014, I founded, and remain involved with, a non-profit healthcare start-up that has launched over a dozen free medical clinics and has served thousands of uninsured and underinsured, funded with private donations. Others talk, I take action.
  • As a small business owner, I understand the economic challenges facing our business community. I've visited with state representatives in Austin, urging them to support local jobs and employers, and oppose outsourcing. I have served on the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, working to bring jobs and economic growth to the area. My community involvement includes membership in the Rotary Club, which reflects my values.
  • As a representative, I will strongly oppose all attempts to defund the police. It is a dangerous idea my opponent has supported. We must keep our neighborhoods safe and secure, and well- trained, fully-funded police forces that respond quickly to emergencies in sufficient numbers are a key part of ensuring that safety and security. I have served on the Round Rock Police Foundation's board of directors to help find positive ways for police to better serve our community.
Healthcare Solutions

Supporting Small Businesses
Lower Taxes
Public Safety
Improving Public Schools

Transportation
I am an author and I would recommend my book. "Give First, Take Last: A Path to Learning, Perseverance, Building Resilience, and Impacting Your Community."
It is important to stand by one's own values and represent the values of the constituents. Elected officials must at all times avoid being influenced by PACs. For the people, by the people is my philosophy.
I am passionate about helping people and believe this is the first duty of a public servant.
Serving the people is the core responsibility of an elected state representative, as I see it. That means attending committee meetings and sessions as well as constituent service in a well staffed Capitol office.
I would like to reform healthcare without compromising capitalism.
I remember in 1989 the fall of Berlin wall, I was 15 years old at that time.
Out of college my very first job was to develop a software solution for HIPAA Administrative Simplification while saving the existing healthcare system with the Y2K two digit year. This was the new beginning for America to transition from paper based health records to Electronic Data Interchange. I kept that job, with WebMD, for five years.
At age seven, I was hit by a car. I sustained life threatening injuries. When I was released from the hospital, in my heart and head, I vividly remembered the words of the nurse who said, “God has a purpose for you in life.” Those words were etched in his mind forever and impacted every decision I've made since that time.

Becoming an entrepreneur, raising cash, and building a business has been an ongoing struggle, but it's been very rewarding.
I believe the ideal relationship between the governor and the state legislature is a harmonious one, and should remain that way in order to build a cohesive legislature.
Our state's greatest challenge over the next decade will be to keep the economy growing at the pace of the influx of new residents and companies.
This is not a yes or no answer. I would say it depends. Yes, because they are familiar with the process. No, because over time, legislators tend to develop relationships with entities but lose touch with the constituents they are representing. I favor term limits so new ideas will flourish.
Building relationships with other legislators is like working in harmony in any other organization, but everyone represents their own constituents and must remember decisions should be influenced only by them when voting on bills.
Rep. Larry Gonzales was instrumental to local economic development, and I admire his achievements.
Certainly if there is a greater need to serve, I might consider it, in the future. but I'm not running for any other office right now. I'm focused on the race for state House.
People have told me that the federal political climate made a big impact and created disruption on local politics in the last presidential election, and are afraid it will happen again this year. Constituents want local races to be about local issues. I have always worked and focused on giving local and building local. In office, I will represent my constituents in the Texas state legislature, focusing on issues they care about, rather than being distracted by Congress and international politics.
Yes
A bill to build productive and results-oriented preventative care medical homes, and safety net clinics for the uninsured, to reduce ER visits and free up space, so Emergency rooms can focus on real emergencies.
Health Care Reform, Select

Business & Industry
International Relations & Economic Development

Culture, Recreation & Tourism
How public funds are spent by elected officials must at all times be transparent for the public. Our government must be held accountable, and financial transparency does that.

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2022

Candidate Connection

Amin Salahuddin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Salahuddin's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Amin earned his Masters in Technology Management from Keller Graduate School of Management. Amin is a husband, father of three beautiful daughters, small business owner, nonprofit founder, entrepreneur, and community leader.

Listening to community needs and finding innovative ways to serve has always been Amin’s passion, vision, and mission.

Amin will bring his wide variety of experiences and history of community involvement to the State House: • Founder of Eixsys (2010 - Present), a software development company. • Founder of Eixsys Healthcare System (2014 -Present) – a Primary Healthcare for the uninsured. Through this organization, Amin has founded nine clinics and served thousands of uninsured. • Board of Director (2016 – 2021) for Round Rock Chamber of Commerce – Local and regional economic development. • Board of Director (2018 – 2021) for Round Rock Police Foundation, Police & Community relationship development. • Founder of Diversity Impact (2021) – an organization, providing social welfare & voice for minorities.

Amin is known in the community for having a kind heart, always willing to serve his neighbors. He wants to continue that servant leadership in Austin as a state representative. Bringing this experience to the legislature will lead to constructive policies and building a better, more innovative state government.

  • Healthcare: Rather than waiting for a healthcare solution from Austin, I started a privately funded non-profit in 2014 to serve the uninsured for their primary and preventative healthcare needs.
  • Public Safety: I support safe neighborhoods, and oppose any effort towards defunding the police.
  • Education: I support an educational system focused on the basics; one that's open to full parental participation.
Healthcare

Public safety
Education
Economic development

Supporting Small Businesses
Parents and teachers.
At the age of 7, Amin was hit by a car and doctors told his parents he had no chance of survival. But when he was removed from life support, he miraculously woke up and was given a second chance at life, which he is fully living today. This gift of a second chance is the main motivator for all of Amin’s public service. Amin wants to ensure his daughters, as well as future generations, will be able to experience the same freedoms and quality of life we enjoy in Texas, in which our small businesses, families, and communities continue to thrive and flourish.
My first job out of college was as Software Engineer working for WebMD. I worked there for 7 years.

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Amin Salahuddin campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 136Lost general$46,905 $46,951
2022Texas House of Representatives District 136Lost primary$22,510 $22,486
Grand total$69,415 $69,437
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 20, 2021
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 30, 2024


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