Ashton Woods
Ashton Woods (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 146. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Lauren Ashley Simmons defeated Lance York in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Ashley Simmons (D) | 77.7 | 42,840 |
| Lance York (R) | 22.3 | 12,282 | ||
| Total votes: 55,122 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Lauren Ashley Simmons defeated incumbent Shawn Thierry in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Ashley Simmons | 64.6 | 4,287 |
 | Shawn Thierry | 35.4 | 2,353 | |
| Total votes: 6,640 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Lauren Ashley Simmons and incumbent Shawn Thierry advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ashton Woods in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Ashley Simmons | 49.4 | 6,303 |
| ✔ | | Shawn Thierry | 44.5 | 5,683 |
 | Ashton Woods | 6.1 | 775 | |
| Total votes: 12,761 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Lance York advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lance York | 100.0 | 2,428 | |
| Total votes: 2,428 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Woods in this election.
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Incumbent Shawn Thierry defeated J.J. Campbell in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawn Thierry (D) | 87.0 | 45,151 |
| J.J. Campbell (L) | 13.0 | 6,723 | ||
| Total votes: 51,874 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146
Incumbent Shawn Thierry defeated Ashton Woods in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawn Thierry | 67.3 | 9,604 |
| Ashton Woods | 32.7 | 4,659 | |
| Total votes: 14,263 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 146
J.J. Campbell advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 146 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | J.J. Campbell (L) | |
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Campaign finance
2019
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5
Sallie Alcorn defeated Eric Dick in the general runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5 on December 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sallie Alcorn (Nonpartisan) | 52.8 | 90,456 |
 | Eric Dick (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 80,774 | |
| Total votes: 171,230 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5
The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sallie Alcorn (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 42,803 |
| ✔ | | Eric Dick (Nonpartisan) | 20.3 | 38,146 |
 | Sonia Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 20,939 | |
| Catherine Flowers (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 18,727 | ||
 | Marvin McNeese Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 15,906 | |
 | Michelle Bonton (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 14,693 | |
| J. Brad Batteau (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 13,094 | ||
| Ashton Woods (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 11,859 | |
| Ralph Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 11,812 | ||
| Total votes: 187,979 | |||
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Endorsements
Woods was endorsed by Our Revolution Harris County.[1]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ashton Woods did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ashton Woods completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Woods' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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A New Orleans native, Ashton has made his home in Houston since 2005 shortly before Hurricane Katrina. Equity, fairness, and justice are at the center of Ashton's advocacy and work. He continues to be a strong advocate for the community of people living with HIV/AIDS, as well as speaking out to end rape and sexual assault.
Known for his exemplary activist track record, Ashton has stood in solidarity with the immigrant community and championed against the formation of detention centers in Houston. He has always been a fearless advocate for the LGBTQIA community. In 2016, Ashton was appointed to the City of Houston's first LGBT advisory board.
Committed to progress and community, Ashton has focused on a range of issues including fighting for the homeless community, advocating for affordable housing, holding law enforcement and public officials accountable to the citizens of Houston, and ending violence against people of color. He is the co-founder and lead organizer for Black Lives Matter Houston. From mobilizing support and working in collaboration with relief organizations after Hurricane Harvey to fighting school privatization, Ashton is present for people when it matters most.- Criminal Justice Reform: Legalization and decriminalization of Cannabis is just the start to ending mass incarceration and the racially biased failure we call the "war on drugs" that has negatively affected Black and Brown communities. Texas must be proactive in creating a way to end the carceral state by looking at every option on the table. These options include banning the box and implementing polices that our courts must follow that divert Texans with mental illness and disabilities, Texans who deal with substance abuse, and those who commit victimless crimes from being harshly punished because of unnecessarily stringent laws and unaffordable bail bonds.
- Voting RIghts: Voting is a fundamental right that is guaranteed to all Texans. We must do all that can be done to all Texans know that they have the right to vote and be assured that their vote counts. This means that we must abolish policies and adopt laws that not only eliminates barriers to voting, but also ensures that all that the right to vote is protected by mechanisms that prevent gerrymandering and voter suppression.
- Health Care: Health care is a human right and every Texan should have access to high-quality, affordable health care. The systemic disinvestment in statewide healthcare services has created a gap in access to care for many Texans. Texas must lead the way in providing comprehensive healthcare that is not only accessible to all Texans, but provides a level of service that warm and welcoming. We must protect all Texans' health with special emphasis on the most vulnerable in our state.
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2019
Ashton Woods did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, "Email communication with John T. Floyd," September 10, 2019
