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Ava Pate
Ava Pate (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Biography
Ava Pate was born in Austin, Texas, and lives in Pasadena, Texas. She graduated from Sam Rayburn High School. Pate’s career experience includes working as a cosmetologist.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 18
Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Wendell Champion, Luke Spencer, and Vince Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) | 73.3 | 180,952 |
 | Wendell Champion (R)  | 23.5 | 58,033 | |
 | Luke Spencer (L) | 1.8 | 4,514 | |
 | Vince Duncan (Independent) | 1.4 | 3,396 | |
| Total votes: 246,895 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18
Wendell Champion defeated Robert Cadena in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Champion | 71.8 | 4,000 |
 | Robert Cadena | 28.2 | 1,570 | |
| Total votes: 5,570 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sheila Jackson Lee | 77.1 | 49,729 |
 | Marc Flores | 8.3 | 5,353 | |
 | Bimal Patel | 3.8 | 2,456 | |
 | Jerry Ford Sr. | 3.7 | 2,417 | |
 | Stevens Orozco | 3.4 | 2,180 | |
 | Michael Allen | 2.6 | 1,672 | |
 | Donovan Boson | 1.1 | 709 | |
| Total votes: 64,516 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Champion | 35.1 | 3,428 |
| ✔ | | Robert Cadena | 20.5 | 2,005 |
 | T.C. Manning | 18.7 | 1,823 | |
 | Nathan Milliron | 11.0 | 1,076 | |
 | Ava Pate | 8.1 | 794 | |
| Nellie Heiskell | 6.5 | 638 | ||
| Total votes: 9,764 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Whitney Hatter (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18
Luke Spencer advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Luke Spencer (L) |
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 18
Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Ava Pate, Luke Spencer, and Vince Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) | 75.2 | 138,704 |
| Ava Pate (R) | 20.8 | 38,368 | |
| Luke Spencer (L) | 2.2 | 4,067 | |
| Vince Duncan (Independent) | 1.7 | 3,193 | |
| Total votes: 184,332 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lori Bartley (Independent)
- Jessica Peterka (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18
Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Richard Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sheila Jackson Lee | 86.0 | 34,514 |
 | Richard Johnson | 14.0 | 5,604 | |
| Total votes: 40,118 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18
Ava Pate advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ava Pate | 100.0 | 7,634 |
| Total votes: 7,634 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee (D) defeated Lori Bartley (R) and Thomas Kleven (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bartley defeated Reggie Gonzales in the Republican primary runoff on May 24, 2016. Prior to that, Bartley and Gonzales defeated Sharon Joy Fisher and Ava Pate in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, to advance to the runoff election.[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Sheila Jackson Lee Incumbent |
73.5% | 150,157 | |
| Republican | Lori Bartley | 23.6% | 48,306 | |
| Green | Thomas Kleven | 2.9% | 5,845 | |
| Total Votes | 204,308 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lori Bartley |
33.7% | 5,691 | ||
| Reggie Gonzales |
33.1% | 5,587 | ||
| Sharon Joy Fisher | 26.1% | 4,414 | ||
| Ava Pate | 7.1% | 1,204 | ||
| Total Votes | 16,896 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lori Bartley |
57.6% | 1,491 | ||
| Reggie Gonzales | 42.4% | 1,096 | ||
| Total Votes | 2,587 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ava Pate did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
The following values were listed on Pate's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ava Reynero Pate for U.S. Congress District 18, "About Ava Reynero Pate," accessed March 16, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
