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Brian Stephenson (Texas)
Brian Stephenson (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District. He lost in the special general election on May 1, 2021.
Stephenson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brian Stephenson was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He served in the United States Air Force from 1986 to 1998. He earned an associate degree from the Community College of the Air Force in 1988 and a bachelor's degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in 1998. His career experience includes working as a systems engineer at NASA's Johnson Space Center.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District special election, 2021
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for U.S. House Texas District 6
Jake Ellzey defeated Susan Wright in the special general runoff election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on July 27, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jake Ellzey (R) | 53.3 | 20,873 |
![]() | Susan Wright (R) | 46.7 | 18,293 |
Total votes: 39,166 | ||||
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General election
Special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Susan Wright (R) | 19.2 | 15,077 |
✔ | ![]() | Jake Ellzey (R) | 13.8 | 10,865 |
![]() | Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) | 13.4 | 10,518 | |
![]() | Brian E. Harrison (R) | 10.8 | 8,485 | |
![]() | Shawn Lassiter (D) ![]() | 8.9 | 6,973 | |
![]() | John Castro (R) | 5.5 | 4,321 | |
![]() | Tammy Allison (D) ![]() | 5.4 | 4,240 | |
![]() | Lydia Bean (D) | 3.7 | 2,923 | |
![]() | Michael Wood (R) ![]() | 3.2 | 2,509 | |
![]() | Michael Ballantine (R) ![]() | 2.8 | 2,225 | |
![]() | Daniel Rodimer (R) | 2.7 | 2,088 | |
![]() | Daryl Eddings (D) | 2.1 | 1,654 | |
![]() | Michael Egan (R) ![]() | 2.0 | 1,544 | |
![]() | Patrick Moses (D) | 1.5 | 1,189 | |
Manuel Salazar (D) | 1.4 | 1,120 | ||
![]() | Sery Kim (R) | 1.1 | 889 | |
![]() | Travis Rodermund (R) | 0.6 | 460 | |
Adrian Mizher (Independent) | 0.4 | 351 | ||
![]() | Brian Stephenson (D) ![]() | 0.3 | 271 | |
![]() | Phil Gray (L) | 0.3 | 265 | |
![]() | Matt Hinterlong (D) | 0.3 | 252 | |
Jenny Garcia Sharon (R) | 0.2 | 150 | ||
Christopher Suprun (D) | 0.1 | 102 |
Total votes: 78,471 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Montgomery Markland (R)
- Asa Palagi (R)
- Katrina Pierson (R)
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brian Stephenson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stephenson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Raising the minimum wage to $15/hr with annual COLA increases. Everyone's employee is someone's customer, if we pay our employees more, our customers will have more to spend.
- Open a dialog with our southern neighbors (central and south American countries) on immigration and ways to enhance their economies. If their citizens love life in their country, they won't want to come to ours.
- Early college high school. This is the best way to reduce the high cost of college. If people can get a 2 year jump on a 4 year degree, they can make college graduate wages earlier, thus helping our economy to strengthen.
1) Raise the tax rate. Raising the tax rate to between 50 and 70% for incomes over $300,000/year. This way would raise some capital to reduce the deficit, however, it would do more harm than good, as it would stifle growth.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 20, 2021.