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Carol Denson
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2019

Education

Bachelor's

Rice University, 1987

Graduate

University of Houston, 1991

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Birthplace
Houston, Texas
Profession
Teacher
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Carol Denson (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 148. Denson lost in the special general election on November 5, 2019.

Denson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.


Biography

Denson was born in Houston, Texas. She obtained an undergraduate degree from Rice University in May 1987 and a graduate degree from University of Houston in December 1991. She was a teacher.[1]

Elections

2019

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2019

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 148

Anna Eastman defeated Luis LaRotta in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on January 28, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Anna Eastman (D)
 
65.4
 
4,544
Image of Luis LaRotta
Luis LaRotta (R)
 
34.6
 
2,399

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

Total votes: 6,943
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General election

Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Anna Eastman (D)
 
20.3
 
4,212
✔
Image of Luis LaRotta
Luis LaRotta (R)
 
15.8
 
3,282
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Adrian P. Garcia (D)
 
12.1
 
2,496
Image of Ryan McConnico
Ryan McConnico (R)
 
10.8
 
2,228
Image of Michele Leal
Michele Leal (D) Candidate Connection
 
9.1
 
1,885
Image of Penny Morales Shaw
Penny Morales Shaw (D)
 
8.0
 
1,652
Image of Chris Watt
Chris Watt (D)
 
6.2
 
1,284
Image of Chris Carmona
Chris Carmona (Independent)
 
4.4
 
910
Image of Kendra Yarbrough Camarena
Kendra Yarbrough Camarena (D) Candidate Connection
 
3.9
 
818
Image of Rob Block
Rob Block (D)
 
3.3
 
679
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Anna Nunez (D)
 
1.9
 
388
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Carol Denson (D) Candidate Connection
 
1.6
 
334
Image of Alva Trevino
Alva Trevino (D)
 
1.5
 
317
Image of Mia Mundy
Mia Mundy (D) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
136
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Terah Isaacson (D)
 
0.4
 
90

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

Total votes: 20,711
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Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Carol Denson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Denson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Hi, my name is Carol Denson, and I'm running for TX 148 to represent you. I was born in Heights Hospital and grew up in the pre-gentrified Heights. I went to Rice University and the University of Houston and then I became a teacher. I've worked in dozens of schools across Houston through the non-profit Writers in the Schools, and I also spent 11 years as a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade teacher, experiencing first-hand the academic and emotional cost of standardized testing as well as the fear our children feel during lockdowns. As a bilingual teacher, I know the character and integrity of our immigrant families and will work to make Texas a welcoming state. The urgency of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is what motivated me to run. For the last seven years, I've also been a volunteer advocate for climate solution policies at the national level with the organization Citizens' Climate Lobby and the lack of action by our elected officials is dismaying. So since Texas is the tenth largest ecomony in the world, I decided to run in order to put those policies in place here in our great state.
  • My priority will be protecting our community from the worsening impacts of climate change. A carbon fee and dividend policy would put a fee on fossil fuels at the first point of sale and would return the money collected to households. The average family in this district would receive $69 a month for the first year and their costs would go up $29. Thus families would receive an extra $40 a month, while our burning of fossil fuels would go down. Within 12 years, our emissions would be reduced to to 40% below 1990 levels, which would keep us in line with the Paris agreement to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees, which would keep our flooding from getting worse and also decrease asthma rates in our children.
  • I will also be working for all other climate solutions. We need to increase our Renewable Portfolio standard. New Mexico just passed legislation promising to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, and we need to do the same. I would work to appropriately fund and oversee TCEQ, the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality. We need oversight to improve our air quality and keep dangerous chemicals out of our communities. Houston has a climate action plan that will be up for a vote by council after the election, and I also urge you to vote for city council candidates who understand the need for climate action. I will work to support Houston's Climate Action plan by providing money for flooding infrastructure and by reducing our greenhouse
  • I would save the hundreds of millions we pay to ETS for test creation, administration, and scoring, and use it to improve our schools. We test our students constantly and teachers are forced to teach to the test. We need to drastically limit the amount of standardized testing, and use the hundreds of millions saved to pay teachers the professional salary they deserve, and provide the quality education our children deserve.
In addition to the climate and education solutions listed above, I will also fight for healthcare that is accessible to all, including reproductive health care for women and lower prescription drug prices, common sense gun legislation, equal rights for our LBGTQ community, a quicker path to citizenship, and preventing human rights abuses inflicted on asylum seekers, many of whom are climate refugees. To ensure safe and healthy communities, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With the one degree of global warming we have already created, our climate has changed. We need to stay under 1.5 degrees of warming to keep our communities safe and healthy.
Many people. Marshall Saunders for founding Citizens' Climate Lobby when he realized his life's work improving lives by providing micro loans to people in Indonesia would be wiped out by the effects of climate change if we did not reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also Greta Thunberg by refusing to continue living as if our home weren't on fire. I am dismayed by the lack of action on the part of our elected officials. Individual choices cannot stop climate change. We need state and national level policy. My personal motto is action is the antidote to despair, so that's why I'm running.
A few weeks into this campaign, my son Ethan asked me to watch the movie Interstellar with him. It was already late and I had a big day the next day, but he talked me into it by saying, "Something in the movie will help your campaign." As usual, he was right. When Matthew McConaughey's character Cooper needs to dock the space ship to the space station that is spinning because of an explosion, his auto pilot tells him that docking is impossible. Cooper says, "No, it's necessary." People say climate action is impossible in Texas, I say, "No, it's necessary."
As a teacher, I know how to work hard, think strategically, and meet the needs of many people at once.

As a climate volunteer, I've learned to find shared values and common ground to create change.

As your State Representative, I will put my values and commitment to work for all of us.
A stable climate.
Nixon resigning. I was nine.
I worked for my parents, helping them mow lawns and clean up the rent houses they bought. My mom taught me to pay bills and balance the bank statements. I worked for them throughout high school.
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, because it shows the power of listening, paying attention, and imagination to create change.
I'm the proud single mother of a 21 year old son. As a school teacher, it was often a challenge to pay all the bills. Luckily, I have a very supportive family who were happy to help when I needed it.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is our greatest challenge, and it also provides our greatest opportunity to keep Houston a powerful leader in energy production.
Yes. If I'm elected, I'll be on the phone with other state representatives from the first day to build consensus for climate solutions. I'll also be talking to state senators because we need companion bills in the senate. I'll also use my influence to advocate for climate policy at the national level.
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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 1, 2019


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