Carolyn Salter
Carolyn Salter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 8. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Salter was born in Denver, Colorado. She attended Steven F. Austin State University and earned an M.D. from UT Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 1981. She served as the Mayor of Palestine, Texas from 2005 to 2009.[1] Her professional experience includes working as a physician, board-certified anesthesiologist, and chief operation officer of Sycamore Medical Clinic. She has served as secretary-treasurer for Historic Palestine, Inc.[2][3]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 8
Incumbent Cody Harris defeated Carolyn Salter in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Cody Harris (R) | 81.4 | 60,938 |
![]() | Carolyn Salter (D) ![]() | 18.6 | 13,961 |
Total votes: 74,899 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8
Carolyn Salter advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carolyn Salter ![]() | 100.0 | 2,365 |
Total votes: 2,365 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8
Incumbent Cody Harris defeated Jaye Curtis in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Cody Harris | 82.8 | 21,179 |
![]() | Jaye Curtis ![]() | 17.2 | 4,386 |
Total votes: 25,565 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Salter in this election.
Pledges
Salter signed the following pledges.
2020
See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Carolyn Salter and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lance Gooden (R) | 62.0 | 173,836 |
![]() | Carolyn Salter (D) ![]() | 35.9 | 100,743 | |
![]() | Kevin Hale (L) ![]() | 2.1 | 5,834 |
Total votes: 280,413 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Carolyn Salter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carolyn Salter ![]() | 100.0 | 34,641 |
Total votes: 34,641 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Don Hill in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lance Gooden | 83.4 | 57,253 |
![]() | Don Hill ![]() | 16.6 | 11,372 |
Total votes: 68,625 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5
Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carolyn Salter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Salter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Save Texas Schools-Vouchers threaten Texas Schools and my opponent now supports them with Governor Abbott. Teachers deserve better pay and benefits. Texas public schools are woefully underfunded. Our children deserve better. Our kids are the future! Rural public schools underpin the local economy with jobs and workforce training.
- Expand Medicaid to improve access to care by children, mothers, and seniors and save rural hospitals from financial distress and more hospital closures.
- Restore local control to city and county governments. Small and large city governments have lost the ability to regulate the character of their communities and local businesses due to state government removal of local control. Out of town corporations have more control than local folks.
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2020
Candidate Conversations
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Note: Salter submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on June 15, 2020.
Note: Salter submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on June 12, 2020.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ salterfortexas.com, "Carolyn Salter About," accessed August 20, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 12, 2020
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 18, 2024