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Christopher Panayiotou

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Christopher Panayiotou
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Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

High school

Richardson High School

Associate

Richland College, 2002

Bachelor's

University of North Texas, 2010

Personal
Religion
Greek Orthodox Christian
Profession
Analyst
Contact

Christopher Panayiotou (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Panayiotou completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Christopher Panayiotou graduated from Richardson High School. He earned an associate degree from Richland College in 2002 and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas in 2010. His career experience includes working as an analyst.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 32

Julie Johnson defeated Darrell Day and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson (D)
 
60.5
 
140,536
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
85,941
Image of Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
5,987

Total votes: 232,464
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32

Darrell Day defeated David Blewett in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
64.8
 
3,394
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
35.2
 
1,842

Total votes: 5,236
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson
 
50.4
 
17,633
Image of Brian Williams
Brian Williams Candidate Connection
 
19.2
 
6,704
Image of Justin Moore
Justin Moore
 
7.1
 
2,483
Image of Jan McDowell
Jan McDowell Candidate Connection
 
4.9
 
1,722
Image of Zachariah Manning
Zachariah Manning Candidate Connection
 
4.6
 
1,617
Image of Raja Chaudhry
Raja Chaudhry Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
1,258
Image of Callie Butcher
Callie Butcher Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
1,169
Image of Kevin Felder
Kevin Felder Candidate Connection
 
3.1
 
1,101
Image of Alex Cornwallis
Alex Cornwallis Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
909
Image of Christopher Panayiotou
Christopher Panayiotou Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
361

Total votes: 34,957
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

David Blewett and Darrell Day advanced to a runoff. They defeated Juan Feria and Gulrez Khan in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
10,706
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
38.2
 
9,211
Image of Juan Feria
Juan Feria
 
9.9
 
2,397
Image of Gulrez Khan
Gulrez Khan Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
1,787

Total votes: 24,101
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32

Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection

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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Christopher Panayiotou completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Panayiotou's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Chris is a 35-year resident of the same North Dallas neighborhood and is a Richardson High School, Richland College, and UNT graduate (double major: Political Science, Journalism). Chris has spent 20+ years as an Analyst in the call center industry, 10 years as Journalist/Editor-In-Chief of an independent magazine, and has had various entrepreneurial ventures in entertainment and retail.
  • The cost of living is out of control. I will fight institutional investors monopolizing housing and for better wages and workers' rights.
  • We must end these wars of choice, both fighting and funding them. They make us less safe, cost lives, consume too many resources, and cause many of the societal issues we face.
  • We must secure Social Security and Medicare, not only for our seniors, but for future generations.
I am passionate about making life better for poor and working-class North Texans (and Americans). I stand for better wages and jobs, a fair judicial system, the elimination of predatory business practices, better education, universal healthcare, and upward mobility into the middle-class.

I am also passionate about foreign policy: I believe in ending unnecessary military interventions/wars which only enrich the Military Industrial Complex, corrupt our government officials, needlessly cost lives, and emit more greenhouse gases annually than most countries.
I look up to my father, an undereducated Cypriot immigrant turned successful entrepreneur, and my maternal grandfather, a WWII veteran and medical doctor. These are self-made men of integrity, and it's their examples that I look to follow. I don't have any politicians to list here, because I do not like politicians.
I am a man of my word, a man of integrity. I am also always looking to learn, to broaden my understanding of issues and history, but I am open to other perspectives and can respectfully discuss/debate issues in good faith, to find commonalities we can embrace and proceed with.
I want my legacy to be a champion for working Americans
My first job was working in my father's restaurant, doing data entry (sales, time cards, etc.) and on busy nights, bussing tables or washing dishes.
It is the voice of the people, due to the smaller-than-the-Senate constituencies, and the two-year terms. When the people are fed up, the House is the quick way the people can change their representation.
I believe experience in government and politics is only beneficial in knowledge of procedure.

The longer one spends in politics and government, the more likely they are to conform to the status quo, cave to moneyed interests, or become more concerned about their own advancement rather than that of the constituents.
The war machine/our foreign policy: exhausting our money, lives and resources, pushing us toward war with nuclear powers, and causing the rest of the world to abandon the dollar and distance themselves from the U.S.

Artificial Intelligence replacing tens of millions of jobs, leaving millions of Americans in poverty.

The corporate capture of our government and the squeezing of working people, through taxes, fees, inflation.

The surveillance/police state eroding our rights as Americans.
I have mixed feelings on two year terms. I believe in the short terms as the most direct voice of the people, but two year terms often have representatives spending more time campaigning for the next election than working on behalf of the people.
I support them and signed a pledge to cosponsor and vote for congressional term limits.
Yes, but principles are not to be. We can find common ground, give and take on many things, but there are issues that I am unable, in good conscience, to compromise on. I will not sell out my constituents for powerful interests. I stand on my principles, regardless of party pressure. The well being of those in my district, and Americans beyond it, is not something I will compromise.
We must use House investigative powers to weed out any and all corruption.

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Campaign finance summary


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Christopher Panayiotou campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House Texas District 32Lost primary$5,979 $3,369
Grand total$5,979 $3,369
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 9, 2023


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