Claudia Zapata
Claudia Zapata (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Zapata completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Claudia Zapata was born in Austin, Texas. Zapata earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017. Her career experience includes working as a workforce and budget analyst at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, a legislative aide with the Texas state legislature, an intern for the Annette Strauss Institute, and an Uber driver. Zapata served as the director of the Transfer Student Agency and sat on the President's Student Advisory Committee.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 21
Incumbent Chip Roy defeated Claudia Zapata in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chip Roy (R) | 62.8 | 207,426 |
 | Claudia Zapata (D)  | 37.2 | 122,655 | |
| Total votes: 330,081 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21
Claudia Zapata defeated Ricardo Villarreal in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Claudia Zapata | 63.5 | 13,886 |
 | Ricardo Villarreal | 36.5 | 7,996 | |
| Total votes: 21,882 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Claudia Zapata | 47.2 | 16,604 |
| ✔ | | Ricardo Villarreal | 27.3 | 9,590 |
 | Coy Branscum | 9.0 | 3,157 | |
 | David Anderson | 8.6 | 3,038 | |
 | Scott Sturm | 5.3 | 1,865 | |
 | Cherif Gacis | 2.6 | 902 | |
| Total votes: 35,156 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
Incumbent Chip Roy defeated Robert Lowry, Dana Zavorka, and Michael French in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 83.2 | 78,087 |
 | Robert Lowry | 8.1 | 7,642 | |
 | Dana Zavorka | 4.5 | 4,206 | |
 | Michael French | 4.1 | 3,886 | |
| Total votes: 93,821 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Claudia Zapata completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zapata's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am fighting for food accessibility to ensure that people have access to healthy food and grocery stores. No one should have to spend up to 3 hours commuting to their closest grocery store.
- I am fighting for clean land, air and water to protect the beauty of Texas hill country and make sure folks have clean, drinkable water and air that is not contaminated by cement plants, rock quarries, and metal recycling facilities.
- I am fighting for universal healthcare and increased preventative and routine healthcare clinics in rural areas. Having insurance, Medicaid, or VA benefits does not benefit those who lack access to healthcare facilities.
I would be the first in US Congress to call for a National Cost of Living Index, the creation of a Non-Traditional Student Center within the Department of Education, a program aimed at empowering Truck Drivers by providing assistance for the purchase and maintenance of a truck, a program that partners with VFW posts to provide healthcare to Veterans, providing those that live in USDA defined food deserts with toll road exemptions, and much much more.
Each one of these women played a key role in raising me as I am the product of a single mom. I am the product of all of their strengths, and I will fight and work each and every day to honor them by doing for others what they did for me.
(1) Ovarios by Jenni Rivera. This song is about how powerful women are and the struggle of fighting for equality in a male-dominated world.
I am running my campaign to ensure that we have created sustainable voter activation and mobilization infrastructure in rural Texas, and that is the most important legacy that I am focusing on at this time.
Understanding that my worth is not reflective of how much I earn has been a struggle. Many first-generation and low-income children can relate to this feeling.
Representatives must walk the walk, not just talk the talk.
I met a woman living in Gillespie County and her 8 month old. She explained to me that when her water broke, she had to drive herself two and half hours to the nearest hospital with a pediatrics unit. Her and I started asking ourselves, what would have happened to her and her baby had it been an emergency? What would have happened if she didn't make it to the hospital on time? What if her baby was breech? Maternal health needs to be included at the forefront of reproductive rights conversations.
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Campaign website
Zapata's campaign website stated the following:
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What We’re Fighting For Expanding access to food & grocery stores. If the Texas Freeze taught us anything, it’s that we need to create self-sustainable communities. Access to food is a human right. Building more rural hospitals and healthcare facilities. I will fight to have dignity restored to receiving healthcare by bringing more rural hospitals and healthcare facilities to TX-21. Updating our schools for our children. A better future starts with caring for those who will build it. Protecting our land, water, and air. Growth is inevitable and it is welcome! However, we can and will manage growth in a way that protects the beauty and health of our environment.[2] |
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| —Claudia Zapata's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 23, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Claudia for Congress, “Home,” accessed January 20, 2022
