Daryle Houston

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Daryle Houston

Republican Party

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August 4, 2020

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Attorney

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Daryle Houston (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 14th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.

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

Biography

Daryle Houston graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from Berkeley College, and a J.D. from Hamline University School of Law. His career experience includes working as an attorney.

Elections

2020

See also: Michigan's 14th Congressional District election, 2020

Michigan's 14th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

Michigan's 14th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Incumbent Brenda Lawrence defeated Robert Vance Patrick, Lisa Lane Gioia, Philip Kolody, and Clyde Shabazz in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brenda Lawrence (D)	79.3	271,370
		Robert Vance Patrick (R)	18.3	62,664
		Lisa Lane Gioia (L)	1.1	3,737
		Philip Kolody (Working Class Party)	0.7	2,534
		Clyde Shabazz (G)	0.6	1,998

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Incumbent Brenda Lawrence defeated Terrance Morrison in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brenda Lawrence	93.2	127,006
		Terrance Morrison	6.8	9,264

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 136,270
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Robert Vance Patrick defeated Daryle Houston in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Vance Patrick	65.4	12,481
		Daryle Houston	34.6	6,597

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,078
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gabi Grossbard (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Clyde Shabazz advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on June 20, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Clyde Shabazz (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Lisa Lane Gioia advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on July 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Lisa Lane Gioia (L)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14

Philip Kolody advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 14 on July 26, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Philip Kolody (Working Class Party)

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My family moved to the Eastside of Detroit when I was five years old. I attended elementary school at Stark School of Technology. We later moved to the neighboring suburb, Harper Woods, when my father started working for Ford Motor Co.

I attended Parcells middle school and graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School. I obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from Berkeley College in White Plains, NY. I obtained my Juris Doctorate from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, MN.

I've been married for 11 years and have two sons. I moved back to Detroit with my wife in 2014 and started working at the Wayne County Prosecutors Office. I served as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Domestic Violence Unit before leaving to work in private practice in 2018.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We need to provide solutions for the issues that have distressed urban communities for decades i.e. crime, poverty, single parented homes, abortion, mass incarceration, and failing education infrastructures.
• We need to protect our freedoms granted under the Constitution from individuals who promote policies that shame others for not conforming to extreme liberalism.
• We must protect the rights of the unborn from inhumane abortion policies that allow for third trimester abortions.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The area of public policy that I'm intimately tied to is the current state of the urban African-American community. During my years serving as an Assistant Prosecutor I personally observed what happens to a community when its elected officials fail to advocate for solutions to the issues it faces.

Decades of neglect from elected officials in our urban areas has created environments that can be likened to war zones. My passion is to show the community the failures of the political leadership that we have blindly elected into power every election cycle, and present solutions that will address the most pressing needs faced by the community and how I believe that it's time to elect new leadership to represent those areas.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

To Make Men Free by Heather Cox Richardson

What legacy would you like to leave?

When people remember me I want them to say the he loved God, Family, and Country with all of his being.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first historical event that I remember in my life time was Operation Desert Storm. I recalled being in the 5th grade.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was working at McDonald's while I was in high school. I held the job for approximately 2 years.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

The U.S. House of Representatives was created to be the part of Congress that represents the interests of the People, as the Senate was created to represent the interests of the State. The House still has the ability to be the institution for which it was created to be. I beleive it has gotten away from it's purpose and has only been an institution of change for political partys and not people.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

I do think its beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics. Having experience serving people and community only prepares you to serve at the level of U.S. Representative.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The greatest challenge in this nation over the next decade will be extreme liberalism and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition software. We're at a point in this country where ideals, morals, and values that are contrary to progressive liberlism are being percieved has hate. There are good people who share reasonable counter views to progressive liberalism. However, it seems that the accepted practice as of lately has been to publicly shame those for expressing reasonable concerns to this new progressive movement.

Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software if not checked and balanced right now can further erode what little privacy we have left. Technology can be a great tool if used in proportion or it can be ones detriment if relied upon to heavily.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

In today's polical environment, I think two years is too short of a term. The focus of the representative has been more on campaigning and not serving.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Term limits can be beneficial and non-benificial. They're beneficial because it prevents uneffective career politicians from holding office based soley on name recognition. They're non-beneficial because it can create an environment that breeds unstable policy measures at the federal level, due to a constant changing of elected officials.

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Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)