Dayo David
Dayo David (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 76. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
David completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dayo David earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2003, a graduate degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2004, and a law degree from the Massachusetts School of Law in 2009.[1]
David has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Golden Key Society
- ALANAI Honors Society
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent Suleman Lalani defeated Lea Simmons in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Suleman Lalani (D) | 56.5 | 39,770 |
Lea Simmons (R)  | 43.5 | 30,615 | ||
| Total votes: 70,385 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Lea Simmons defeated Summara Kanwal in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lea Simmons | 67.2 | 641 | |
 | Summara Kanwal | 32.8 | 313 | |
| Total votes: 954 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent Suleman Lalani defeated Vanesia Johnson in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 63.5 | 6,494 |
 | Vanesia Johnson | 36.5 | 3,738 | |
| Total votes: 10,232 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Summara Kanwal and Lea Simmons advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dayo David in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Summara Kanwal | 35.6 | 2,771 |
| ✔ | Lea Simmons | 35.5 | 2,761 | |
 | Dayo David | 28.9 | 2,244 | |
| Total votes: 7,776 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for David in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dayo David completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by David's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dayo has worked with community based non-profit mental health and human service agencies. He was responsible for providing essential services to people living with mental illness, developmental delay or disability, brain injury, and other challenges. Dayo started his accounting career as a financial statement auditor with one of the Big Four accounting firms. He was the eye of the public. He was responsible for ensuring that financial information presented to the public fairly and accurately represents the true state of the company. As an attorney, Dayo focused on matters affecting the community, issues such as housing matters, family law, contract law, and other areas. With a devoted passion to give back to the community and ensure that individuals with limited financial means have access to legal assistance, Attorney Dayo offered pro bono services to indigents, embodying the belief that justice and compassion should go hand in hand.
Dayo is happily married to his wife Grace, and they are blessed with three children.- Our campaign and political philosophy are characterized by 3Cs – Compassionate, Committed, Consistent. Compassionate: I live here among the people; my children attend schools here; we share the same dreams, hopes, struggles and pain of the people of HD 76. It takes one who is touched by the struggles and the challenges of everyday Texans to compassionately fight for the people and not for politicians or lobbyists. As an attorney, I am committed to fighting for the health, safety, security and well-being of all Texans. As one who will be your state representative, I want to be your voice, your hands, and feet. I will work hard to ensure that District 76 gets a seat at the table.
- Committed: I am a fiscal conservative. I will work with my colleagues to ensure that unnecessary spending and waste are trimmed out of the budget and funds are channeled to critical areas such as education, teachers’ salary, border security, economy and matters that affect Texans. As an accountant, I will advocate for reduced government spending, tax reduction for the people, better business environment for Texans to thrive, and minimal government debt.
- Consistent: I’m not a politician, and I’m tired of empty promises. I believe our government officials should mean what they say and say what they mean – let your yes be yes and your no be no. I am consistent and will remain consistent in advocating for the legislative priorities of my constituency not lobbyists.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 76 |
Footnotes
