Demetria Smith

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Demetria Smith

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2019

Demetria Smith ran for election for Mayor of Houston in Texas. Smith lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.

Biography

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As of November 2019, Smith's professional experience included working in home mortgage lending, business start-up funding, auto lending, and financial and credit education.

Elections

2019

See also: Mayoral election in Houston, Texas (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Houston

Incumbent Sylvester Turner defeated Tony Buzbee in the general runoff election for Mayor of Houston on December 14, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan)	56.0	113,262
		Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan)	44.0	88,844

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 202,106
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General election

General election for Mayor of Houston

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Houston on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan)	46.4	111,789
✔		Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan)	28.8	69,361
		Bill King (Nonpartisan)	14.0	33,772
		Dwight Boykins (Nonpartisan)	5.9	14,212
	Submit photo	Victoria Romero (Nonpartisan)	1.2	2,933
		Sue Lovell (Nonpartisan)	1.2	2,932
		Demetria Smith (Nonpartisan)	0.7	1,694
		Roy Vasquez (Nonpartisan)	0.6	1,556
		Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan)	0.4	982
	Submit photo	Derrick Broze (Nonpartisan)	0.3	686
		Naoufal Houjami (Nonpartisan)	0.2	560
	Submit photo	Johnny Taylor (Nonpartisan)	0.2	555

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,032
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2018

See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Lupe Valdez and Mark Tippetts in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott (R)	55.8	4,656,196
		Lupe Valdez (D)	42.5	3,546,615
		Mark Tippetts (L)	1.7	140,632

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,343,443
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Janis Richards (G)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas

Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	53.0	224,091
		Andrew White	47.0	198,407

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 422,498
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	42.9	435,484
✔		Andrew White	27.4	278,333
		Cedric Davis	8.3	83,817
		Grady Yarbrough	5.4	54,372
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Payne	4.8	48,269
		Adrian Ocegueda	4.4	44,681
		Thomas Wakely	3.4	34,737
	Submit photo	James Clark	2.2	21,871
	Submit photo	Joe Mumbach	1.4	13,878

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,015,442
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Texas

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated Barbara Krueger and Larry SECEDE Kilgore in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott	90.4	1,389,562
	Submit photo	Barbara Krueger	8.3	127,134
		Larry SECEDE Kilgore	1.3	20,384

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,537,080
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.

Incumbent Hubert Vo defeated Bryan Chu in the Texas House of Representatives District 149 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 149 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hubert Vo Incumbent	63.55%	27,613
	Republican	Bryan Chu	36.45%	15,840
Total Votes				43,453
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Incumbent Hubert Vo defeated Demetria Smith in the Texas House of Representatives District 149 Democratic Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 149 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Hubert Vo Incumbent	64.87%	4,446
	Democratic	Demetria Smith	35.13%	2,408
Total Votes				6,854

Bryan Chu ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 149 Republican Primary.

Texas House of Representatives, District 149 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Bryan Chu  (unopposed)

2015

See also: Houston, Texas municipal elections, 2015

The city of Houston, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 24, 2015. In the mayoral race, the candidates were former Congressman Chris Bell, Houston Councilman Stephen C. Costello, Joe Ferreira, Adrian Garcia, Ben Hall, Bill King, Victoria Lane, Marty McVey, Rafael Muñoz Jr., Nguyen Thai Hoc, Demetria Smith, Dale Steffes and Representative Sylvester Turner. Sylvester Turner and Bill King advanced from the general.

Sylvester Turner defeated Bill King in the runoff election.

Mayor of Houston, Runoff election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sylvester Turner	50.2%	104,639
Bill King	49.8%	103,961
Write-in votes	0%	0
Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting)		208,600
Source: Harris County, Texas, "Runoff Election Results," December 12, 2015

Mayor of Houston, General election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sylvester Turner	31.3%	81,735
Bill King	25.3%	65,968
Adrian Garcia	17.1%	44,758
Ben Hall	9.5%	24,805
Chris Bell	7.4%	19,345
Stephen C. Costello	6.7%	17,546
Nguyen Thai Hoc	0.9%	2,325
Marty McVey	0.5%	1,378
Demetria Smith	0.5%	1,234
Victoria Lane	0.3%	908
Rafael Muñoz Jr.	0.2%	515
Dale Steffes	0.1%	302
Joe Ferreira	0.1%	240
Write-in votes	0%	0
Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting)		261,059
Source: Harris County Texas, "Official general election results," accessed November 16, 2015

Campaign themes

2019

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Campaign website

Smith's campaign website stated the following:

“	Fighting Injustice Your alternative is to fight for your rights, your justice, you inequalities, corruption, bigotry, brutality, and discrimination, . Fighting Poverty It is your God given right to have the means to meet your basic personal needs of food, water, clothing, and affordable housing, Fighting Opression We continue to face cruel and unjust treatment. We the people are often subjected to unfair treatment left feeling powerless. It's time that public officials hear our voice, about our wants, needs and create the changes that we ask for. Democracy is about the will, the want, and the hope of the people. Concerning The LBGTQ 2015 HERO City Ordinance; Demetria Smith has stated that she is supportive of the LGBTQ community as well as all people in the community of Houston TX, Harris County . Demetria has publicly stated that she was in support of the HERO Ordinance except the piece on bathroom sharing, due to the public safety concerns . This proposed ordinance was defeated in 2015 by Houston voters owever, the LBGTQ community continues their attack on Smith falsely claiming her to be Anti-LBGTQ when she has publically stated that she is supportive of the LBGTQ community in terms of fairness and equality. Smith will continue to fight for the LGBTQ community Constitutional Rights as well as for the Constitutional Rights of city residents. This is not an endorsement from the Houston Firefighters	”
—Demetria Smith’s campaign website (2019)

2015

Smith's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

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Demetria Smith Plans to promote affordable Home Ownership for families an home repairs for the Elderly and disabled. Demetria Smith plans to work with Mortgage Banks to revisit the Credit Policy and Home Buying qualification Programs. Demetria Smith plans to create Jobs and Education awareness to reduce Individuals Income Poverty line. Demetria Smith plans to bring Health awareness throughout the Community to secure our Children's Health. Demetria Smith plans to reduce gang violence bu introducing programs such as Theater Arts, Math, Science, money management, investments, to enhance our children's mindset to become creative and innovative Individuals,preparing them for the future. Demetria Smith plans to develop a Partnership with Organizations to give formerly convicted felons a chance to live again by Intergrating them back into civilization, giving them the same equal access to resources and Jobs. Demetria Smith plans to fight for affordable Childcare for single Moms and struggling families. Demetria Smith plans to enhance and Beautify the Community through Private and Public Funding.

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