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Desiree Venable
Desiree Venable (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 17. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Venable completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Desiree Venable earned an associate degree from Metropolitan Community College, Longview. Venable has been affiliated with BCDP, C.O.D.A, and AFL CIO.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Stan Gerdes defeated Desiree Venable in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Gerdes (R) | 66.2 | 53,531 |
 | Desiree Venable (D)  | 33.8 | 27,389 | |
| Total votes: 80,920 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Desiree Venable advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Desiree Venable | 100.0 | 5,287 |
| Total votes: 5,287 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Stan Gerdes defeated Tom Glass in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Gerdes | 57.9 | 14,159 |
 | Tom Glass | 42.1 | 10,315 | |
| Total votes: 24,474 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Venable received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Desiree Venable completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Venable'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 was born and raised in a small town, to teenaged parents. We struggled as a family but escaped poverty by having tenacious work efforts and utilizing the protections and securities of our unions. I'm pro-union and proud of it.
I'm also passionate about my pro-choice stance and will fight like hell to regain and protect our reproductive rights.
Once elected, I will support and propose legislation to expand affordable and comprehensive healthcare options for all. I will work towards legalizing marijuana, increasing the minimum wage to $15/hr., and reforming our broken criminal justice system to prioritize rehabilitation. I will be dedicated to creating an efficient and humane immigration policy that prioritizes the well being, legal representation, and acclimation of immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers. I will fight to increase funding, and more equally distribute funds, to our public school system, and increase our teachers inadequate wages.
You won't find a candidate with more drive or passion for reforming our government into a more transparent, less corrupt system, that provides equal opportunities, protection, and representation to all. I WILL create a system that prioritizes it's community members over the bottom dollar and corporate interests.If I could promote one message it would be this:
Individually, when we demand change or justice we are a small and quiet nuisance to those in positions of power. But united, we are the power. We are change. And we are justice. We can not continue to allow a small amount of mega wealthy people to control the status quo and the operation of our government because they will never prioritize our needs over their profits.
We've become an idle and complacent population that's accepting, and sometimes even grateful, to receive crumbs from a meal we've labored to create. I'll use my platform to empower and unite our community members to demand progress towards a more fulfilling and equitable future.- I'm pro-choice and very passionate about it. I have protested against the loss of reproductive rights and the harsh, anti-choice legislation in my country for years and that won't stop once I'm in office. I will continue to battle the false narratives the opposing party perpetuates and bring my state into the 21st century, where individuals, rather than medically and anatomically ignorant government officials, have control over their own health care decisions. Abortion. Is. Healthcare.
- Several of my family members were union members, and I've been passionate about my stance on protecting and expanding union rights all my life. This includes protecting teachers and other state employees in Texas by ridding the state of legislation making it legal to strip hard working state employees of the benefits they've earned for striking. Hard working individuals need and deserve protection from greedy, unethical corporations and corrupt government regulations, so it's vital that we lift up our unions and expand their reach.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 8, 2024
