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Dominick Dina
Dominick Dina (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 20th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Dina completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dina earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice with a minor in business management from Wayland Baptist University in 1987 and his master's degree in public administration from Webster University in 1997.[1]
Dina's career experience includes working as a real estate broker. He served in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1999.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Mauro Garza and Jeffrey Blunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joaquin Castro (D) | 64.7 | 175,078 |
 | Mauro Garza (R)  | 33.1 | 89,628 | |
 | Jeffrey Blunt (L) | 2.2 | 6,017 | |
| Total votes: 270,723 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Jonasz (Independent)
- Adam Martinez-Gomez (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20
Mauro Garza defeated Gary Allen in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mauro Garza | 60.1 | 7,162 |
 | Gary Allen | 39.9 | 4,762 | |
| Total votes: 11,924 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Justin Lecea and Rob Hostetler in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joaquin Castro | 92.1 | 61,861 |
 | Justin Lecea | 4.5 | 3,047 | |
| Rob Hostetler | 3.4 | 2,252 | ||
| Total votes: 67,160 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20
Mauro Garza and Gary Allen advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dominick Dina, Anita Kegley, and Tammy Orta in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mauro Garza | 33.3 | 7,720 |
| ✔ | | Gary Allen | 26.9 | 6,230 |
 | Dominick Dina | 22.6 | 5,242 | |
 | Anita Kegley | 9.5 | 2,210 | |
 | Tammy Orta | 7.7 | 1,786 | |
| Total votes: 23,188 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Carrizales (R)
- Dan McQueen (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20
Jeffrey Blunt advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Blunt (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dominick Dina completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dina's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Immigration and border security - hand-in-hand in some respects. Security of the border will prevent human trafficking and the drug trade
- Adoption over abortion. All lives must be preserved, protected and valued. We must protect the most vulnerable.
- Constitutional rights guaranteed - all of them - no erosion of rights for the benefit of zealots
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
