Ed Kless
Ed Kless (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 8. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Ed Kless was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pace University in 1987. Kless' career experience includes working as the senior director of partner development and strategy at Sage.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 8
Incumbent Angela Paxton defeated Rachel Mello in the general election for Texas State Senate District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angela Paxton (R) | 59.4 | 269,743 |
 | Rachel Mello (D)  | 40.6 | 184,642 | |
| Total votes: 454,385 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ed Kless (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 8
Rachel Mello advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rachel Mello | 100.0 | 23,078 |
| Total votes: 23,078 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 8
Incumbent Angela Paxton advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Paxton | 100.0 | 68,007 |
| Total votes: 68,007 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 8
Ed Kless advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Ed Kless (L) |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kless in this election.
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 8
Incumbent Angela Paxton defeated Jon Cocks and Ed Kless in the general election for Texas State Senate District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Paxton (R) | 57.7 | 187,754 |
 | Jon Cocks (D) | 39.5 | 128,399 | |
| Ed Kless (L) | 2.9 | 9,293 | |
| Total votes: 325,446 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 8
Jon Cocks advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jon Cocks | 100.0 | 24,775 |
| Total votes: 24,775 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 8
Incumbent Angela Paxton defeated Matt Rostami in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Angela Paxton | 65.2 | 46,355 |
 | Matt Rostami | 34.8 | 24,794 | |
| Total votes: 71,149 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 8
Ed Kless advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Senate District 8 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Kless (L) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Carl Jameson (L)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 89
Incumbent Candy Noble defeated Ray Ash and Ed Kless in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 89 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Candy Noble (R) | 59.0 | 58,102 |
| Ray Ash (D) | 38.5 | 37,837 | ||
| Ed Kless (L) | 2.5 | 2,466 | |
| Total votes: 98,405 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 89
Ray Ash defeated Jon Cocks in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 89 on March 3, 2020.
| Total votes: 12,838 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 89
Incumbent Candy Noble advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 89 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Candy Noble | 100.0 | 14,212 |
| Total votes: 14,212 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 89
Ed Kless advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 89 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Kless (L) |
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Campaign finance
2014
Kless ran for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor.[2] He withdrew on December 7, 2013.[3]
2012
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2012
Kless ran in the 2012 election for Texas State Senate, District 8. Kless ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was defeated by Ken Paxton (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Ken Paxton |
62.3% | 178,238 | |
| Democratic | Jack Ternan | 34.6% | 99,010 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Kless | 3.1% | 8,899 | |
| Total Votes | 286,147 | |||
2010
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2010
Kless was defeated by incumbent Florence Shapiro (R) in the November 2 general election.[4]
| Texas State Senate, District 8 2010 General election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Florence Shapiro (R)
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136,369 | 84.02% | ||
| Ed Kless (L) | 25,935 | 15.97% | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ed Kless did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Ed Kless did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ed Kless completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kless' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ed hosts the Sage Advice Podcast and co-hosts the VoiceAmerica TalkShow Network's The Soul of Enterprise with Ron Baker, founder of the VeraSage Institute where Ed is also a senior fellow. They coauthored The Soul of Enterprise: Dialogues on Business in the Knowledge Economy, a compendium of a few of the episodes.
Ed is a contributor to industry publications and has spoken at many conferences worldwide on project management, pricing, and knowledge workers. He is also active in the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) and has been named to Accounting Today's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Accounting numerous times including 2019. Additionally, Ed is a faculty member of the Professional Pricing Society.
He lives in Allen, Texas, just north of Dallas with his wife and two children and ran for Texas State Senate in 2010 and 2012 as a Libertarian.- Entrepreneurs continue the work of creation
- Reducing the size and scope of government leads to increased human flourishing
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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 October 5, 2020
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