Edward Kimbrough
Edward Kimbrough (Democratic Party) ran for election for President of the United States. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 18, 2020.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Beto O'Rourke and Neal Dikeman in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ted Cruz (R) | 50.9 | 4,260,553 |
![]() | Beto O'Rourke (D) | 48.3 | 4,045,632 | |
![]() | Neal Dikeman (L) | 0.8 | 65,470 |
Total votes: 8,371,655 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bob McNeil (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas
Beto O'Rourke defeated Sema Hernandez and Edward Kimbrough in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Beto O'Rourke | 61.8 | 640,769 |
![]() | Sema Hernandez | 23.7 | 245,847 | |
Edward Kimbrough | 14.5 | 149,851 |
Total votes: 1,036,467 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr., Stefano de Stefano, and Geraldine Sam in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ted Cruz | 85.3 | 1,315,146 |
![]() | Mary Miller | 6.1 | 94,274 | |
![]() | Bruce Jacobson Jr. | 4.2 | 64,452 | |
![]() | Stefano de Stefano | 2.9 | 44,251 | |
Geraldine Sam | 1.5 | 22,767 |
Total votes: 1,540,890 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Edward Kimbrough participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on February 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Edward Kimbrough's responses follow below.[1]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
“ | 1) Eliminate the gridlock between political parties in Washington 2) Return the power of government to the people |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
“ | Finding ways for government to better serve the people rather than power brokers and special interest groups.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Edward Kimbrough answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
“ | I believe that the most important characteristics of an elected official is to be honest, trustworthy, dependable and a servant of the people. The most important principles are to treat other people the way we want to be treated and treat the life of every human being as sacred.[3] | ” |
“ | I believe that the three greatest challenges we face as a nation are: (1) to change from a Debt/Credit-Based Monetary System to an Asset/Capital-Based Monetary System, (2) establish term limits for the Congress and Federal Judges, and (3) establish a balanced budget for the Federal Government. The details are described on my website.[3] | ” |
“ | Yes. To eliminate the gridlock in Washington there needs to be universal principles that will allow senators and representatives to work together to address the needs of the people they were elected to serve.[3] | ” |
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Edward Kimbrough's responses," February 26, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.