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Elianor Vessali
Elianor Vessali (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 17th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Vessali completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Elianor Vessali attended Texas A&M.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 17
Pete Sessions defeated Rick Kennedy and Ted Brown in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pete Sessions (R) | 55.9 | 171,390 |
 | Rick Kennedy (D)  | 40.9 | 125,565 | |
 | Ted Brown (L) | 3.2 | 9,918 | |
| Total votes: 306,873 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 17
Rick Kennedy defeated David Jaramillo in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 17 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Kennedy | 57.3 | 13,496 |
 | David Jaramillo | 42.7 | 10,054 | |
| Total votes: 23,550 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 17
Pete Sessions defeated Renee Swann in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 17 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pete Sessions | 53.5 | 18,524 |
 | Renee Swann | 46.5 | 16,096 | |
| Total votes: 34,620 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 17
Rick Kennedy and David Jaramillo advanced to a runoff. They defeated William Foster III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 17 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Kennedy | 47.9 | 22,148 |
| ✔ | | David Jaramillo | 35.0 | 16,170 |
 | William Foster III | 17.1 | 7,887 | |
| Total votes: 46,205 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 17
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 17 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pete Sessions | 31.6 | 21,667 |
| ✔ | | Renee Swann | 19.0 | 13,047 |
 | George Hindman | 18.1 | 12,405 | |
 | Elianor Vessali | 9.2 | 6,283 | |
| Scott Bland | 7.2 | 4,947 | ||
 | Trent Sutton | 5.2 | 3,593 | |
 | Todd Kent | 3.5 | 2,367 | |
 | Kristen Alamo Rowin | 1.7 | 1,183 | |
 | Laurie Godfrey McReynolds | 1.6 | 1,105 | |
| David Saucedo | 1.4 | 975 | ||
| Jeffrey Oppenheim (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 483 | ||
 | Ahmad Adnan | 0.7 | 477 | |
| Total votes: 68,532 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 17
Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 17 on March 21, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Ted Brown (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Elianor Vessali completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vessali's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Elianor has deep ties to the 17th Congressional District of Texas. She's a proud alumna of Texas A&M where she served as a member of the Corps of Cadets and graduated with a degree in Biomedical Science. She then enrolled in Law School at South Texas College of Law in downtown Houston. Upon graduation in 2002, she accepted an offer with Ernst & Young, Geneva, Switzerland. After three years overseas, she realized that it was time to come back home to Texas.
Always looking to serve, Elianor was elected to College Station City Council place 4 as a proud conservative in 2018.
On Council, she has been a steadfast voice for everyday taxpayers, fighting to protect private property rights, limiting government regulation and voting against the tax increases that harm middle-class families. She also served on the Construction Board of Adjustments and the Planning and Zoning Commission in College Station where she has fought for efficient and limited government. Within the Republican Party, Elianor has served on the Leadership Committee of the Republican Party of Brazos County and the Executive Committee as Precinct Chair. She is also a member of the Republican Women of Brazos Valley and has served on their board.- Refocus Congress
- Secure the Border
- Protect Unborn Life
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Campaign website
Vessali’s campaign website stated the following:
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Refocus Congress Congress is out of control. The Radical Left is using the power of Congress to overturn the 2016 election because they hate President Trump. And while they waste time and money forcing impeachment, they refuse to secure our border and get the government out of the way to allow the Texas economy to thrive. Secure The Border Congress’ utter failure to fix the crisis at the southern border is a mark against the entire institution. In Congress, Elianor will fight with President Trump to build the wall on the southern border, increase border security, reform legal immigration towards merit, and deport criminal aliens that harm innocent Americans every day. Keep Taxes Low As a small businesswoman, Elianor knows that we have to get the government out of our way to ensure that the Texas economy continues to thrive. As a member of the College Station City Council, she fought to protect private property rights and was the only member of council to vote against tax and budget increases. Reform Broken Healthcare Obamacare was always designed to put us on the path to socialized medicine, but the radical proposals from the left would destroy the quality of American healthcare and would only hurt low and middle income families. Elianor will fight to restore healthcare freedom for all Americans to allow the healthcare industry to work like a competitive market. Defend The Constitution It’s hard to find a part of the Constitution the left likes. They want to abolish everything from free speech to the electoral college. Elianor believes in the Constitution and knows that those willing to defend it are the greatest threat to the entrenched Swamp. Stand For The Second Amendment Elianor knows the Second Amendment is the one that protects the rest. In Congress she’ll stand up to liberal gun control schemes that would do nothing to make Americans safer. She believes “shall not be infringed” means what it says. Protect Unborn Life Democrats used to claim they wanted abortion to be “safe, legal and rare.” Now they want it to be government-funded and allowed until or even after birth. It’s a sickening new low. We must defund Planned Parenthood once and for all and stand up for the most defenseless among us. Support Texas Families By geography and spirit, CD-17 represents the heart of Texas. It’s home to two of the nation’s leading institutions of higher education as well as the plentiful energy resources that have made America energy independent. But most importantly, it’s bound by hard-working families united by the very common-sense conservative values that the left seeks to destroy. In Congress, Elianor will vigorously defend Texas families from the Radical Left. Let Farmers and Ranchers Thrive CD-17 is home to thousands of Texans who do the hard work to feed this great nation. We have to make sure the federal government stays out of their way as they do their important work. In Congress Elianor will fight to keep big government regulations off of our farmers and ranchers’ backs while also ensuring we have fair trade that doesn’t give other countries an unfair advantage. [2] |
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| —Elianor Vessali[3] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 9, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Elianor Vessali 2020 campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 5, 2020
