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Eric Hanke
Eric Hanke (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 31st Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.
Hanke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Donna Imam, Clark Patterson, and Jonathan Scott in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Carter (R) | 53.4 | 212,695 |
 | Donna Imam (D) | 44.3 | 176,293 | |
 | Clark Patterson (L)  | 2.2 | 8,922 | |
 | Jonathan Scott (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 147 | |
| Total votes: 398,057 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Bravo (Independent)
- Moshe Schrauth (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31
Donna Imam defeated Christine Eady Mann in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donna Imam | 56.6 | 21,026 |
 | Christine Eady Mann | 43.4 | 16,109 | |
| Total votes: 37,135 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Eady Mann | 34.7 | 24,145 |
| ✔ | | Donna Imam | 30.7 | 21,352 |
 | Tammy Young | 14.3 | 9,956 | |
| Michael Grimes (Unofficially withdrew) | 10.8 | 7,542 | ||
 | Eric Hanke | 5.9 | 4,117 | |
 | Dan Janjigian | 3.6 | 2,471 | |
| Total votes: 69,583 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Murray Holcomb (D)
- Omar Kadir (D)
- Jon Curtis (D)
- Roderick Kutch (D)
- Jeremiah Landin (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31
Incumbent John Carter defeated Mike Williams, Christopher Wall, and Abhiram Garapati in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Carter | 82.3 | 53,070 |
 | Mike Williams | 8.6 | 5,560 | |
 | Christopher Wall | 4.9 | 3,155 | |
 | Abhiram Garapati | 4.2 | 2,717 | |
| Total votes: 64,502 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Bohlin (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31
Clark Patterson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 21, 2020.
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| ✔ | | Clark Patterson (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eric Hanke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hanke's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Growing up, my grandparents - immigrants from West Germany who came to America after World War II - helped foster in me two truths that have guided me through life: that we are all given our own gifts from God, which we have the responsibility to use to support people, and my love of music.
Every week, I work to help county and district employees all across Texas prepare for their retirement. The stories of these employees all across Texas, that are concerned about their ability to afford health care and whether or not Social Security will be there for them, are what have driven me to run for office.
In my music, I seek to use my voice as a platform to affect positive social change in the world, bringing folks together through a common language. The ability to break down walls and connect with one another is something that is sorely missing in Washington.
TX-31 has been my home for most of my adult life. In that time, we've seen fewer and fewer every-day people serving in Congress and therefore we don't see policy for everyday people coming out of Congress. I'm running to change that.
- Eric- I'm running on behalf of common people in my home state of Texas and everywhere else in this country who feel like they don't have a voice in government.
- believe in sensible gun legislation that would expand background checks and close loopholes to ensure only law-abiding Americans can purchase guns. Furthermore, I support reinstating the assault weapons ban and implementing a voluntary buy-back program to get the excessive amount of these weapons off our streets.
- I firmly believe that health care is a basic human right and that reliable, timely access to care should be guaranteed for all in our country. In Congress, I will put my greatest effort behind reforms that take us in that direction. My metric will be how we can help the most people as quickly as possible.
In America's current health care system, people's ability to get care is too often driven by a company's profit margins and not their own individual health needs. That is immoral and it needs to change. But as long as private companies are beholden to stockholders - without serious market competition - there will be a conflict of interest with regards to the level of coverage insurance companies will provide, and therefore a limit on the amount of care we have access to.
In spite of living in a free country with a free market, the current system prevents us from having the freedom of choice and access. If people's current insurance works for them, they should be allowed to keep it. For those who want an alternative, I believe that Medicare should be open to anyone who wants to participate - consumers and employers alike.
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See also
2020 Elections
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