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Gerry Monroe
Gerry Monroe (Republican Party) (also known as “The 5 Star General”) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 131. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Monroe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gerry Monroe was born in Houston, Texas. Monroe graduated from Jack Yates Sr. High School in 1986. He earned an associate degree from Central Texas College in 2020. Monroe's career experience includes working as a political consultant and education advocate. He has owned his own business and has been the executive director of The United Urban Alumni Alliance.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 131
Incumbent Alma Allen defeated Gerry Monroe in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 131 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alma Allen (D) | 80.5 | 25,066 |
 | Gerry Monroe (R)  | 19.5 | 6,063 | |
| Total votes: 31,129 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 131
Incumbent Alma Allen defeated James Guillory and Crystal Dillard in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 131 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Allen | 54.3 | 4,741 |
 | James Guillory | 32.2 | 2,813 | |
 | Crystal Dillard | 13.4 | 1,171 | |
| Total votes: 8,725 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 131
Gerry Monroe advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 131 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gerry Monroe | 100.0 | 1,391 |
| Total votes: 1,391 | |||
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Campaign finance
2021
See also: Houston Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Houston Independent School District, District IX
Incumbent Myrna Guidry defeated Gerry Monroe and Joshua Rosales in the general election for Houston Independent School District, District IX on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Myrna Guidry (Nonpartisan) | 60.6 | 4,854 | |
| Gerry Monroe (Nonpartisan) | 22.4 | 1,793 | |
 | Joshua Rosales (Nonpartisan) | 17.0 | 1,357 | |
| Total votes: 8,004 | |||
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2017
Six of the nine seats on the Houston Independent School District Board of Education in Texas were up for by-district general election on November 7, 2017. Candidates in Districts I and III advanced to a runoff election scheduled for December 9, 2017, after no candidate received a majority of the vote. The District III seat was up for special election to fill an unexpired term following the death of Manuel Rodriguez Jr.[3] The incumbents in Districts VI, VIII, and IX filed for re-election, while the incumbents in Districts I and V opted not to seek additional terms.[4][5][6]
In District I, newcomer Elizabeth Santos defeated fellow newcomer Gretchen Himsl. They defeated Monica Richart in the general election. In District III, newcomer Sergio Lira won against Jesse Rodriguez in the runoff election. They defeated Carlos Perrett and Rodolfo Reyes in the general election.[7]
Newcomer Sue Deigaard defeated three other newcomers—Kara DeRocha, Sean Cheben, and Susan Shafer—for the open District V seat. District VI incumbent Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca defeated challengers Daniel Albert and Robert Lundin for the seat with 50.42 percent of the vote. Incumbent Anne Sung defeated challenger John Luman in the District VII election. District IX incumbent Wanda Adams defeated challengers Karla Brown and Gerry Monroe.[4][5]
Results
| Houston Independent School District, District IX General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Wanda Adams Incumbent |
68.43% | 5,575 |
| Karla Brown | 24.22% | 1,973 |
| Gerry Monroe | 7.35% | 599 |
| Total Votes | 8,147 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Official," accessed November 22, 2017 | ||
Funding
Monroe reported $900.00 in contributions and $900.00 in expenditures to the Houston Independent School District as of October 10, 2017.[8]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gerry Monroe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Monroe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Let’s fix education in the state of Texas. No Mask Mandates and No CRT and Porn in our schools.
- Lower Taxes for all Texans
- Protect our Borders
2. Unmask our Children in schools. Follow the Governor’s orders.
3. No Critical Race Theory in Our Schools
4. We must lower taxes for all Texans
5. Pass more laws to protect voter integrity
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2021
Gerry Monroe did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 30, 2022
- ↑ Houstonians for Great Public Schools, "2017 HISD School Board Candidates: District 9 - Gerry W. Monroe," accessed November 3, 2017
- ↑ Houston Independent School District, "HISD trustees appoint José Leal to fill District III seat until special election in November," accessed August 21, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Houston Independent School District, "Election Information," accessed September 12, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Official," accessed November 22, 2017
- ↑ Houston ISD, "Three HISD incumbents prevail on election night, one open seat filled, and two open seats head to runoffs," November 8, 2017
- ↑ Harris County, Texas, "Cumulative Report - Unofficial, Joint Runoff Election," accessed December 9, 2017
- ↑ Houston ISD, "Election Information," accessed October 20, 2017
