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Gina Calanni
Gina Calanni (Democratic Party) was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 132. She assumed office on January 8, 2019. She left office on January 11, 2021.
Calanni (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Harris County Commissioners Court to represent District 4 in Texas. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Biography
Gina Calanni earned a bachelor's degree from St. Edward's University. Calanni's career experience includes working as a paralegal with the Travis County Attorney's office.[1]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Calanni was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4
Lesley Briones defeated incumbent R. Jack Cagle in the general election for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lesley Briones (D) | 51.7 | 122,644 |
| R. Jack Cagle (R) | 48.3 | 114,718 | ||
| Total votes: 237,362 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4
Lesley Briones defeated Benjamin Chou in the Democratic primary runoff for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lesley Briones | 53.9 | 8,139 |
 | Benjamin Chou | 46.1 | 6,958 | |
| Total votes: 15,097 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lesley Briones | 33.9 | 9,893 |
| ✔ | | Benjamin Chou | 24.6 | 7,167 |
 | Ann Williams | 13.7 | 3,999 | |
| Clarence Miller | 11.0 | 3,211 | ||
 | Gina Calanni | 9.0 | 2,619 | |
| Sandra Pelmore | 5.6 | 1,624 | ||
| Jeff Stauber | 2.2 | 650 | ||
| Total votes: 29,163 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4
Incumbent R. Jack Cagle advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | R. Jack Cagle | 100.0 | 29,864 | |
| Total votes: 29,864 | |||
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2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Mike Schofield defeated incumbent Gina Calanni and Titus Benton in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Schofield (R) | 51.8 | 52,299 |
| Gina Calanni (D) | 48.1 | 48,514 | |
 | Titus Benton (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 116 | |
| Total votes: 100,929 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Incumbent Gina Calanni advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Calanni | 100.0 | 11,935 |
| Total votes: 11,935 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Mike Schofield defeated Angelica Garcia in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Schofield | 53.0 | 6,779 |
| Angelica Garcia | 47.0 | 6,023 | ||
| Total votes: 12,802 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Gina Calanni defeated incumbent Mike Schofield and Daniel Arevalo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Calanni (D) | 49.3 | 32,841 |
| Mike Schofield (R) | 49.1 | 32,728 | |
| Daniel Arevalo (L) | 1.7 | 1,106 | ||
| Total votes: 66,675 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Gina Calanni defeated Carlos Pena in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gina Calanni | 67.0 | 3,713 |
 | Carlos Pena | 33.0 | 1,830 | |
| Total votes: 5,543 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132
Incumbent Mike Schofield advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 132 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Schofield | 100.0 | 6,815 |
| Total votes: 6,815 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Gina Calanni did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Gina Calanni did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gina Calanni completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Calanni's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
1. My top priority is to address public education finance reform which includes lowering our property taxes. Our public schools are not properly funded because the state legislature keeps lessening the amount that state pays and requiring that homeowners take on more than their fair share. Our Texas constitution states in Article 7 that the state will provide for the maintenance and support of an efficient system for public schools. Our schools are not able to make the grade of efficiency because the legislature keeps siphoning away funding. In the early 2000s the state provided closer to 50% of the funding for public education. Whereas the last legislative session, the legislature voted that the state would only provide 38% of state funding towards public education. This transfer of responsibility was handed over to the homeowners. When the legislature voted to increase property taxes by 14% in order to balance their budget. We need to properly fund our schools, lower our property taxes, and pay our teachers wages that ensure they aren't struggling to survive. 2. My second top priority is addressing flood control in TXHD132 and our state as a whole. We need to build the third reservoir and not just talk about it. Numerous studies have been done, we've known for over thirty years it needed to happen, we cannot suffer another Harvey and that will happen again if we do not focus on mitigation now and not repairs later. We also need to create a task force that inspects all Texas counties plans of action for before and after the storm. We learned a lot during Harvey and the big thing was we weren't prepared for it before or after. Hurricane Harvey was my first ever natural disaster, I had no idea that if I wanted to evacuate I only had a certain amount of time to do so and then it was too late. This was not communicated to us. Instead I found myself in chest high water, trying to alert my neighbors to seek their roofs if need be for rescue. The aftermath of Harvey was a prime example of disaster in regards to loss of water, power, and the filth that was flooding around us. We need a task force to inspect each counties plan of action for before and after catastrophic weather events and make sure we keep our citizens prepared, informed, and safe. 3. My third top priority is to address sex trafficking in our state. Houston/Katy community is one of the largest sex trafficking areas in the world. The only way we as a community can shut down this horrible epidemic is through prevention, prosecution for the traffickers, and providing a real path of rehabilitation to the victims. Our current system does not provide a path that will prevent the cycle of abuse for these victims. Not only is this immoral to ignore this travesty but also creates a 6.5 million dollar drain on social services for our state by not addressing this huge problem which will not go away on it's own. I'm committed to making sure it does.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
My number one focus will be on public school finance reform.
What is your favorite thing in your home or apartment? Why?
If I could only save one thing from my home in the event of a fire and all my babies and pooch were safe, it would be the rolling pin from my grandmother.
What was the last song that got stuck in your head?
High Hopes by Panic at the Disco
What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?
We need to focus on public education finance reform.
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2020
In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was not in session.
2019
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In 2019, the Texas State Legislature was in its 86th legislative session from January 8 through May 27.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Mike Schofield (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 132 2019-2021 |
Succeeded by Mike Schofield (R) |
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State of Texas Austin (capital) |
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