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Gina Calanni

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Gina Calanni
Image of Gina Calanni
Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives District 132
Successor: Mike Schofield

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 1, 2022

Personal
Profession
Paralegal
Contact

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
Image of Lesley Briones
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
Image of Lesley Briones
Lesley Briones
 
53.9
 
8,139
Image of Benjamin Chou
Benjamin Chou Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Lesley Briones
Lesley Briones
 
33.9
 
9,893
Image of Benjamin Chou
Benjamin Chou Candidate Connection
 
24.6
 
7,167
Image of Ann Williams
Ann Williams Candidate Connection
 
13.7
 
3,999
Clarence Miller
 
11.0
 
3,211
Image of Gina Calanni
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
Image of Mike Schofield
Mike Schofield (R)
 
51.8
 
52,299
Image of Gina Calanni
Gina Calanni (D)
 
48.1
 
48,514
Image of Titus Benton
Titus Benton (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Gina Calanni
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
Image of Mike Schofield
Mike Schofield
 
53.0
 
6,779
Angelica Garcia
 
47.0
 
6,023

Total votes: 12,802
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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
Image of Gina Calanni
Gina Calanni (D) Candidate Connection
 
49.3
 
32,841
Image of Mike Schofield
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
Image of Gina Calanni
Gina Calanni Candidate Connection
 
67.0
 
3,713
Image of Carlos Pena
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
Image of Mike Schofield
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

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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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Mike Schofield (R)
Texas House of Representatives District 132
2019-2021
Succeeded by
Mike Schofield (R)