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Hector Morales (U.S. House Texas District 29 candidate)
Hector Morales (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 29th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.
Biography
Hector Morales was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and lives in Texas. He studied government policy and healthcare at San Jacinto Community College and the University of Texas at Austin. Leading up to the 2018 election, Morales was working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 29
Sylvia Garcia defeated Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Cullen Burns in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sylvia Garcia (D) | 75.1 | 88,188 |
 | Phillip Arnold Aronoff (R) | 23.9 | 28,098 | |
 | Cullen Burns (L) | 1.0 | 1,199 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 117,494 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29
Phillip Arnold Aronoff defeated Carmen Montiel in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Arnold Aronoff | 51.9 | 1,151 |
 | Carmen Montiel | 48.1 | 1,068 | |
| Total votes: 2,219 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sylvia Garcia | 63.3 | 11,727 |
 | Muhammad Javed | 20.7 | 3,831 | |
 | Roel Garcia | 6.6 | 1,221 | |
 | Hector Morales | 3.0 | 563 | |
| Augustine Reyes | 2.8 | 525 | ||
 | Dominique Garcia | 2.6 | 478 | |
 | Pedro Valencia | 1.0 | 193 | |
| Total votes: 18,538 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29
Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Carmen Montiel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Robert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Arnold Aronoff | 38.6 | 2,402 |
| ✔ | | Carmen Montiel | 23.6 | 1,467 |
 | Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco | 21.0 | 1,309 | |
 | Robert Schafranek | 16.8 | 1,042 | |
| Total votes: 6,220 | |||
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Endorsements
| Democratic candidate endorsements | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement | Dominique Garcia | Roel Garcia | Sylvia Garcia | Javed | Morales | Reyes | Valencia | |
| Federal officeholders | ||||||||
| Sen. Charles Schumer (D)[2] | ✔ | |||||||
| Rep. Hank Johnson (D)[3] | ✔ | |||||||
| Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi[3] | ✔ | |||||||
| Organizations | ||||||||
| NARAL Pro-Choice America[4] | ✔ | |||||||
| Texas Coalition of Black Democrats[3] | ✔ | |||||||
| Harris County Tejano Democrats[5] | ✔ | |||||||
| Our Revolution Texas[6] | ✔ | |||||||
| Publications | ||||||||
| Houston Chronicle[7] | ✔ | |||||||
| PAC's | ||||||||
| League of Conservation Voters Action Fund[8] | ✔ | |||||||
| EMILY's List[9] | ✔ | |||||||
| BOLD PAC[5] | ✔ | |||||||
Campaign themes
2018
The campaign themes below were highlighted on Morales' 2018 campaign website.[10]
| “ | Education
Our public schools are struggling to meet the needs of our community. If we want to empower our students and parents to make decisions about their schools, we must first address the learning gaps. We will ensure that a student going to one public school has the same access to resources and chance at success as a student who goes to a school across the district by funding Head Start and expanding college readiness courses and programs to every public school. If a high school student meets the academic requirements, they should be able to attend college and graduate with no debt. This is not a new concept — most industrialized countries do the exact same thing. If we want to rebuild our economy and encourage innovation in America, we need a highly-educated and highly-skilled workforce. Saddling students with debt is not only destructive to students’ futures, it also slows and depresses our economy. Energy Refineries in Pasadena have dominated the skyline for decades in the name of "good paying jobs". These "good paying jobs" have cost countless people their health and their lives. We can have great paying jobs and a clean environment if we force these refineries to clean up their act and reduce their pollution. We can do this responsibly without polluting our environment or giving up jobs. Our current energy system is costly, inefficient, and unsustainable. Unlike oil, coal and natural gas, the sun and wind can provide us with a virtually infinite supply of energy — millions of times more energy than we could ever possibly use. Building an all-renewable energy system will require a massive investment at first, but once it’s built, maintaining our new energy system will be far cheaper than the expensive energy system we have today. Families Our community is only as strong as our families which is why we must ensure their needs are being met in the classroom, at work, and at home. By providing access to programs designed to meet their needs, our families will be healthier and happier. We will expand the earned income tax credit by $1 trillion for families raising children. In addition, we will make 6 months of family leave available to all parents — both women and men. We will also build and fund of a new network of childcare centers. We recognize that economic issues often play a large role in a woman's decision to seek abortion in the first place, so we will seek to address those underlying economic issues. Healthcare
This will include high-quality general, dental, vision, and mental health coverage. Medicare is more efficient than any private insurance provider and is accepted by 95% of doctors. Under our plan, private insurance companies will be allowed to compete with each other in a truly free market to offer supplemental insurance plans. The pharmaceutical industry gouges the American people and spends the vast majority of its profits on advertising and lobbying. Immigration Our path to prosperity lies in being a compassionate nation, not building walls that segregate us from the rest of the world. We want immigrants to come to America — but we do not want them coming here in unsafe and illegal ways. Today, too many potential immigrants risk their lives by illicitly crossing desert borders and paying human smugglers. To fix this problem, we must establish a safer way for potential immigrants to come to America — establishing legal immigration centers around the world to recruit the best working families in Latin America and the Caribbean and elsewhere to join the American family. Taxes Middle and working class people pay a higher tax rate than wealthy people when you add up all the sales, property, local and other taxes and fees that Americans pay. Our plan will lower taxes and provide tax rebates and refunds to working and middle class people. We will slash tax loopholes and giveaways throughout the tax code: they overwhelmingly benefit big business over small business. More money in the pocket of families means a healthier community and economy.[11] |
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Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2018
- Texas' 29th Congressional District
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hector Morales for U.S. Congress, "My Story," accessed February 18, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "New York Democrat Chuck Schumer endorses Tahir Javed in Houston race to replace U.S. Rep. Gene Green," February 21, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tahir Javed 2018 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 23, 2018
- ↑ NARAL Pro-Choice America, "Candidates Earn Endorsement from Nation’s Leading Pro-Choice Advocacy Group," February 28, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chron, "Sylvia Garcia picks up key endorsements in congressional race," January 15, 2018
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, February 12, 2018
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "For the 29th District," February 5, 2018
- ↑ League of Conservation Voters, "LCV Action Fund Endorses Sylvia Garcia for Congress," March 2, 2018
- ↑ Emily's List, "Sylvia Garcia," January 26, 2018
- ↑ Hector Morales 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 23, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
