Howard Lynn Steele Jr.

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Howard Lynn Steele Jr.

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March 3, 2020

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Howard Lynn Steele Jr. (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 22nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.

Steele completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2020

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Sri Preston Kulkarni and Joseph LeBlanc in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls (R)	51.5	210,259
		Sri Preston Kulkarni (D)	44.6	181,998
		Joseph LeBlanc (L)	3.9	15,791

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 408,048
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Kathaleen Wall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	69.9	36,132
		Kathaleen Wall	30.1	15,547

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,679
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Sri Preston Kulkarni defeated Derrick Reed, Nyanza Moore, and Carmine Petricco III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sri Preston Kulkarni	53.1	34,664
		Derrick Reed	24.7	16,126
		Nyanza Moore	14.5	9,449
	Submit photo	Carmine Petricco III	7.8	5,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,313
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Fernandez (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	40.5	29,583
✔		Kathaleen Wall	19.4	14,201
		Pierce Bush	15.4	11,281
		Greg Hill	14.1	10,315
		Dan Mathews	3.0	2,165
	Submit photo	Bangar Reddy	1.6	1,144
		Joe Walz	1.4	1,039
	Submit photo	Shandon Phan	1.1	773
		Diana Miller	1.1	771
		Jon Camarillo	1.0	718
		Douglas Haggard	0.5	398
		Howard Lynn Steele Jr.	0.4	283
		Matt Hinton	0.4	274
	Submit photo	Brandon Penko	0.1	96
		Aaron Hermes	0.1	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,133
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Schell Hammel (R)
• Keli Chevalier (R)
• Clint Morgan (R)
• Felicia Harris Hoss (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Joseph LeBlanc (L)

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Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Howard Lynn Steele Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Steele's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am I a federal litigator, native Houstonian and congressional candidate for the 22nd District. Born into a military family of modest means helped me learn the values of hard work, focus and grit. I became the first person in his family to attend college, and subsequently earned four degrees; Bachelor of Arts in Government from The University of Texas at Dallas, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Baylor University, Doctor of Jurisprudence and a Master of Law in Intellectual Property Law from The University of Houston Law Center. I am the proud father of a 15 year-old son.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Combat Human Trafficking with Stiffer Sentencing Guidelines

• Support Current Federal Immigration Laws and Support the Border Wall

• Defend The Constitution Of the United States of America

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Border Security

Human Trafficking

Small Business Tax Cuts

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Working in construction with my father. I was 12 years old and I worked summers and weekends for him for a few years.

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Campaign website

Steele’s campaign website stated the following:

“	BORDER SECURITY There are no greater threats to our state and nation than those that come from our failure to secure the border. From human traffickers, to drug cartels, to organized terrorist groups, we must invest in the infrastructure and technology necessary to keep them from moving freely back and forth across the border. Howard recently spent a week at our southern border, meeting with the overworked and underpaid border patrol agents from both the U.S. and Mexico. HUMAN TRAFFICKING The Houston area has the highest number of reported sex trafficking cases in the nation, and Howard’s fiancée, Jade James knows first-hand the dangers that young women and children face right here in our community. After losing a daughter to sex trafficking, Jade has become an advocate for stronger legislation to protect our children; working alongside Howard to propose the “Protect Our Children Act” which would raise the legal age to work at adult entertainment establishments from 18-21 and NATIONAL SECURITY The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place, and one of the key duties of Congress is to protect the American people. From radical Islamic terrorism, to nuclear threats from Iran, to other rising powers who threaten our partners around the world, it is imperative we send representatives to Washington who know how to work well with President Trump. The policies of prior administrations, particularly the Obama Administration, were SCHOOL SAFETY The State of Texas ranked fourth in the country in 2018 for violence in schools as was horrifically illustrated by the teenager who murdered eight students, two teachers and wounded 13 others at Santa Fe High School. School shootings and other acts of violence must be stopped through prevention, reporting and security measures. Howard has a plan to make our schools safer that includes threat assessment, identification and intervention with individuals of concern, as well as better training NATIONAL DEBT Our national debt is unsustainable, and it is now over the $20 trillion mark. This is one of the most important issues of our generation. There are those who believe we can continue to borrow indefinitely, but they are wrong. The only way to rein in the federal government is with a Balanced Budget Amendment. Congress has demonstrated time and time again that it is either unwilling or unable to properly oversee the federal bureaucracy, so we must force it to through a VETERANS While Congress continues to rack up mindboggling amounts of debt, it never seems to be able to find the funding to adequately care for military veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much for us. Howard will be a champion of veterans in Congress and work to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. There must be transparency, individual accountability, and a renewed commitment to an improved level of service to veterans. Basic competence does not seem like an unreasonable	”
—Howard Lynn Steele Jr.

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Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

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