James Burnett
James Burnett (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 76. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Burnett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
James Burnett was born in Houston, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Houston Baptist University in 2017. His career experience includes working as a community engagement coordinator for Harris County Precinct One. Previously, he was a division supervisor at the Fort Bend County District Clerk's Office and an administrative aide for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani defeated Dan Mathews in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Suleman Lalani (D) ![]() | 57.3 | 28,312 |
![]() | Dan Mathews (R) ![]() | 42.7 | 21,131 |
Total votes: 49,443 | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani defeated Vanesia Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Suleman Lalani ![]() | 63.0 | 3,560 |
![]() | Vanesia Johnson ![]() | 37.0 | 2,095 |
Total votes: 5,655 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani and Vanesia Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant and James Burnett in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Suleman Lalani ![]() | 36.7 | 3,237 |
✔ | ![]() | Vanesia Johnson ![]() | 24.7 | 2,181 |
![]() | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 19.3 | 1,707 | |
![]() | James Burnett ![]() | 19.3 | 1,703 |
Total votes: 8,828 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Dan Mathews defeated Ramesh Cherivirala and Mike Khan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Dan Mathews ![]() | 51.6 | 3,849 |
![]() | Ramesh Cherivirala ![]() | 26.5 | 1,981 | |
Mike Khan | 21.9 | 1,632 |
Total votes: 7,462 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Burnett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burnett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- Property Taxes: The issue facing residents in HD76 is the overbearing burden of high property taxes–especially for families just buying a starter home. I am committed to ensuring that property taxes are lowered to lift some financial stress off families. We must reform the outdated property appraisal system and overcomplicated tax code to set families and homeowners up for financial success. The other matter at hand is the appropriate spending of these tax dollars. Our property taxes keep increasing every year, but our streets are not being fixed, our schools are not being funded, and we do not see the return on investment! I will work hard to make sure that property tax revenue is appropriately allocated to public services.
- Education: I will fight to invest in early childhood education for our children’s future as it’s time we prioritized formal educational institutions. I’m also massively in favor of increasing pay for our teachers who dedicate their lives to educating our children. It’s high time we started valuing our educators who have sacrificed immensely and risked their own lives to teach our children during this pandemic. It’s also time to modernize our community college and public university system to make their functionality more cost-effective and restore state investment in public higher education to ensure students graduate debt-free.
- Health: Over 29% of Texans remain uninsured during this pandemic. At the same time, other medical costs continue to cause financial stress on Texans. Too many Texans are caught in the coverage gap because they don’t make enough money for private insurance, but they make just enough money to be broke but not broke enough for the government to assist them. I want to expand Medicaid and Medicare to close the coverage gap to ensure we can make healthcare accessible to as many Texans as possible.
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Homeland Security & Public Safety
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 31, 2022