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Jason Rogers (Texas)
Jason Rogers (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Jason Rogers was born in Henderson, Texas, and lives in Lufkin, Texas. Rogers served in the U.S. Army. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Stephen F. Austin State University. Rogers' career experience includes working as a diesel tech at an 18-wheeler repair shop. He previously worked as a teacher at Angelina College.[1][1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Trent Ashby defeated Jason Rogers in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Trent Ashby (R) | 82.4 | 52,178 |
 | Jason Rogers (D) | 17.6 | 11,171 | |
| Total votes: 63,349 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9
Jason Rogers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Rogers | 100.0 | 2,979 |
| Total votes: 2,979 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Trent Ashby advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trent Ashby | 100.0 | 23,629 |
| Total votes: 23,629 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Trent Ashby defeated Jason Rogers in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trent Ashby (R) | 79.5 | 53,930 |
| Jason Rogers (D) | 20.5 | 13,946 | |
| Total votes: 67,876 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Jason Rogers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Rogers | 100.0 | 4,833 |
| Total votes: 4,833 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Trent Ashby advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trent Ashby | 100.0 | 25,382 |
| Total votes: 25,382 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Trent Ashby defeated Jason Rogers in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trent Ashby (R) | 79.0 | 41,158 |
| Jason Rogers (D) | 21.0 | 10,912 | |
| Total votes: 52,070 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Jason Rogers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Rogers | 100.0 | 2,508 |
| Total votes: 2,508 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Trent Ashby advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trent Ashby | 100.0 | 17,489 |
| Total votes: 17,489 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jason Rogers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jason Rogers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Jason Rogers participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on March 27, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Jason Rogers's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) To Empower Texas Teachers 2) To Fund Our Schools |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | I am passionate about improving education in Texas and providing for our educators. As a Texas teacher for twelve years, I understand the struggle.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Jason Rogers answered the following:
What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?
| “ | The willingness to listen to the constituents, and the motivation to serve them.[4] | ” |
| “ | Having served in the Army for four years and having served as a teacher for twelve years, I believe in leading a life of service to others.[4] | ” |
| “ | Texas needs to improve its schools and shift the power of educational mandates from the legislature to the Independent School Districts.[4] | ” |
| “ | It is beneficial to build relationships with other legislators because the legislative body needs to act in a unified manner to do what is best for Texas as a whole.[4] | ” |
| “ | An elderly lady told me that I was the first state-level candidate to ever visit her retirement community.[4] | ” |
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 9 |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Facebook, "Jason Rogers for State Representative District 57," accessed February 5, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Jason Rogers's responses," March 27, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
