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John Love III (Texas)
John Love III (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Love also ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Texas. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Love completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Love III was born in Denver, Colorado. Love earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in 2002. His career experience includes owning a small business and being a financial planner. Love served on the Midland City Council. He has been affiliated with Eta Theta, Epsilon Iota, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Love has also been affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, National Association of Security Dealers, and Texas Black Democrats.[1][2][3]
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Colin Allred, Ted Brown, Analisa Roche, and Tracy Andrus in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ted Cruz (R) | 53.1 | 5,990,741 |
 | Colin Allred (D)  | 44.6 | 5,031,249 | |
 | Ted Brown (L) | 2.4 | 267,039 | |
 | Analisa Roche (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1,906 | |
 | Tracy Andrus (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 919 | |
| Total votes: 11,291,854 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dan McQueen (Independent)
- Mason Cysewski (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Colin Allred | 58.9 | 569,585 |
 | Roland Gutierrez | 16.6 | 160,978 | |
 | Mark A. Gonzalez | 8.8 | 85,228 | |
 | Meri Gomez | 4.6 | 44,166 | |
 | Carl Sherman Sr. | 3.3 | 31,694 | |
 | Ahmad Hassan | 2.3 | 21,855 | |
 | Steve Keough | 2.3 | 21,801 | |
| Heli Rodriguez Prilliman | 1.9 | 18,801 | ||
 | Thierry Tchenko | 1.4 | 13,395 | |
| Total votes: 967,503 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zachariah Manning (D)
- Aaron Arguijo (D)
- Soren Pendragon (D)
- John Love III (D)
- Sherri Taylor (D)
- Victor D. Dunn (D)
- Tracy Andrus (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent Ted Cruz defeated Holland Gibson and Rufus Lopez in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Cruz | 88.3 | 1,977,961 |
| Holland Gibson | 6.0 | 134,011 | ||
| Rufus Lopez | 5.7 | 127,986 | ||
| Total votes: 2,239,958 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cody Andrews (R)
- Carlos Garza (R)
- Josiah Ingalls (R)
- Montgomery Markland (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas
Ted Brown advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 14, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ted Brown (L) |
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Polls
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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[4] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[5] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.
Below we provide results for polls that are included in polling aggregation from FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics, when available. Click here to read about FiveThirtyEight's criteria for including polls in its aggregation. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval.
| U.S. Senate election in Texas, 2024: Democratic primary election polls | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Date |  Colin Allred
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Tracy Andrus
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Aaron Arguijo
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Victor Dunn
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Meri Gomez
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Mark Gonzalez
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Roland Gutierrez
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Ahmad Hassan
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Steve Keough
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John Love III
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Soren Pendragon
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Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
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Carl Sherman Sr.
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Sherri Taylor
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Thierry Tchenko
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[6] | Sponsor[7] |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Feb. 18–26, 2024 | 37% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6% | -- | -- | 34% | ±5.3% | 441 LV | N/A |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Feb. 2–12, 2024 | 52% | -- | 0% | -- | 3% | 5% | 14% | 0% | 3% | -- | -- | 1% | 2% | -- | 1% | 18% | ±5.2% | 354 RV | N/A |
| University of Houston | Jan. 11–24, 2024 | 40% | -- | -- | -- | 4% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 1% | -- | -- | 1% | 1% | -- | 0% | 38% | ±5.1% | 372 LV | N/A |
| Emerson College | Jan. 13–15, 2024 | 29% | -- | -- | -- | 4% | 6% | 7% | 1% | 2% | -- | -- | 2% | 2% | -- | 2% | 45% | ±4.5% | 460 RV | Nexstar Media |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Dec. 1–10, 2023 | 28% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | -- | 1% | 2% | -- | 0% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 50% | ±4.8% | 415 RV | N/A |
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| Poll | Date | Colin Allred
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Tracy Andrus
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Aaron Arguijo
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Victor Dunn
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Meri Gomez
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Mark Gonzalez
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Roland Gutierrez
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Ahmad Hassan
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Steve Keough
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John Love III
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Soren Pendragon
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Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
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Carl Sherman Sr.
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Sherri Taylor
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Thierry Tchenko
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Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size[8] | Sponsor[9] |
| University of Texas/Texas Politics Project | Oct. 5–17, 2023 | 21% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 2% | 10% | -- | 2% | 1% | -- | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 47% | ±4.8% | 409 RV | N/A |
Election campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Allred | Democratic Party | $94,674,183 | $94,530,048 | $144,135 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Meri Gomez | Democratic Party | $16,944 | $17,242 | $2 | As of June 30, 2024 |
| Mark A. Gonzalez | Democratic Party | $14,967 | $11,660 | $3,308 | As of February 14, 2024 |
| Roland Gutierrez | Democratic Party | $1,446,695 | $1,446,898 | $430 | As of September 30, 2024 |
| Ahmad Hassan | Democratic Party | $2,440 | $9,655 | $-781 | As of March 27, 2024 |
| Steve Keough | Democratic Party | $28,693 | $29,040 | $-1,057 | As of February 14, 2024 |
| Heli Rodriguez Prilliman | Democratic Party | $30,745 | $30,754 | $-9 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Carl Sherman Sr. | Democratic Party | $179,297 | $167,936 | $11,360 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| Thierry Tchenko | Democratic Party | $142,864 | $142,864 | $0 | As of March 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Satellite spending
Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[10][11]
If available, satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. FEC links include totals from monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual reports. OpenSecrets.org compiles data from those reports as well as 24- and 48-hour reports from the FEC.[12]
Details about satellite spending of significant amounts and/or reported by media are included below those links. The amounts listed may not represent the total satellite spending in the election. To notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.
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See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 6
Incumbent Jake Ellzey defeated John Love III in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jake Ellzey (R) | 65.7 | 188,119 |
 | John Love III (D) | 34.3 | 98,319 | |
| Total votes: 286,438 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6
John Love III advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Love III | 100.0 | 13,813 |
| Total votes: 13,813 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6
Incumbent Jake Ellzey defeated James Buford and Clifford Wiley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jake Ellzey | 60.8 | 38,143 |
 | James Buford | 20.4 | 12,782 | |
 | Clifford Wiley | 18.9 | 11,843 | |
| Total votes: 62,768 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Southard (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Love in this election.
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Texas, 2020
United States Senate election in Texas, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Texas, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Mary Jennings Hegar, Kerry McKennon, David B. Collins, and Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla in the general election for U.S. Senate Texas on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Cornyn (R) | 53.5 | 5,962,983 |
 | Mary Jennings Hegar (D) | 43.9 | 4,888,764 | |
 | Kerry McKennon (L) | 1.9 | 209,722 | |
 | David B. Collins (G) | 0.7 | 81,893 | |
 | Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 678 | |
| Total votes: 11,144,040 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Arjun Srinivasan (Independent)
- Cedric Jefferson (People Over Politics Party)
- James Brumley (The Human Rights Party)
- Tim Smith (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas
Mary Jennings Hegar defeated Royce West in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate Texas on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jennings Hegar | 52.2 | 502,516 |
 | Royce West | 47.8 | 459,457 | |
| Total votes: 961,973 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Jennings Hegar | 22.3 | 417,160 |
| ✔ | | Royce West | 14.7 | 274,074 |
 | Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez | 13.2 | 246,659 | |
 | Annie Garcia | 10.3 | 191,900 | |
 | Amanda Edwards | 10.1 | 189,624 | |
 | Chris Bell | 8.5 | 159,751 | |
 | Sema Hernandez | 7.4 | 137,892 | |
 | Michael Cooper | 4.9 | 92,463 | |
 | Victor Harris | 3.2 | 59,710 | |
 | Adrian Ocegueda | 2.2 | 41,566 | |
 | Jack Daniel Foster Jr. | 1.7 | 31,718 | |
 | D.R. Hunter | 1.4 | 26,902 | |
| Total votes: 1,869,419 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Love III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas
Incumbent John Cornyn defeated Dwayne Stovall, Mark Yancey, John Castro, and Virgil Bierschwale in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Texas on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Cornyn | 76.0 | 1,470,669 |
 | Dwayne Stovall | 11.9 | 231,104 | |
 | Mark Yancey | 6.5 | 124,864 | |
 | John Castro | 4.5 | 86,916 | |
 | Virgil Bierschwale | 1.1 | 20,494 | |
| Total votes: 1,934,047 | |||
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Green convention
Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas
David B. Collins advanced from the Green convention for U.S. Senate Texas on April 18, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | David B. Collins (G) |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas
Kerry McKennon advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Texas on August 3, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Kerry McKennon (L) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Love III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Love III completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Love's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My roots across Texas start with my family and have continued as I attended college at the University of Texas at Austin and graduated from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. I am an award-winning small business owner and a proud member of Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity, Incorporated, the NAACP, and other community organizations.
Now I am asking you to send me to Washington, D.C., to serve the people of Texas and solve the challenges we are facing every day. I want to continue my service by fighting for my family and yours. I will push on behalf of my mother, who was a fierce believer in women’s reproductive rights, and I will fight for my brother, a Veteran who deserves quality health care and benefits for his service to our country.- Truth: We deserve a representative that will tell the truth about the issues that affect us everyday. Lies are dividing this country and keeping us from finding real solutions to healthcare, womens reproductive rights and caring for our veterans.
- Honor: Being honorable with our word and our message is important from our elected leaders. The character of our leaders has been lost to gain the support of 1. We all have a sense of right and wrong and we must have a Congressman that is willing to use that in their judgement and decisions for the people of the 6th district.
- Integrity: We must be uncompromising in doing what it is right even when it is uncomfortable. We must work together to pass immigration reform, protect the rights of gun owners while keeping our children safe and stay out of the healthcare decisions for women and girls. These are simple concepts but too often are our leaders making decisions based on what is good for their party and not the people. Our only question should be how can I serve the people today and not how can I score points for my side. Integrity matters and must be demanded from all of our leaders.
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Campaign website
Love’s campaign website stated the following:
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Women's Rights & Access to Care
Healthcare
Immigration
Economic Inequality
Education
Criminal Justice Reform
Climate Change and Environmental Protection
Gun Safety
Voting Rights
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| —John Love III’s campaign website (2024)[14] | ||
2020
John Love III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ John Love for Texas, "About," accessed January 11, 2024
- ↑ LinkedIn, "John B Love III," accessed January 11, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 6, 2024
- ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ RV=Registered Voters
LV=Likely Voters - ↑ The sponsor is the person or group that funded all or part of the poll.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ Amee LaTour, Email correspondence with the Center for Responsive Politics, August 5, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ John Love III’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed October 17, 2024
