Josh Flynn

Josh Flynn (Republican Party) was a member of the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in Texas, representing Position 4, Precinct 3. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on December 9, 2019.

Flynn (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 138. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

Flynn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Josh Flynn was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 1993. Flynn's career experience includes working as an air traffic controller at Houston Air Route Center.^[1]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Incumbent Lacey Hull defeated Stephanie Morales in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lacey Hull (R)	57.1	32,395
	Stephanie Morales (D)	42.9	24,353

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,748
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Stephanie Morales advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Morales	100.0	5,422

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,422
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Incumbent Lacey Hull defeated Josh Flynn and Christine Kalmbach in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lacey Hull	64.4	7,942
	Josh Flynn	19.4	2,390
	Christine Kalmbach	16.2	1,992

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,324
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Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Lacey Hull defeated Akilah Bacy in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lacey Hull (R)	51.6	33,081
	Akilah Bacy (D)	48.4	30,982

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,063
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Akilah Bacy defeated Jenifer Rene Pool in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on July 14, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Akilah Bacy	79.3	4,061
	Jenifer Rene Pool	20.7	1,063

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,124
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Akilah Bacy and Jenifer Rene Pool advanced to a runoff. They defeated Josh Wallenstein in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Akilah Bacy	46.8	4,416
✔	Jenifer Rene Pool	29.2	2,757
	Josh Wallenstein	24.0	2,268

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,441
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Lacey Hull defeated Josh Flynn and Claver Kamau-Imani in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lacey Hull	59.3	5,437
		Josh Flynn	32.3	2,962
	Submit photo	Claver Kamau-Imani	8.4	767

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,166
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Josh Flynn defeated Andrea Duhon in the general election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Josh Flynn (R)	50.3	165,171
	Andrea Duhon (D)	49.7	163,214

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 328,385 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Andrea Duhon advanced from the Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andrea Duhon	100.0	29,893

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,893
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Josh Flynn defeated Bradley Tashenberg in the Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Flynn	82.6	31,560
	Submit photo	Bradley Tashenberg	17.4	6,628

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,188
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

Josh Flynn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Flynn'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 a dad, and grandfather. I have been happily married to Joan for over 25 years. Self-employed business owner in the tax compliance industry for over 30 years. Marine Corp Veteran activated in 1991 for Desert Storm. Precinct Chairman and Election Judge since 1992. I served as Scout Master for my son as he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Currently the BSA Charter Representative for Troop 1010 at Living Word Church. I serve as Treasurer for Living Word Church as well as treasurer for several elected officials, candidates, and PACs across the state of Texas. I have run 5 marathons and 3 triathlons as well riding in 4 MS 150s from Houston to Austin. I am a member of the Dignity Gospel Quartet for the last 7 years; we have 3 completed recording projects and are currently recording our 4th due out in April. I represented Senate District 15 for 8 years on the State Republican Executive Committee and recently served as Secretary of The Republican Party of Texas. Currently I am serving as Secretary of the Harris County Republican Party. Odds and ends: Member of the Houston Grand Opera for 5 seasons; Donated over 15 gallons of blood to the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Centers; Elected to the Harris County Department of Education and at the first meeting was elected President. Our first order of business was to end the taxpayer funded lobbying contact.

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?

Election Integrity. Our ballot is sacrosanct and efforts to undermine a fair election process must be stopped.
Individual Freedom. We must be allowed to live our lives without the government placing arbitrary restriction on movement and mandating individual health decisions.
Law & Order. The courts have opened the doors of the prisons. The courts and district attorneys must be held accountable.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am a Pro-Life conservative. We must continue to protect those that have no voice, especially the unborn. Texas is one of the most prolific licensures requiring red-tape states in the country. The barriers to enter the marketplace must be reduced. Allowing the free market to decide who succeeds and who fail needs to be the objective in every piece of regulation. Reducing the tax burden on the individual citizen by ending the most oppressive tax: Property Tax. This can be accomplished by REPLACING this tax with a consumption-based tax. As a Trustee of Harris County Department of Education and Southern Nazarene University I recognize the need for a new approach to educating our children. We must institute choice for our parents and make the parent the diver of the educational needs of their children. Our public schools need to encourage parental involvement, not discourage it. K-12 public education needs a three-track approach (Vocational, General, and Internships) not college proprietorial mills. We need to secure our border. Fully funding the Texas State Guard and giving them the mission stop the incursions and assisting local sheriffs with the needs that will help protect our Southern Boarder. Many of the Texas House Rules need to be addressed to reassert the public interest. The House elects a Speaker and that speaker determines all of the committee assignments and chairmanships. A committee of 5, elected by the body should be established for this powerful responsibility.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

George Washington. He was asked, by his country, to be king and he refused. Choosing, instead, the path that set the greatest government in history in motion. I would rather good government take precedence over any personal ambition.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Free to Choose, by Milton Freeman

The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk
The Constitution of Liberty, & The Road to Serfdom Friedrich Hayek

The Federalist Papers

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Humility and empathy.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Patience

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Listen to your constituency and do the right thing every time regardless of the political consequences.

What legacy would you like to leave?

He was a Bible believing Christian whose Lord and Savior was Jesus Christ

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The Moon landing in 1969. We had family and friends over to see the event on a small TV. I didn't understand what was happening, at the time, but the images are burned into my memory. I was 4.

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

When I was 15 I started working at Merchant's State Bank. I spent weeks in the basement shredding long computer printouts of sensitive customer data. That was over the summer in 1981. The next summer I worked at Peoples State Bank in the bookkeeping department reconciling bank statements for customers and other bookkeeping department functions like encoding. When my sophomore year in high school started, Peoples bank placed me on the teller line and by my senior year I was the head of the drive thru banking line.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Bible, obviously the greatest book that transcends time.
Anything by Ben Shapiro.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

The Keeper, by Geoff Moore

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Being able to say no in the face of need.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Election Integrity, Law & Order

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Yes. You can't do anything at the capital without help. I have already spent time with legislators forming legislation and forming consensus. The relationship starts during the election process where I have volunteered on dozens of campaigns each year.

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Rules. There are rules that need to be changed to help a more conservative agenda move forward.
Being a new legislator my choices for committee assignments would be very limited. However, that would not preclude me from using my privilege as a legislator to testify and lobby on behalf on the conservative agenda in all the committees necessary.

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Talmadge Heflin

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

No. The Texas State Legislature is my ultimate ambition. Being 56 years old, I would not be able to devote my seniority to other offices.

Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

The numerous stories of flooding in House District 138 have given me additional motivation and urgency to establish good government and eliminate government overreach and waste.

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

Yes.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

The meaning of compromise has changed over the years. Today compromise means giving in. I believe you may compromise on semantics and minutia, but on substance and principle there should be no compromise. I have never been discouraged by losing a vote, and you can be sure I will not compromise my values.

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2020

Josh Flynn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

2020 election

Harris County Republican Party notified Flynn that he was ineligible to appear on the ballot due to his holding a lucrative office when he filed for the Texas House. In Texas, a political candidate must resign any seat through which they receive compensation before filing for the ballot. As Flynn was a member of the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) board of trustees and received $6 per meeting, he had to resign his seat before he could file for a different office. On December 9, 2019, the Texas statewide filing deadline, Flynn withdrew his original candidacy, submitted his resignation letter to an HCDE administrative assistant, and refiled for the House seat. Harris County Republican Party Chairman Paul Simpson stated that Flynn did not properly resign from the board in time for him to be eligible to appear on the primary ballot.^[2]^[3]

On December 19, 2019, Flynn sued the Harris County Republican Party, arguing that his resignation was valid before he refiled for election. He received a temporary restraining order to remain on the ballot from a district court judge during the week of December 24, 2019. Flynn and the Harris County Republican Party met in mediation on January 11, 2020, and resolved that Flynn would appear on the 2020 Republican primary ballot. The Houston Chronicle reported that Chairman Simpson maintained that Flynn was not eligible to run.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Footnotes

↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 31, 2022
↑ The Golden Hammer, "Harris County GOP Chairman Simpson Rejects Flynn’s Application To Appear On HD 138 Primary Ballot," December 18, 2019
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Houston Chronicle, "Flynn sues Harris County GOP, party chairman over eligibility for Texas House race," December 19, 2019
↑ Houston Chronicle, "Flynn wins restraining order against county GOP as Paxton weighs in," December 24, 2019
↑ Houston Chronicle, "Flynn will be on GOP primary ballot, even as party chair disputes eligibility," January 13, 2020

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[bio-1] Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 31, 2022

[2] The Golden Hammer, "Harris County GOP Chairman Simpson Rejects Flynn’s Application To Appear On HD 138 Primary Ballot," December 18, 2019

[HCSue-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Houston Chronicle, "Flynn sues Harris County GOP, party chairman over eligibility for Texas House race," December 19, 2019

[4] Houston Chronicle, "Flynn wins restraining order against county GOP as Paxton weighs in," December 24, 2019

[5] Houston Chronicle, "Flynn will be on GOP primary ballot, even as party chair disputes eligibility," January 13, 2020

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Josh Flynn

Biography

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138

Campaign finance

2018

General election

General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

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2022

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2020

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