Kathy Cheng

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Kathy Cheng

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Louisiana State University, Shreveport

Law

South Texas College of Law

Personal

Profession

Attorney

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Kathy Cheng (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 17. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Cheng was a Democratic candidate for Place 6 judge of the Texas Supreme Court in 2018. She lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on March 6, 2018.

Biography

Kathy Cheng was born in Taiwan, and lives in Houston, Texas. She earned a B.S. from Louisiana State University - Shreveport in 1995 and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 2000. Cheng’s career experience includes working as a managing member of Cheng & Associates, her own law practice. She has volunteered with the League of Women Voters of the Houston Area.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 17

Incumbent Joan Huffman defeated Kathy Cheng in the general election for Texas State Senate District 17 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joan Huffman (R)	64.2	238,328
		Kathy Cheng (D)	35.8	133,127

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 371,455
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 17

Kathy Cheng advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 17 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Cheng	100.0	21,812

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,812
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 17

Incumbent Joan Huffman advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 17 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joan Huffman	100.0	70,144

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 70,144
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Endorsements

Cheng received the following endorsements.

• Texas AFL-CIO

Pledges

Cheng signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2020

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Incumbent Jane Bland defeated Kathy Cheng in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jane Bland (R)	55.2	6,050,534
		Kathy Cheng (D)	44.8	4,903,527

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,954,061
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Kathy Cheng defeated Larry Praeger in the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Cheng	74.5	1,310,598
	Submit photo	Larry Praeger	25.5	448,114

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,758,712
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Incumbent Jane Bland advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jane Bland	100.0	1,699,236

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,699,236
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2018

See also: Texas Supreme Court elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Incumbent Jeff Brown defeated Kathy Cheng in the general election for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Brown (R)	53.7	4,404,602
		Kathy Cheng (D)	46.3	3,796,001

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,200,603
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Kathy Cheng advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Kathy Cheng

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6

Incumbent Jeff Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Texas Supreme Court Place 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jeff Brown

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2012

Cheng was defeated by incumbent Judge Rebecca Huddle in the general election on November 6, 2012.

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012

2010 election

Cheng was defeated by incumbent Michael McSpadden in the general election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Kathy Cheng did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Kathy Cheng did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Kathy Cheng campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Texas State Senate District 17	Lost general	$25,105	$24,024
Grand total			$25,105	$24,024
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Awards and associations

Associations

• Sustaining Member, Harris County Democratic Party
• Sustaining Member, Harris County Democrats
• Houston Black American Democrats (HBAD)
• Houston GLBT Political Caucus
• Sustaining Member, ROAD Women
• Texas Majority Builder, Texas Democrats
• Asian American Democrats of Texas
• Kingwood Area Democrats
• Meyerland Area Democrats

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