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L. Sarah DeMerchant
L. Sarah DeMerchant (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 76. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Biography
L. Sarah DeMerchant graduated from Willowridge High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in computer information systems from the University of Houston at Downtown and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Houston at Victoria. DeMerchant's career experience includes working as a securities officer with a software company.[1] She is an executive with the World Youth Foundation.[2]
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
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Jacey Jetton defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jacey Jetton (R) | 51.8 | 43,438 |
| L. Sarah DeMerchant (D) | 48.2 | 40,436 | |
| Total votes: 83,874 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26
L. Sarah DeMerchant defeated Suleman Lalani in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 52.3 | 4,579 |
| Suleman Lalani | 47.7 | 4,168 | |
| Total votes: 8,747 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Jacey Jetton defeated Matt Morgan in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton | 52.4 | 7,544 |
 | Matt Morgan | 47.6 | 6,853 | |
| Total votes: 14,397 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Suleman Lalani and L. Sarah DeMerchant advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rish Oberoi and Lawrence Allen Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 31.7 | 4,425 |
| ✔ | | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 29.6 | 4,131 |
 | Rish Oberoi | 20.3 | 2,838 | |
 | Lawrence Allen Jr. | 18.4 | 2,570 | |
| Total votes: 13,964 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Matt Morgan and Jacey Jetton advanced to a runoff. They defeated Leonard Chan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Morgan | 49.7 | 7,989 |
| ✔ | | Jacey Jetton | 40.7 | 6,540 |
 | Leonard Chan | 9.6 | 1,551 | |
| Total votes: 16,080 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rick Miller (R)
Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Rick Miller defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Miller (R) | 52.4 | 34,504 |
| L. Sarah DeMerchant (D) | 47.6 | 31,330 | |
| Total votes: 65,834 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
L. Sarah DeMerchant advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 100.0 | 5,626 |
| Total votes: 5,626 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26
Incumbent Rick Miller advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 26 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Miller | 100.0 | 9,908 |
| Total votes: 9,908 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[3]
Incumbent Rick Miller defeated L. DeMerchant in the Texas House of Representatives District 26 general election.[4]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 26 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Rick Miller Incumbent |
57.86% | 39,693 | |
| Democratic | L. DeMerchant | 42.14% | 28,910 | |
| Total Votes | 68,603 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
L. DeMerchant ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 26 Democratic Primary.[5][6]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | L. DeMerchant (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Rick Miller ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 26 Republican Primary.[5][6]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 26 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Rick Miller Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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L. Sarah DeMerchant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
L. Sarah DeMerchant did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Elect Sarah for State Representative #26, “About Sarah,” accessed January 30, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, “L. Sarah DeMerchant for State Rep., District 26 - Richmond & Sugar Land,” accessed January 30, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
