Lani Popp

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Lani Popp

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 1, 2022

Personal

Profession

Educator

Lani Popp (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Board of Education to represent District 1. She lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

Biography

Lani Popp earned a B.S. in education and an M.S. in speech pathology. Popp's career experience includes owning a business and working as a composer, author, and speech-language pathologist.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Melissa Ortega defeated Michael Stevens in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Ortega (D)	55.8	247,093
		Michael Stevens (R)	44.2	195,794

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 442,887
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Melissa Ortega defeated Laura Marquez in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Ortega	57.5	32,123
		Laura Marquez	42.5	23,776

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,899
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Melissa Ortega and Laura Marquez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Omar Yanar in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Ortega	46.1	42,374
✔		Laura Marquez	35.4	32,504
		Omar Yanar	18.5	17,008

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,886
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1

Michael Stevens defeated Lani Popp in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 1 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Stevens	63.6	39,865
		Lani Popp	36.4	22,772

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,637
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2020

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2020

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 5

Rebecca Bell-Metereau defeated Lani Popp and Stephanie Berlin in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D)	48.9	493,930
		Lani Popp (R)	47.1	475,824
	Submit photo	Stephanie Berlin (L)	3.9	39,456

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,009,210
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 5

Lani Popp defeated Robert Morrow in the Republican primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 5 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lani Popp	78.0	55,990
	Submit photo	Robert Morrow	22.0	15,827

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,817
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 5

Rebecca Bell-Metereau defeated Letti Bresnahan in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 5 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rebecca Bell-Metereau	68.5	143,351
		Letti Bresnahan	31.5	65,885

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 209,236
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 5

Robert Morrow and Lani Popp advanced to a runoff. They defeated Inga Cotton in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 5 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Robert Morrow	40.0	54,460
✔		Lani Popp	34.0	46,276
		Inga Cotton	26.0	35,425

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 136,161
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 5

Stephanie Berlin advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas State Board of Education District 5 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Stephanie Berlin (L)

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

Popp's campaign website stated the following:

“	Priorities Ensure historically & scientifically accurate, age appropriate curriculum standards Review textbooks to prevent bias Protect Permanent School Fund Reform our broken state standardized testing system Recognize excellent schools, teachers and students	”
—Lani Popp's campaign website (2022)

2020

Lani Popp did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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