Lee Merritt
Lee Merritt (Democratic Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Texas. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Biography
Lee Merritt earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Morehouse College in 2005 and a J.D. from the Temple University School of Law in 2012. Merritt's career experience includes founding a law firm and working as an attorney with Wapner Newman Wigrizer Brecher & Miller and Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated Rochelle Garza and Mark Ash in the general election for Attorney General of Texas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Paxton (R) | 53.4 | 4,278,986 |
 | Rochelle Garza (D)  | 43.7 | 3,497,267 | |
 | Mark Ash (L) | 2.9 | 233,750 | |
| Total votes: 8,010,003 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Rochelle Garza defeated Joe Jaworski in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rochelle Garza | 62.7 | 305,168 |
 | Joe Jaworski | 37.3 | 181,744 | |
| Total votes: 486,912 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Paxton | 68.0 | 633,223 |
 | George P. Bush | 32.0 | 298,577 | |
| Total votes: 931,800 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas
Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lee Merritt, Mike Fields, and S. T-Bone Raynor in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rochelle Garza | 43.0 | 438,134 |
| ✔ | | Joe Jaworski | 19.8 | 202,140 |
 | Lee Merritt | 19.4 | 198,108 | |
 | Mike Fields | 12.3 | 125,373 | |
| S. T-Bone Raynor | 5.5 | 55,944 | ||
| Total votes: 1,019,699 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a runoff. They defeated Eva Guzman and Louis B. Gohmert Jr. in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Paxton | 42.7 | 823,199 |
| ✔ | | George P. Bush | 22.8 | 439,240 |
 | Eva Guzman | 17.5 | 337,761 | |
 | Louis B. Gohmert Jr. | 17.0 | 327,257 | |
| Total votes: 1,927,457 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Krause (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas
Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Ash (L) |
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lee Merritt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Merritt's campaign website stated the following:
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FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE We are going to fight to ensure all Texans can participate in the political process. Republicans have disenfranchised 4 million new Texans through gerrymandering. The AG continues to intimidate black and brown voters through politically motivated prosecutions. PROTECTING WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS Women deserve to be respected and protected by the Constitution, including the right to privacy and personal autonomy. We will fight to protect a women’s right to choose. CONFRONTING THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS We need to confront the mental health crisis. There is an increasing number of citizens who suffer from mental health disorders who are being addressed by more policing when both police and the public are demanding a mental health solution. It is absurd to think we can solve this problem with more policing and violence. We have to find solutions that don’t end in the deaths of those that suffer from mental illnesses. PROTECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION Republican efforts to defund public education must be opposed by the people’s lawyer. As a former teacher, I will always be on the side of educators and local control concerning issues impacting the classroom. CREATING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE POWER GRID We need to fix the Texas power grid. We saw just how disastrous conditions can get when our leaders refuse to put the time, energy, and funding into our power grid. We lost hundreds of lives during this year’s winter storms that could have been prevented. We need to strengthen our grid and address climate changes causing these life-threatening weather events. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT We need to create economic empowerment. We must send resources like business loans, grants, jobs, healthcare and counseling to help heal our communities after 50 years of failed “war on drug” policies.[3] |
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| —Lee Merritt's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Attorney General of Texas |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Linkedin, "S. Lee Merritt," accessed February 7, 2022
- ↑ Lee Merritt for Attorney General - Texas, "About Lee Merritt," accessed February 12, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lee Merritt for Attorney General, “Issues,” accessed January 25, 2022
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