Linda Curtis
Linda Curtis (independent) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 17. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
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Biography
Linda Curtis was born in Miami, Florida. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hutson-Tillotsen University in 2010. Her career experience includes working as a nonprofit founder. Curtis has been affiliated with the League of Independent Voters of Texas.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Stan Gerdes defeated Madeline Eden and Linda Curtis in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Gerdes (R) | 64.2 | 39,092 |
 | Madeline Eden (D)  | 31.9 | 19,404 | |
 | Linda Curtis (Independent) | 3.9 | 2,388 | |
| Total votes: 60,884 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Stan Gerdes defeated Paul Pape in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Gerdes | 51.2 | 6,591 |
 | Paul Pape | 48.8 | 6,271 | |
| Total votes: 12,862 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Madeline Eden advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Madeline Eden | 100.0 | 5,491 |
| Total votes: 5,491 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Tutt (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Stan Gerdes and Paul Pape advanced to a runoff. They defeated Tom Glass, Trey Rutledge, and Jen Bezner in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Gerdes | 30.0 | 6,277 |
| ✔ | | Paul Pape | 27.7 | 5,811 |
 | Tom Glass | 25.7 | 5,377 | |
 | Trey Rutledge | 10.1 | 2,122 | |
| Jen Bezner | 6.5 | 1,365 | ||
| Total votes: 20,952 | |||
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2015
Shelley Cartier (D), Ty McDonald (D), John Cyrier (R), Brent Golemon (R) and Linda Curtis (I) faced off in the special election on January 6, 2015.[2] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Cyrier and Golemon, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Cyrier won.[3][4]
The seat was vacant following Tim Kleinschmidt's (R) resignation to become general counsel for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.[5]
A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 17 was called for January 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 22, 2014.[5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 17, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  John Cyrier |
52.1% | 4,149 | |
| Republican | Brent Golemon | 47.9% | 3,821 | |
| Total Votes | 7,970 | |||
| Texas House of Representatives, District 17, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Cyrier |
46.1% | 3,520 | |
| Republican | Brent Golemon |
24.5% | 1,867 | |
| Independent | Linda Curtis | 13.7% | 1,046 | |
| Democratic | Ty McDonald | 11.9% | 907 | |
| Democratic | Shelley Cartier | 3.8% | 291 | |
| Total Votes | 7,631 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Linda Curtis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Curtis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Following the demise of the Reform Party in 2001, Linda helped found the Independent Texans PAC. The PAC got its big break in 2005-6, when Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the Republican Texas Comptroller, left the Texas GOP to run as an independent for Governor against Republican Governor Rick Perry. Perry squeaked by with 39% of the vote, having lucked out with two independents for Governor in the race, Carole and Kinky Friedman. Democratic candidate, Chris Bell, came in second, but with a combined 1.3 million votes, Strayhorn and Kinky put the independents at 2nd place.
In 2013,Linda helped found the nonpartisan, nonprofit 501c4 membership association for Texas independents – the League of Independent Voters of Texas (LIV). LIV is the only voter association in Texas for the growing legions of Texans who call themselves independents.
See more at https://www.linda4lege.org/about- Make growth pay for itself and harness property appraisals gone wild.
- Keep our water local -- audit and cut back Vista Ridge, the San Antone Hose.
- End giveaways to corporate interests as they destroy our land and water future.
--Open up Texas elections to electoral competition -- to more than two choices!
--Harnessing appraisals gone wild.
I am running as an unaffiliated independent candidate. All independents are long shots.
But ever since Ross Perot's 1992 lightning bolt presidential campaign, the American
people have increasingly identified as independents.
Many voters -- from all parties and persuasions -- are telling me how disgusted they are
by all the fighting over issues they think government should keep its nose out of. They
don’t want government telling them how to live their lives.
I couldn’t agree more. But then, you (we) have to decide just what is the proper role
of government in these times.
I favor a holistic look at some very complex questions to understand the function of
government. For me, that begins with everyone following the same rules and having
everyone at the table, not just the high rollers who are funding -- to the teeth -- my GOP
Also, Ross Perot for being the imperfect insurgent and one of the funniest and most brilliant independents in US History.
"Bulworth" - the film with Warren Beatty.
https://www.linda4lege.org/solutions
redistricting commissions or a panel of retired judges. (I played a leading role
in getting the one, unfortunately only, independent citizens redistricting
This is becoming so obvious to people; that you see more and more people identifying as independent voters. But where are their candidates? Mostly...OFF the ballot, as my Republican opponent tried to do to me in his failed litigation.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 19, 2022
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 25, 2014
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Three Elections, No Winners Yet," January 6, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets 3 special elections for Jan. 6," December 15, 2014
