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Luis LaRotta
Luis LaRotta (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 148. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
LaRotta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
LaRotta was on the ballot for the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on January 28, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Penny Morales Shaw defeated Luis LaRotta in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Penny Morales Shaw (D) | 63.7 | 38,287 |
 | Luis LaRotta (R)  | 36.3 | 21,844 | |
| Total votes: 60,131 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Penny Morales Shaw defeated incumbent Anna Eastman in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Penny Morales Shaw | 51.2 | 4,419 |
 | Anna Eastman | 48.8 | 4,213 | |
| Total votes: 8,632 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Incumbent Anna Eastman and Penny Morales Shaw advanced to a runoff. They defeated Adrian P. Garcia, Cynthia Reyes-Revilla, and Emily Wolf in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Eastman | 41.6 | 6,174 |
| ✔ | | Penny Morales Shaw | 22.1 | 3,279 |
| Adrian P. Garcia | 18.7 | 2,781 | ||
| Cynthia Reyes-Revilla | 10.3 | 1,529 | ||
 | Emily Wolf | 7.3 | 1,088 | |
| Total votes: 14,851 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Luis LaRotta advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luis LaRotta | 100.0 | 3,786 |
| Total votes: 3,786 | |||
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Campaign finance
2019
See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2019
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 148
Anna Eastman defeated Luis LaRotta in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on January 28, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Eastman (D) | 65.4 | 4,544 |
| Luis LaRotta (R) | 34.6 | 2,399 | |
| Total votes: 6,943 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 148 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Eastman (D) | 20.3 | 4,212 |
| ✔ | | Luis LaRotta (R) | 15.8 | 3,282 |
| Adrian P. Garcia (D) | 12.1 | 2,496 | ||
 | Ryan McConnico (R) | 10.8 | 2,228 | |
 | Michele Leal (D) | 9.1 | 1,885 | |
| Penny Morales Shaw (D) | 8.0 | 1,652 | |
 | Chris Watt (D) | 6.2 | 1,284 | |
 | Chris Carmona (Independent) | 4.4 | 910 | |
 | Kendra Yarbrough Camarena (D) | 3.9 | 818 | |
 | Rob Block (D) | 3.3 | 679 | |
| Anna Nunez (D) | 1.9 | 388 | ||
 | Carol Denson (D) | 1.6 | 334 | |
 | Alva Trevino (D) | 1.5 | 317 | |
 | Mia Mundy (D) | 0.7 | 136 | |
| Terah Isaacson (D) | 0.4 | 90 | ||
| Total votes: 20,711 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Luis LaRotta completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by LaRotta's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2006, LaRotta earned a Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Thomas Edison State University, New Jersey. He is currently enrolled in the Baylor MBA program. LaRotta served in the United States Navy from 1999 to 2005 and earned his B.S. engineering degree while serving. After his Navy service, LaRotta works full time in the energy industry, while also launching businesses as an entrepreneur and mentoring others through nonprofit organizations. He has served as past assistant executive director of the National Algae Association, focused on advanced biofuels. LaRotta also serves as a "Character Does Matter" mentor for the Travis Manion Foundation. He is a community activist serving on the Houston Clean City Commission and the Regional Air Quality Policy Advisory Committee.
He is endorsed by Governor Greg Abbott, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, the Harris County Republican Party, the Texas Republican Party, the "C" Club, and the Texas Latino GOP PAC.- I will focus on the communities of HD 148, their needs and aspirations.
- I will use logic and reasoning to work to make health care more accessible and affordable.
- Economic opportunities for the people of HD 148 through sound legislation.
Education.
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2019
Luis LaRotta did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
