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Melissa Esparza-Mathis
Melissa Esparza-Mathis (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 8th Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 8th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 8th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 8
Incumbent Kevin Brady defeated Elizabeth Hernandez and Chris Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Brady (R) | 72.5 | 277,327 |
 | Elizabeth Hernandez (D)  | 25.5 | 97,409 | |
 | Chris Duncan (L) | 2.0 | 7,735 | |
| Total votes: 382,471 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8
Elizabeth Hernandez defeated Laura Jones in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Hernandez | 59.8 | 18,660 |
 | Laura Jones | 40.2 | 12,519 | |
| Total votes: 31,179 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jacob Osborne (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8
Incumbent Kevin Brady defeated Kirk Osborn and Melissa Esparza-Mathis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Brady | 80.7 | 75,044 |
 | Kirk Osborn | 16.2 | 15,048 | |
| Melissa Esparza-Mathis | 3.1 | 2,860 | ||
| Total votes: 92,952 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8
Chris Duncan advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Duncan (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melissa Esparza-Mathis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
