Michael Allen (Texas)

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Michael Allen

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Last election

March 3, 2020

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Michael Allen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.

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Elections

2020

See also: Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Wendell Champion, Luke Spencer, and Vince Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	73.3	180,952
		Wendell Champion (R)	23.5	58,033
		Luke Spencer (L)	1.8	4,514
		Vince Duncan (Independent)	1.4	3,396

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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18

Wendell Champion defeated Robert Cadena in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendell Champion	71.8	4,000
		Robert Cadena	28.2	1,570

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,570
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee	77.1	49,729
		Marc Flores	8.3	5,353
		Bimal Patel	3.8	2,456
		Jerry Ford Sr.	3.7	2,417
		Stevens Orozco	3.4	2,180
		Michael Allen	2.6	1,672
		Donovan Boson	1.1	709

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,516
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendell Champion	35.1	3,428
✔		Robert Cadena	20.5	2,005
		T.C. Manning	18.7	1,823
		Nathan Milliron	11.0	1,076
		Ava Pate	8.1	794
	Submit photo	Nellie Heiskell	6.5	638

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,764
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Whitney Hatter (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18

Luke Spencer advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Luke Spencer (L)

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michael Allen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Allen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hello, my name is Michael Allen, and I am running for US House of Representatives District 18. District 18 has been held by long time incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee, yet very little has changed in the district and many areas are arguably in decline. This March, we can change that and make history. District 18 is an extremely diverse district that is 4% Asian, 14% White, 37% African American, and 42% Latino. With a district this diverse, leadership that understands the complexity of diversity is needed. I believe that I am that leader. I have over 17 years of leadership experience in both profit and non-profit sectors. I spent 12 years as a pastor and 7 years as a consultant, COO, and CEO. I have led teams with diverse backgrounds towards common objectives and goals. That is the type of leadership that we need now. District 18 is being faced with the issues of aggressive gentrification and lack of representation. I believe with the right leadership we can overcome these issues and give citizens of D18 hope again, as what we are calling the "second chance citizen". The second chance citizen has the opportunity to engage in the civic process again and build the district the way we want through schools, communities, and commerce.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We want to address the systemic and complex issues of gentrification through bills and policies that deliver results for D18.
• We want to engage citizen in the civic process again, buitlding better communties, schools, and busineses.
• Enaging and activating what we are calling the "second chance citizen" is vital to see growth and development in D18. We want to measure our actions against results so that the citizens of D18 can see the type of progress that they want.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I want to spend my time focusing on policies that directly impact and affect the community. Housing, Small Business, Education, Taxes, and Transportation policies are the most relevant to my district. Addressing these areas will the citizens of D18 opportunity to measure public policies against results.

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Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

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