Michael McDonald (Texas)
Michael McDonald was a 2015 nonpartisan candidate for District C of the Houston City Council in Texas. McDonald lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
McDonald has a bachelor's degree in information systems and works in the field of information technology. He served in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Iraq War. He is a fourth degree knight with the Knights of Columbus.[1][2]
Campaign themes
2015
McDonald's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Economy
- Excerpt: "We need to attract business to Houston from other parts of the country and abroad. This is done through regulations and a tax system that people can understand and count on. We also need to move our permit process along in Houston to speed up the growth of our great city."
Streets
- Excerpt: "Potholes are everywhere and the temporary fixes are not lasting. We need solid solutions to these problems. We need to spend infrastructure money on Houston infrastructure not bailing our city's debts. We were promised the water fees would be spent on infrastructure and the funds would be more than enough to cover our city needs. Yet this is not the reality we live in years after the water fee was introduced."
Education
- Excerpt: "We need to ensure that we are teaching our children equally in quality through the city. We have to take note from our mistakes on the east side of Houston. If you kill the schools you kill the community with it."
Drugs
- Excerpt: "Yes we need to combat the crime. However, we also need to treat the addiction. If there are no customers the store is closed."
Equality
- Excerpt: "Each citizen in our city should enjoy equal rights under the law. Each person is entitled to equal opportunity and dignity in our great city. Our best efforts as individuals and as a governing body must strive for that goal of equality for all."
Police and fire department pensions
- Excerpt: "We should not have any police or firemen living on government assistance programs. I fear that is where they will be if we continue to chop up their pensions to balance the city budget. It is not their fault someone was not a good steward of the people's money."
Elections
2015
- See also: Houston, Texas municipal elections, 2015
The city of Houston, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 24, 2015.[4] In the race for District C, incumbent Ellen Cohen defeated Carl Jarvis and Michael McDonald.[5][6]
| Houston City Council District C, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ellen Cohen Incumbent |
67.9% | 25,258 |
| Carl Jarvis | 22.0% | 8,181 |
| Michael McDonald | 10.1% | 3,739 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 37,178 | |
| Source: Harris County Texas, "Official general election results," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
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See also
External links
- City of Houston - November 3, 2015 General Election Candidates
- Official campaign website
- Michael McDonald on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Michael McDonald campaign website, "About Michael," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Facebook.com, "Michael McDonald for Houston City Council District C," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Michael McDonald campaign website, "On the Issues," accessed September 10, 2015
- ↑ Harris County, "Important 2015 Election Dates," accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ City of Houston website, "November 3, 2015 General Election Candidates," accessed August 27, 2015
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Unofficial general election results," accessed November 3, 2015
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