Michael Monreal
Michael Monreal (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 31. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Monreal completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Monreal was born in Texas. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1992 to 2020. Monreal earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in 1991. His career experience includes working for a program management and construction firm. Monreal has been affiliated with the Society of American Military Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Rifle Association, the Seabee Veterans of America, the Officers Christian Fellowship, and The Navigators.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 31
Incumbent Ryan Guillen defeated Martha Gutierrez in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 31 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ryan Guillen (R) | 71.2 | 34,806 |
| Martha Gutierrez (D) | 28.8 | 14,054 | ||
| Total votes: 48,860 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 31
Martha Gutierrez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 31 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Martha Gutierrez | 100.0 | 9,521 | |
| Total votes: 9,521 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 31
Incumbent Ryan Guillen defeated Michael Monreal and Alena Berlanga in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 31 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryan Guillen | 56.6 | 7,544 |
 | Michael Monreal | 34.1 | 4,539 | |
 | Alena Berlanga | 9.3 | 1,237 | |
| Total votes: 13,320 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Monreal's endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Monreal completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Monreal's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have spent my adult life serving my fellow countrymen and South Texas and the people I serve can be certain that I will support and advance conservative priorities in our State Legislature. I am unapologetically prolife, will work to secure our border, protect our school children from being subjected to divisive subjects and ideologies like Critical Race Theory, uphold the God-given liberties of every Texan, and promote and grow the economy of South Texas and will boldly and consistently reject every attempt of federal and state overreach.
During my military service, I commanded a Navy Seabee Battalion and Field Engineering Command and held shore duty tours in Europe, the Pacific and stateside, decorated with the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and numerous other awards.
I am a lifelong Republican, lifetime NRA member, and a Fightin’ Texas Aggie, C/O 1991, and serve as long-time mentor to several young engineers and students. My wife Stephanie and I have been married for 32 years and have four daughters, three grandsons, and reside in Floresville.- Secure the Border and Restore Law and Order on the Border. Recently, Governor Abbot issued a press release on the efforts to build the wall. I am glad to see that he started the wall, but we still have a long way to go and we need to keep that momentum beyond the elections. It does not good to merely build the wall, we must observe it with drone and sensor technology to see where the illegals are attempting to cross and to increase, authorize and empower our Texas law enforcement to enforce existing laws to hold illegals and criminals accountable, despite the federal government’s effort to enable lawlessness in our nation, state and district.
- Election Integrity. It is my goal to restore confidence in our voting process. We must acknowledge the evidence that election fraud occurred and continues to remain an issue. We must combat this issue with requirements for voter ID, limiting absentee ballots to only those who request one and ensure we have the ballot watchers available at each election site. We must stiffen the penalty for election fraud from a misdemeanor to a felony for those who commit those crimes. It is my goal to ensure that when Texans vote, we have full confidence that our vote will count.
- Prohibit the Teaching of CRT in our schools. I have had one teacher tell me she was pressured into not teaching about Jim Bowie, hero of the Alamo, because he owned a slave. I am appalled that our schools would allow this type of thinking in our teaching of recorded Texas history. We must teach verifiable history. Why? Because our children must understand what it took to build our great country and state and that is why we value liberty and to never relearn those tough fought lessons again.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 16, 2022
