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Michelle Bonton
Michelle Bonton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 15. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Bonton also ran in a special election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 15. She did not appear on the ballot for the special general election on May 4, 2024.
Elections
2024
Special election
General election
Special general election for Texas State Senate District 15
Molly Cook defeated Jarvis Johnson in the special general election for Texas State Senate District 15 on May 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Molly Cook (D) | 57.1 | 9,370 |
 | Jarvis Johnson (D) | 42.9 | 7,052 | |
| Total votes: 16,422 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michelle Bonton (D)
- Todd Litton (D)
- Alberto Cardenas Jr. (D)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bonton in this election.
Regular election
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 15
Incumbent Molly Cook defeated Joseph L. Trahan in the general election for Texas State Senate District 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Molly Cook (D) | 61.9 | 200,680 |
 | Joseph L. Trahan (R) | 38.1 | 123,515 | |
| Total votes: 324,195 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 15
Incumbent Molly Cook defeated Jarvis Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 15 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Molly Cook | 50.2 | 9,506 |
| Jarvis Johnson | 49.8 | 9,444 | |
| Total votes: 18,950 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 15
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jarvis Johnson | 36.2 | 17,953 |
| ✔ | | Molly Cook | 20.6 | 10,213 |
 | Todd Litton | 15.8 | 7,859 | |
 | Michelle Bonton | 10.7 | 5,291 | |
 | Alberto Cardenas Jr. | 10.5 | 5,196 | |
 | Karthik Soora | 6.2 | 3,091 | |
| Total votes: 49,603 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 15
Joseph L. Trahan advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 15 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph L. Trahan | 100.0 | 23,627 |
| Total votes: 23,627 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bonton in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5
Sallie Alcorn defeated Eric Dick in the general runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5 on December 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sallie Alcorn (Nonpartisan) | 52.8 | 90,456 |
 | Eric Dick (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 80,774 | |
| Total votes: 171,230 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5
The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council At-large Position 5 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sallie Alcorn (Nonpartisan) | 22.8 | 42,803 |
| ✔ | | Eric Dick (Nonpartisan) | 20.3 | 38,146 |
 | Sonia Rivera (Nonpartisan) | 11.1 | 20,939 | |
| Catherine Flowers (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 18,727 | ||
 | Marvin McNeese Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 8.5 | 15,906 | |
| Michelle Bonton (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 14,693 | |
| J. Brad Batteau (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 13,094 | ||
 | Ashton Woods (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 11,859 | |
| Ralph Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 11,812 | ||
| Total votes: 187,979 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Special election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michelle Bonton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michelle Bonton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Michelle Bonton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bonton'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 will be a fierce advocate for transparency in budgeting and equity in expenditure of city resources
- I will work to create and identify effective strategies and policies to support flood resiliency and recovery
- I will fight for a fairer criminal justice system that doesn't make justice dependent on income
Fairer Criminal Justice System
Economic empowerment
2) Being abreast of issues on the agenda for city council
3) Attending council meetings and making decisions on proposed ordinances
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
