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Paul Ingmundson
Paul Ingmundson was a 2015 special election Green Party candidate for District 123 of the Texas House of Representatives.[1] He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2014.
Elections
2015
Melissa Aguillon (D), Diego Bernal (D), Walter Martinez (D), Nunzio Previtera (R), Paul Ingmundson (G) and Roger V. Gary (L) faced off in the special election on January 6, 2015.[2] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Bernal and Previtera, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Bernal won.[1][3]
The seat was vacant following Michael Villarreal's (D) resignation to run for Mayor of San Antonio.[4]
A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 123 was called for January 6, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 22, 2014.[4]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 123, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Diego Bernal |
63.7% | 5,170 | |
| Republican | Nunzio Previtera | 36.3% | 2,950 | |
| Total Votes | 8,120 | |||
| Texas House of Representatives, District 123, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Diego Bernal |
47.5% | 3,372 | |
| Republican | Nunzio Previtera |
21.3% | 1,512 | |
| Democratic | Melissa Aguillon | 17.7% | 1,257 | |
| Democratic | Walter Martinez | 11% | 780 | |
| Libertarian | Roger V. Gary | 1.4% | 103 | |
| Green | Paul Ingmundson | 1.1% | 81 | |
| Total Votes | 7,105 | |||
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Michael Villarreal was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Paul Ingmundson was running as a Green Party candidate. Villarreal defeated Ingmundson in the general election.[5][6][7] In a letter dated November 6, 2014, Villarreal informed Governor Rick Perry that he would not be accepting his seat in the Texas House of Representatives, and would be resigning his seat effective January 15, 2015, in order to run for Mayor of San Antonio, Texas.[8][9]
Governor Perry is able to call for a special election to fill the seat as early as December 2014.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael Villarreal Incumbent |
86.3% | 20,178 | |
| Green | Paul Ingmundson | 13.7% | 3,210 | |
| Total Votes | 23,388 | |||
Recent news
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See also
- Texas State Legislature
- Texas state legislative districts
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Tribune, "Three Elections, No Winners Yet," January 6, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 25, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets 3 special elections for Jan. 6," December 15, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 John Reynolds The Texas Tribune, "Villarreal Resigning to Run for San Antonio Mayor," November 10, 2014
- ↑ Michael Villarreal's Resignation Letter to Governor Rick Perry, November 6, 2014
