Raj Salhotra

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Raj Salhotra

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Last election

December 14, 2019

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Raj Salhotra ran for election to the Houston City Council to represent At-large Position 1 in Texas. Salhotra lost in the general runoff election on December 14, 2019.

Salhotra completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2019

See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1

Incumbent Mike Knox defeated Raj Salhotra in the general runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1 on December 14, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Knox (Nonpartisan)	56.5	99,643
	Submit photo	Raj Salhotra (Nonpartisan)	43.5	76,738

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 176,381
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General election

General election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1

Incumbent Mike Knox and Raj Salhotra advanced to a runoff. They defeated Yolanda Flores, Georgia Provost, and Larry Blackmon in the general election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Knox (Nonpartisan)	36.5	73,657
✔	Submit photo	Raj Salhotra (Nonpartisan)	22.1	44,545
	Submit photo	Yolanda Flores (Nonpartisan)	18.3	36,906
	Submit photo	Georgia Provost (Nonpartisan)	13.7	27,648
		Larry Blackmon (Nonpartisan)	9.4	18,962

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,718
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Endorsements

Salhotra was endorsed by Our Revolution Harris County.

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Raj Salhotra completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Salhotra'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.

Raj is a native Houstonian who attended Rice University and graduated in 2013 with majors in Economics and Policy Studies. After Rice, he became a high school math teacher in the Hiram Clark area where he taught Pre-Calculus at AP Statistics. While as a teacher, he co-founded One Jump, an educational technology non-profit that connects high school students to enrichment opportunities. After teaching, he attended Harvard Law School where he focused on researching public policy issues and representing tenants being evicted from their homes. Also, during law school, he started Students With Ambition Go (SWAG) To College, a mentorship non-profit that provides underserved high school and college students mentors to help them get to and through college. SWAG To College currently serves over 600 students. Raj returned to Houston in 2018 and deferred a job with Baker Botts to build up SWAG To College and now run for Houston City Council.

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?

• Strengthen Drainage and Flood Mitigation
• Improve Quality of Life--particularly reducing traffic
• Expanding Economic Opportunity

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Flooding |Transit |Education|Housing |Economic

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