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Richard Varner

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Richard Varner
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Republican Party

Education

Bachelor's

Excelsior College, 2016

Graduate

Webster University, 2019

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Coast Guard

Years of service

1984 - 2005

Personal
Birthplace
Millington, Tenn.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Instructional designer
Contact

Campaign website

Personal LinkedIn

Richard Varner (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 142. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.

Varner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Richard Varner was born in Millington, Tennessee. Varner served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1984 to 2005. He earned a bachelor's degree from Excelsior College in 2016. He earned a graduate degree from Full Sail University in 2017. He earned a graduate degree from Webster University in 2019. Varner's career experience includes working as an instructional designer.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 142.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Incumbent Harold Dutton Jr. defeated Candis Houston in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Harold Dutton Jr.
Harold Dutton Jr.
 
51.3
 
4,298
Image of Candis Houston
Candis Houston
 
48.7
 
4,079

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142

Richard Varner advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 142 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Richard Varner
Richard Varner Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,251

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,251
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Richard Varner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Varner'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 am an instructional designer at a college. Before becoming an instructional designer, I worked for a railroad. Before the railroad, I was in the Coast Guard. I am running for office because of the frustration I feel over the homelessness problem and the apparent apathy on the part of government officials to address it. I am also interested in education reform and immigration.
  • Homelessness is everyone's problem.
  • Fashion curriculum to the student, not the student to the curriculum.
  • We need more legal immigrants, a lot more.
Homelessness, Education, and immigration.
I like the way Donald Trump solves problems. I also like the way Jimmy Carter supports Habitat for Humanity.
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by R. Heifetz, A. Grashow, and M. Linsky.
To be able to negotiate with the other side.
My dogged determination, my ability to see things through someone else's perspective, and my ability to get along with just about everyone.
To represent the people of the district with their interests in mind.
As many homeless people rehabilitated as possible. A movement in the right direction concerning the opioid crisis. Education reform.
The moon landing.
I was a bus boy in a restaurant. I worked there for a year, I think.
About Face, by David Hackworth, because it deals with leadership in a political environment.
I am a bit of a workaholic.
Homelessness, education, and immigration.
The benefit is swift legislation. The drawback is the lack of friction between the upper and lower house, which is a benefit.
Sometimes.
Yes, of course. How else can one get anything done?
I want this to be performed by an algorithm designed for impartiality. Gerrymandering has led to an outrageous reelection rate for incumbents.
Human Services, Public Health, Public Education
I do not know.
Yes
Yes.

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Texas House of Representatives District 142
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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 30, 2022


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