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Rod Wingo
Rod Wingo (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 97. Wingo lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Craig Goldman defeated Elizabeth Beck and Rod Wingo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Craig Goldman (R) | 52.6 | 43,852 |
 | Elizabeth Beck (D)  | 45.2 | 37,707 | |
| Rod Wingo (L) | 2.3 | 1,884 | ||
| Total votes: 83,443 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Elizabeth Beck defeated Dan Willis in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Beck | 88.8 | 13,089 |
| Dan Willis | 11.2 | 1,656 | ||
| Total votes: 14,745 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Craig Goldman advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Craig Goldman | 100.0 | 12,898 |
| Total votes: 12,898 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Rod Wingo advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Rod Wingo (L) | |
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Craig Goldman defeated Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin and Rod Wingo in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Craig Goldman (R) | 53.2 | 35,171 |
 | Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin (D) | 44.9 | 29,665 | |
| Rod Wingo (L) | 1.9 | 1,289 | ||
| Total votes: 66,125 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beth Llewellyn McLaughlin | 100.0 | 7,628 |
| Total votes: 7,628 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97
Incumbent Craig Goldman advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 97 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Craig Goldman | 100.0 | 9,714 |
| Total votes: 9,714 | |||
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2016
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Texas State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]
Incumbent Jane Nelson defeated Rod Wingo in the Texas State Senate District 12 general election.[2]
| Texas State Senate, District 12 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jane Nelson Incumbent |
82.98% | 241,232 | |
| Libertarian | Rod Wingo | 17.02% | 49,465 | |
| Total Votes | 290,697 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Jane Nelson ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 12 Republican Primary.[3][4]
| Texas State Senate, District 12 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Jane Nelson Incumbent (unopposed) | |
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 Craig Goldman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Goldman defeated Rod Wingo (L) in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Craig Goldman Incumbent |
81.6% | 27,977 | |
| Libertarian | Rod Wingo | 18.4% | 6,295 | |
| Total Votes | 34,272 | |||
2012
Wingo ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 97. Wingo ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was defeated by Craig Goldman (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Craig Goldman |
59.4% | 38,139 | |
| Democratic | Gary Grassia | 37.6% | 24,159 | |
| Libertarian | Rod Wingo | 2.9% | 1,873 | |
| Total Votes | 64,171 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rod Wingo did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Wingo's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
Cut Taxes and Spending
- Excerpt: "Taxes are too high. That's because government spending is too high. I want to reduce both."
End the War on Drugs
- Excerpt: "Selling and using drugs may be personally unwise, but those activities don't violate anyone's rights. By establishing drug prohibition, our government has taken a modest problem and turned it into a huge problem. Now we have to deal with drug gangs and black markets, and taxpayers have to pay to keep thousands of people in jail. We need to end this nonsense."
Relief for Small Businesses
- Excerpt: "State and local governments make it much harder than it should be to start your own business. Both native citizens and immigrants often wish they could start a business, but get frightened away by the mountain of red tape, fees, and regulations."
Liberty for Latinos
- Excerpt: "Texas has a fast-growing Latin American population. I want Texas Latinos to leave behind the big-government welfare liberalism of the Democrats and the big-government bigotry of the Republicans, and join the Libertarian Party instead. We don't want the government to prop people up, and we don't want the government to hold people down. I think that's consistent with the desire of most Latinos to have a level playing field where hard work pays off."
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
- ↑ rodwingo.com, "Issues," accessed February 13, 2014
