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Roslyn Shorter

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Roslyn Shorter

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Democratic Party

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May 22, 2018

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Roslyn Shorter (Democratic Party) ran for election for Harris County District Clerk in Texas. Shorter lost in the Democratic primary runoff on May 22, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Harris County District Clerk

Marilyn Burgess defeated incumbent Chris Daniel in the general election for Harris County District Clerk on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Marilyn Burgess (D)
 
55.1
 
653,284
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Chris Daniel (R)
 
44.9
 
532,463

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

Total votes: 1,185,747
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Harris County District Clerk

Marilyn Burgess defeated Roslyn Shorter in the Democratic primary runoff for Harris County District Clerk on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Marilyn Burgess
 
71.6
 
37,251
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Roslyn Shorter
 
28.4
 
14,804

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

Total votes: 52,055
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk

Marilyn Burgess and Roslyn Shorter advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kevin Howard and Michael Jordan in the Democratic primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Marilyn Burgess
 
49.2
 
69,546
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Roslyn Shorter
 
23.4
 
33,083
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Kevin Howard
 
15.2
 
21,487
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Michael Jordan
 
12.1
 
17,163

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

Total votes: 141,279
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk

Incumbent Chris Daniel advanced from the Republican primary for Harris County District Clerk on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Chris Daniel
 
100.0
 
112,331

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Total votes: 112,331
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Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Roslyn "Rozzy" Shorter participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Roslyn "Rozzy" Shorter's responses follow below.[1]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

“ 1) Creating a Fair,Open, Expansive Jury Pool Selection Process

2) Pay Increase for Employees
3) Improve E-Filing System[2][3]

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

“ Effective public leaders understand that solving our toughest public problems demands a well-rounded understanding of policy analysis seen through the specific cultural and historical lenses in the places they work. I'm passionate about political engagement.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3] ”


See also

Harris County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Roslyn "Rozzy" Shorter's responses," April 7, 2018
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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