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Sara Stapleton-Barrera
Sara Stapleton-Barrera (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 27. She lost in the Democratic primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Biography
Stapleton-Barrera received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Antioch College and a J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Stapleton-Barrera interned at the Trial Lawyer’s College in Dubois, Wyoming. As of June 2020, she was a lawyer and served on the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee Panel 12. She was also a member of the Cameron County Bar Association's Women's Law Section.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 27
Morgan LaMantia defeated Adam Hinojosa in the general election for Texas State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Morgan LaMantia (D) | 50.2 | 88,037 |
 | Adam Hinojosa (R)  | 49.8 | 87,378 | |
| Total votes: 175,415 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Javier Navarro (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27
Morgan LaMantia defeated Sara Stapleton-Barrera in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Morgan LaMantia | 56.9 | 14,288 |
 | Sara Stapleton-Barrera | 43.1 | 10,825 | |
| Total votes: 25,113 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27
Morgan LaMantia and Sara Stapleton-Barrera advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alex Dominguez and Salomon Torres in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Morgan LaMantia | 33.7 | 13,531 |
| ✔ | | Sara Stapleton-Barrera | 32.7 | 13,101 |
| Alex Dominguez | 25.3 | 10,163 | ||
 | Salomon Torres | 8.3 | 3,312 | |
| Total votes: 40,107 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27
Adam Hinojosa defeated Raul Torres and Isreal Salinas in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Hinojosa | 51.0 | 13,351 |
 | Raul Torres | 34.6 | 9,062 | |
| Isreal Salinas | 14.4 | 3,777 | ||
| Total votes: 26,190 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phillip Drake (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 27
Incumbent Eddie Lucio defeated Vanessa Tijerina in the general election for Texas State Senate District 27 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eddie Lucio (D) | 64.8 | 134,035 |
 | Vanessa Tijerina (R) | 35.2 | 72,768 | |
| Total votes: 206,803 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27
Incumbent Eddie Lucio defeated Sara Stapleton-Barrera in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 27 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Lucio | 53.5 | 16,942 |
| Sara Stapleton-Barrera | 46.5 | 14,702 | |
| Total votes: 31,644 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27
Incumbent Eddie Lucio and Sara Stapleton-Barrera advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ruben Cortez Jr. in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Lucio | 49.8 | 31,046 |
| ✔ | | Sara Stapleton-Barrera | 35.6 | 22,221 |
 | Ruben Cortez Jr. | 14.6 | 9,122 | |
| Total votes: 62,389 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27
Vanessa Tijerina advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vanessa Tijerina | 100.0 | 11,343 |
| Total votes: 11,343 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Sara Stapleton-Barrera did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
The following were found on Stapleton-Barrera's 2020 campaign website.
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Expanding Public Education I will fight to increase teacher starting salary to $60,000, protect and improve teacher retirement and healthcare, invest in smaller class sizes, reduce state testing, take serious steps in reducing the school to prison pipeline, and increase funding for K-12 counseling. Saving Our Environment I will champion for a Green New Deal vision at the state-level. We will bring high-paying green jobs to build renewable-energy infrastructure while moving away from oil fields and coal plants, ensuring that clean air, clean water and healthy food are basic human rights. Healthcare Securing healthcare for all Texans, supporting community and public health centers, and ensuring long-term health care for the elderly and differently-abled. Sara will fight to protect, promote and expand healthcare for all Texans! Reproductive Health People have personal and religious beliefs about abortion, and I’m not asking anyone to change their beliefs. My stance is in reference to legal access to a medical procedure that allows families to determine their own futures. The decision to have an abortion is deeply personal and one of the most important decisions a person can face. An attempted abortion late enough into a pregnancy to result in a live birth is extremely rare and happens only when the mother’s life is at risk or the fetus has a fatal condition. Equal Pay In an average lifetime, an educated male will make $2.1 million. Compare that to a female‘s lifetime earninga of $1.4 million, and it’s clear that there is something wrong with our system. Sara will fight to ensure equal pay for equal work. Pro Immigration I will fight to end the expansion of immigration detention centers, firmly oppose the border wall, will push back on talking points about "border security" and advocate to demilitarize our U.S.-M.X. border. Expanded Maternity and Paternity Leave Around the world, new parents are given up to 16 months of paid maternity and paternity leave. In Texas, parents are given 12 weeks before needing to put their newborns into daycare, which is a cruel injustice to both parents. Sara will see to it that this time is increased, leading to tighter family bonds and happier and healthier children and parents. LGBTQ+ Rights We must advocate for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community! Sara will end discrimination in the workplace, financial institutions, housing institutions and public spaces. Raising Worker’s Wages Minimum wage has not budged in 11 years: It was raised from $6.55 to $7.25 in 2009. Meanwhile, cost of living increases YEARLY: rent, groceries, medication and household staples continue to skyrocket in price and make daily life a challenge for Texans everywhere. Sara will fight for increased wages and give new meaning to “making a living”.[2] |
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| —Sara Stapleton-Barrera[3] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas State Senate District 27 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Sara Stapleton Barrera Democrat for Texas Senate District 27: About," accessed July 9, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Sara Stapleton-Barrera's 2020 campaign website, "Platform," accessed July 9, 2020
