Sheri Soltes

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Sheri Soltes

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas

Law

University of Texas

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Personal website

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Sheri Soltes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Travis County Commissioners Court to represent District 3 in Texas. Soltes lost in the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.

Biography

Sheri Soltes lives in Austin, Texas. She earned a bachelor's degree in plan II honors at the University of Texas in 1981 and a J.D. from the University of Texas in 1984. Soltes's career experience includes working as a civil trial attorney and a briefing attorney for the First Court of Appeals in Harris County, Texas. She founded Service Dogs, Inc., which trains service dogs to assist people with deafness or mobility-related disabilities.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Travis County, Texas (2020)

General election

General election for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Ann Howard defeated Becky Bray in the general election for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Howard (D)	56.9	108,346
		Becky Bray (R)	43.1	82,020

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,366
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Ann Howard defeated Valinda Bolton in the Democratic primary runoff for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Howard	65.4	21,061
	Submit photo	Valinda Bolton	34.6	11,135

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,196 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Ann Howard and Valinda Bolton advanced to a runoff. They defeated Sheri Soltes and Shiloh Newman in the Democratic primary for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Howard	48.1	24,387
✔	Submit photo	Valinda Bolton	30.0	15,212
		Sheri Soltes	14.6	7,420
	Submit photo	Shiloh Newman	7.3	3,726

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,745
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3

Becky Bray advanced from the Republican primary for Travis County Commissioners Court Precinct 3 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Becky Bray	100.0	18,768

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,768
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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 47

Vikki Goodwin defeated incumbent Paul Workman in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 47 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vikki Goodwin (D)	52.4	55,307
		Paul Workman (R)	47.6	50,244

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,551
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 47

Vikki Goodwin defeated Elaina Fowler in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 47 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vikki Goodwin	58.0	4,638
	Submit photo	Elaina Fowler	42.0	3,359

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 7,997
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 47

Vikki Goodwin and Elaina Fowler advanced to a runoff. They defeated Sheri Soltes, Candace Aylor, and Will Simpson in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 47 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vikki Goodwin	33.6	5,347
✔	Submit photo	Elaina Fowler	29.2	4,651
		Sheri Soltes	23.7	3,774
		Candace Aylor	7.4	1,177
	Submit photo	Will Simpson	6.1	970

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,919
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 47

Incumbent Paul Workman defeated Jay Wiley and Patty Vredevelt in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 47 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Workman	59.5	9,079
		Jay Wiley	31.2	4,767
		Patty Vredevelt	9.3	1,420

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,266
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Campaign themes

2020

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