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Star Locke
Star Locke (Democratic Party) ran for election for President of the United States. Locke lost as a write-in in the Democratic convention on August 5, 2024.
Locke was a 2016 Democratic candidate for president.[1]
Locke was a Libertarian candidate for Governor of Texas in the 2014 elections.[2]
Elections
2024
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
The Democratic Party selected Vice President Kamala Harris (D) as its nominee during a virtual roll call vote on August 2, 2024, ahead of the in-person 2024 Democratic National Convention, which took place from August 19-22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.[3][4][5][6][7]
2022
See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Texas
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Abbott (R) | 54.8 | 4,437,099 |
 | Beto O'Rourke (D) | 43.9 | 3,553,656 | |
 | Mark Tippetts (L)  | 1.0 | 81,932 | |
 | Delilah Barrios (G) | 0.4 | 28,584 | |
 | Jacqueline Abernathy (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1,243 | |
 | Mark Goloby (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 394 | |
| Total votes: 8,102,908 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Reginald Jennings II (Independent)
- Jorge Franco (Independent)
- Jeremy Rios (Independent)
- Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (Independent)
- Justin Cunneen (Independent)
- Sean Sharp (Independent)
- Demetra Wysinger (Independent)
- Chioma Okoro (Independent)
- Star Locke (Independent)
- Raul Cortina (Independent)
- Patrick Wynne (Reform Party)
- Jal Dennis (Independent)
- Deirdre Dickson-Gilbert (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Texas
Beto O'Rourke defeated Joy Diaz, Michael Cooper, Rich Wakeland, and Inocencio Barrientez in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beto O'Rourke | 91.4 | 983,182 |
 | Joy Diaz | 3.1 | 33,622 | |
 | Michael Cooper | 3.0 | 32,673 | |
 | Rich Wakeland | 1.2 | 13,237 | |
| Inocencio Barrientez | 1.2 | 12,887 | ||
| Total votes: 1,075,601 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Texas
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Abbott | 66.5 | 1,299,059 |
 | Allen B. West | 12.3 | 239,557 | |
 | Donald Huffines | 12.0 | 234,138 | |
 | Chad Prather | 3.8 | 74,173 | |
| Rick Perry | 3.1 | 61,424 | ||
 | Kandy Kaye Horn | 1.2 | 23,605 | |
| Paul Belew | 0.6 | 11,387 | ||
 | Daniel Harrison | 0.6 | 10,829 | |
| Total votes: 1,954,172 | |||
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Green convention
Green convention for Governor of Texas
Delilah Barrios advanced from the Green convention for Governor of Texas on April 9, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Delilah Barrios (G) |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Governor of Texas
Mark Tippetts defeated Fidel Castillo in the Libertarian convention for Governor of Texas on April 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| Fidel Castillo (L) | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Tippetts (L) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Jewell (L)
- Daniel Behrman (L)
Campaign finance
2016
Locke was a 2016 Democratic candidate for president of the United States.
2014
- See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2014
Locke ran for election to the office of Governor of Texas but failed to win the Libertarian nomination in the convention on April 12.[8][2]
Campaign themes
2022
Star Locke did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information," accessed December 5, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Independent Political Report, "Texas, Wisconsin Libertarian Conventions This Weekend," April 11, 2014
- ↑ USA Today, "Harris makes history as first Black woman, Asian American presidential nominee," August 2, 2024
- ↑ ABC News, "DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues," May 28, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "Democrats Set Aug. 1 for Harris Nomination Vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ CBS News, "Kamala Harris closer to being nominee as DNC approves early virtual roll call vote," July 24, 2024
- ↑ DNC, "DNC and DNCC Chairs Announce Results of Presidential Nominating Petition Process and Opening of Virtual Roll Call on August 1," July 30, 2024
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Texas, " 2014 Texas statewide offices," accessed December 10, 2013
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