Stephen Kocen
Stephen Kocen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2022.
Kocen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Stephen Kocen was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Kocen earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas in 1982. His career experience includes working as a businessman.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas' 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 1
Nathaniel Moran defeated Jrmar Jefferson in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathaniel Moran (R) | 78.1 | 183,224 |
 | Jrmar Jefferson (D) | 21.9 | 51,438 | |
| Total votes: 234,662 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 1
Jrmar Jefferson defeated Victor D. Dunn in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jrmar Jefferson | 75.9 | 5,607 |
 | Victor D. Dunn | 24.1 | 1,783 | |
| Total votes: 7,390 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 1
Jrmar Jefferson and Victor D. Dunn advanced to a runoff. They defeated Stephen Kocen and Gavin Dass in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jrmar Jefferson | 45.5 | 7,411 |
| ✔ | | Victor D. Dunn | 27.9 | 4,554 |
 | Stephen Kocen | 15.1 | 2,457 | |
 | Gavin Dass | 11.5 | 1,881 | |
| Total votes: 16,303 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rosey Quinn (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 1
Nathaniel Moran defeated Joe McDaniel, Aditya Atholi, and John Porro in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 1 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathaniel Moran | 63.0 | 51,312 |
 | Joe McDaniel | 24.2 | 19,708 | |
 | Aditya Atholi | 7.6 | 6,186 | |
 | John Porro | 5.2 | 4,238 | |
| Total votes: 81,444 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Stephen Kocen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kocen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I come from a blended Jewish/Christian family where I'm the middle child out of nine.
I am a small businessman who has created and turned around several pediatric, therapeutic and veterinary clinics over the last 30 years.
Since the pandemic, I decided to start traveling across America meeting people of all different stripes and cultures and seeing this beautiful country up close. As a change of pace, I worked at the World Series of Poker as a dealer last year... it was a blast.
I decided to run for Congress after seeing the horrific events of January 6, 2021 and realized that east Texas needed new representation in Washington, DC.
- The right to vote and have it counted fairly is the basis of our Democracy. I will uphold and defend voting rights for all citizens.
- I will defend women's rights and LGBT+ rights for all citizens of Texas and America
- I will propose actions and solutions for the weather and climate disasters affecting America and the world. The time for action is now. We must act!!
The Texas legislature has created undue burden to voting, counting votes and who is allowed to vote. We must push for national laws to restore everyone's right to vote. It is the underlying principal of our entire democracy.
Uniting the country and its people from the current political chaos
Overcoming the affects Covid-19 has had on every segment of society including businesses, schools, travel, social connections and so much more.
Restoring voting rights into a national standard so everyone's voice is heard fairly without fear of corruption or manipulation
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Campaign website
Kocen's campaign website stated the following:
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Protecting American Democracy Our democracy was under assault on January 6, 2021. As your Representative, I will support sweeping legislation to protect and expand voting rights for Americans of all races, religions, and genders. Protecting Women’s Rights Women’s rights are threatened both in Texas and across the country. We must enshrine the same protections guaranteed in Roe v. Wade into national legislation to ensure reproductive rights for all women. Protecting Our Planet Climate changes threatens everyone on the planet. I’ll work to create solutions that will help us survive climate disasters that affect us all and create economic opportunities for everyone as we work together to save our planet from this existential threat.[3] |
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| —Stephen Kocen's campaign website (2022)[4] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 8, 2021
- ↑ Stephen Kocen for Congress, "About," accessed February 8, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Stephen Kocen for Congress, “Priorities,” accessed January 22, 2022
