Susan Hays

Susan Hays (Democratic Party) ran for election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Susan Hays' career experience includes owning a law practice and working as a lawyer and farmer.^[1]^[2]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Sid Miller defeated Susan Hays in the general election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sid Miller (R)	56.3	4,480,186
	Susan Hays (D)	43.7	3,473,603

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,953,789
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Susan Hays defeated Ed Ireson in the Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susan Hays	82.8	814,283
	Ed Ireson	17.2	169,503

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 983,786
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Sid Miller defeated James White and Carey Counsil in the Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sid Miller	58.5	992,330
	James White	31.1	528,434
	Carey Counsil	10.4	176,083

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,696,847
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Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Susan Hays

Contents

Biography

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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