Tony Adams
Tony Adams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 61. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tony Adams earned a graduate degree from the University of North Texas in 1998. His career experience includes working as a entrepreneur and in the technology, insurance, banking and mortgage, and energy industries. Adams has also been a small business owner in real estate.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Keresa Richardson defeated Tony Adams in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 61 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keresa Richardson (R)  | 59.6 | 58,513 |
 | Tony Adams (D) | 40.4 | 39,632 | |
| Total votes: 98,145 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Keresa Richardson defeated incumbent Frederick Frazier in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 61 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keresa Richardson | 67.6 | 6,842 |
 | Frederick Frazier | 32.4 | 3,272 | |
| Total votes: 10,114 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Tony Adams advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 61 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Adams | 100.0 | 4,890 |
| Total votes: 4,890 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Keresa Richardson and incumbent Frederick Frazier advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chuck Branch in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 61 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keresa Richardson | 39.7 | 7,241 |
| ✔ | | Frederick Frazier | 32.1 | 5,847 |
| Chuck Branch | 28.2 | 5,130 | ||
| Total votes: 18,218 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Adams in this election.
Pledges
Adams signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tony Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Adams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Say no to Vouchers: Support our parents and teachers. stop defunding public schools. say yes to women’s rights to Make their own health decisions with their medical providers. no to state in our private lives. say yes to livable wage. uplift low and middle class. say yes to border security. no to border politics. no to illegal immigration, yes to legal immigration and yes to path to citizenship so Texas economy benefits. Texas is built by immigrants. say yes to ensuring 17% of Texas population who are currently uninsured. say yes to growing and supporting small business. 50% of Texas businesses fail within their first five years. Texas has dropped from 7th to 18th place for its small business survival rate. say no to poverty. 14% of Texas' population lived in poverty in 2023. This is higher than the national average.
say yes to affordable mental health services. Texas has been ranked as one of the worst states for mental health care In 2023- Texan women's rights to their health and dignity
- Stand against destroying defunding public education system
- Stop Border Politics. Secure Border. Yes to legal immigration and path to citizenship to benefit state of Texas
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Because he had a bad case of flip-flopping!
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 16, 2024
