Valinda Bolton

Valinda Bolton

---

Prior offices

Texas House of Representatives District 47

---

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 14, 2020

Valinda Bolton was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 47. Bolton assumed office in 2007. Bolton left office in 2010.

Bolton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Travis County Commissioners Court to represent District 3 in Texas. Bolton lost in the Democratic primary runoff on July 14, 2020.

Bolton was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. She represented District 47 from 2007 to 2010.

Biography

Bolton worked as a substitute teacher in the Austin Independent School District from 2003 to 2004 and was training director for the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Issue positions

On her website, Bolton addressed two main areas, "Educating our Children" and "Healthy Families," and explains her positions: Educating Our Children

• "We need a tax structure that is fair and balanced so that we can afford to increase funding for public education."
• "We must be able to offer competitive salaries to our teachers."
• "We must raise our current graduation rate up from the nations’ lowest to a respectable top 20 ranking."
• "I am fully committed to ensuring that each child receives a quality public education in Texas. The promise of a free and equitable public education drew many of our ancestors to Texas."

Healthy Families

• "Healthy Texans are good for our economy. When children and adults have access to affordable healthcare they are more productive in school and work."
• Access to healthcare for all Texans must be improved.
• "We must evaluate the needs of our seniors and work to restore funding to legitimate programs."
• "We must ensure that every Texan who needs mental health services is able to receive the necessary care."

Committee assignments

• County Affairs Committee, Texas House
• Land & Resource Management Committee, Texas House
• Local & Consent Calendars Committee, Texas House

Sponsored legislation

• HB 1001 - Relating to limits on the size of public school classes in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grades one through four.
• HB 1120 - Relating to limitations on increases in designated tuition charged by certain general academic teaching institutions.
• HB 2051 - Relating to requiring a record vote by each house or committee of the legislature on bills, proposed constitutional amendments, and amendments to bills and proposed constitutional amendments.
• HB 4449 - Relating to the criminal consequences of operating a motorcycle on which a person younger than five is a passenger.

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,366
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,196 (100.00% precincts reporting)
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,745
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

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

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,768
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Bolton ran for re-election in District 47 and lost. He was unopposed in the March 2 Democratic primary but was defeated by Republican Paul Workman in the November 2 general election.

Texas House of Representatives, District 47 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Paul Workman (R)		29,873	49.67%
Valinda Bolton (D)		27,773	46.18%
Kris Bailey (L)		2,485	4.13%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Bolton won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' 47th District, defeating Donna Keel (R). Bolton received 45,314 votes in the election while Keel received 43,190 votes. Bolton raised $488,715 for her campaign.

Texas House of Representatives, District 47
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Valinda Bolton (D)		45,314	51.19%
Donna Keel (R)		43,190	48.80%

2006

On November 4, 2006, Bolton won election to the Texas House of Representatives from Texas' District 47, defeating Bill Welch (R) and Yvonne Schtick (L).

Bolton raised $603,102 for her campaign, while Welch raised 1,286,162 and Schick raised $0.

Texas House of Representatives, District 47 (2006)
Candidates		Votes
Valinda Bolton (D)		26,975
Bill Welch (R)		24,447
Yvonne Schick (L)		2,265

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Valinda Bolton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

Ballotpedia currently provides campaign finance data for all federal- and state-level candidates from 2020 and later. We are continuously working to expand our data to include prior elections. That information will be published here as we acquire it. If you would like to help us provide this data, please consider donating to Ballotpedia.

External links

Suggest a link

• Valinda Bolton's campaign website
• Texas House of Representatives - Rep. Bolton (dead link)
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Official Campaign Contributions-Personal
• Official Campaign Contributions-Committee
• Follow The Money, Campaign Contributions: 20102008, 2006
• Freedom Speaks profile
• Texas State Directory profile
• Texas Political Almanac HD 47 page
• Texas Tribune profile & bio
• Vote-TX.org profile
• State Surge profile
• Valinda Bolton on Facebook

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by '	Texas House District 47 2007–2010	Succeeded by Paul Workman