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Vanesia Johnson
Vanesia Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 76. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Vanesia Johnson earned a bachelor's degree from Mississippi Valley State University in 1999 and a graduate degree from Tulane University in 2000.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent Suleman Lalani defeated Lea Simmons in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Suleman Lalani (D) | 56.5 | 39,770 |
Lea Simmons (R)  | 43.5 | 30,615 | ||
| Total votes: 70,385 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Lea Simmons defeated Summara Kanwal in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Lea Simmons | 67.2 | 641 | |
 | Summara Kanwal | 32.8 | 313 | |
| Total votes: 954 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Incumbent Suleman Lalani defeated Vanesia Johnson in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 63.5 | 6,494 |
 | Vanesia Johnson | 36.5 | 3,738 | |
| Total votes: 10,232 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Summara Kanwal and Lea Simmons advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dayo David in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Summara Kanwal | 35.6 | 2,771 |
| ✔ | Lea Simmons | 35.5 | 2,761 | |
 | Dayo David | 28.9 | 2,244 | |
| Total votes: 7,776 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Johnson in this election.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani defeated Dan Mathews in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani (D) | 57.3 | 28,312 |
 | Dan Mathews (R) | 42.7 | 21,131 | |
| Total votes: 49,443 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani defeated Vanesia Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 63.0 | 3,560 |
| Vanesia Johnson | 37.0 | 2,095 | |
| Total votes: 5,655 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Suleman Lalani and Vanesia Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant and James Burnett in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Suleman Lalani | 36.7 | 3,237 |
| ✔ | | Vanesia Johnson | 24.7 | 2,181 |
 | L. Sarah DeMerchant | 19.3 | 1,707 | |
 | James Burnett | 19.3 | 1,703 | |
| Total votes: 8,828 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Dan Mathews defeated Ramesh Cherivirala and Mike Khan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Mathews | 51.6 | 3,849 |
 | Ramesh Cherivirala | 26.5 | 1,981 | |
| Mike Khan | 21.9 | 1,632 | ||
| Total votes: 7,462 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Vanesia Johnson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Vanesia Johnson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Johnson'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 am an active citizen already engaged in improving the quality of life of House District 76 constituents.
- I have successfully advocated for changes in criminal justice, mental health, juvenile justice, public education, etc.
- I am bold, vocal, and passionate about bring the voice of the people to the table of decision making in all that I do.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 6, 2022
