Walter Coppage
Walter Coppage (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 69. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Walter Coppage's career experience includes working as a certified public accountant.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Incumbent James Frank defeated Walter Coppage in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Frank (R) | 78.7 | 53,583 |
 | Walter Coppage (D) | 21.3 | 14,518 | |
| Total votes: 68,101 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Walter Coppage advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walter Coppage | 100.0 | 1,959 |
| Total votes: 1,959 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Incumbent James Frank advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Frank | 100.0 | 16,333 |
| Total votes: 16,333 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Coppage in this election.
Pledges
Coppage signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Incumbent James Frank defeated Walter Coppage and Michael Neumann in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Frank (R) | 79.1 | 40,299 |
| Walter Coppage (D) | 18.7 | 9,528 | |
 | Michael Neumann (L) | 2.2 | 1,100 | |
| Total votes: 50,927 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Walter Coppage advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Walter Coppage | 100.0 | 2,184 |
| Total votes: 2,184 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Incumbent James Frank advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Frank | 100.0 | 16,069 |
| Total votes: 16,069 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 69
Michael Neumann advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 69 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Neumann (L) |
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Walter Coppage did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Walter Coppage completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Coppage's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Public education is job #1. For Texas to have the best jobs in America, we need the best public schools in America to be right here in Texas. I will work to fund the best schools staffed with great teachers. Everyone knows that quality costs more, at least everyone in the 69th District does. Our district lacks the ability to tax adequately to provide the education we want for our students. Texas has complicated formulas to determine the funds our school districts receive. Since at least 1984, Texas has been underfunding our schools to the point that Texas schools are now underfunded by $4,000 per student compared to the national average. I will work to solve that problem.
- VOTING RIGHTS What actions would you take to ensure that all eligible voters have equal access to safe and fair elections? I support The Freedom to Vote Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. I will stand against voter suppression and the laws passed to keep people from voting. I will stand up against the current and future officeholders that continue to spread lies about the integrity of our voting system. Every Texan deserves no less than the right to vote for their choices on a ballot. If it is easier for me to vote than for my neighbor to vote, that is a wrong that I will work to correct. Who is my neighbor? Everyone is my neighbor.
- Expanding Healthcare Coverage Texas leads the nation in the number of people who are unable to afford to see a doctor. Rural Texas has an even higher percentage who can’t afford to see a doctor or fill a prescription. Expanding Medicaid in Texas is our best chance to bring affordable healthcare to an estimated one million Texans. Texas is one of twelve states that have failed to take advantage of expanding Medicaid. Every state surrounding Texas has adopted and implemented Medicaid Expansion. New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana have all implemented Medicaid Expansion. If Texas adopted and implemented Medicaid Expansion, it would bring approximately $5.41 billion in federal dollars annually to the state.
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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 August 8, 2022
