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Yasmin Simon
Yasmin Simon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 108. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Simon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Yasmin Simon earned a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University in 1995. She earned a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1998. Her career experience includes working as an attorney. Simon has been affiliated with the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and the American Civil Liberties Union. She has also volunteered with We the Action, The Texas Civil Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, and 866OurVote.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 108
Incumbent Morgan Meyer defeated Elizabeth Ginsberg in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 108 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Morgan Meyer (R) | 57.6 | 60,227 |
 | Elizabeth Ginsberg (D)  | 42.4 | 44,307 | |
| Total votes: 104,534 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 108
Elizabeth Ginsberg defeated Yasmin Simon in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 108 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Ginsberg | 58.9 | 7,775 |
 | Yasmin Simon | 41.1 | 5,423 | |
| Total votes: 13,198 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 108
Incumbent Morgan Meyer defeated Barry Wernick in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 108 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Morgan Meyer | 51.1 | 12,303 |
 | Barry Wernick | 48.9 | 11,766 | |
| Total votes: 24,069 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Simon's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Simon in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Yasmin Simon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Simon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Like so many Texans, Yasmin is outraged by the inhumane forced birth laws in Texas. She finds it intolerable that MAGA Republicans in Austin like her opponent, Morgan Meyer, support these extreme policies that hurt families and embarrass our state. Yasmin believes that abortion is a personal decision between a woman, her family, her faith, and her doctor. Morgan Meyer’s extreme votes that allow doctors to be prosecuted, bounties to be placed on women and allow no exceptions for rape and incest are just plain wrong. These abortion bans don’t just hurt families in House District 108 but also drive business and doctors away from Texas. Enough is enough.
- Yasmin Simon is a proud public school kid. She knows the importance of our public school teachers and the benefits of a public school education. Yasmin supports fully and fairly funding Texas public schools to ensure that every Texas child has an opportunity to succeed and thrive. Our economy and our future in House District 108 depend on a well educated workforce that can compete and lead in the global economy. Unlike Republican Morgan Meyer, Yasmin strongly opposes vouchers and voucher schemes that pull money out of our public schools to pay for unregulated private schools that fail Texas families.
- As both a mom of three and a survivor of gun violence, Yasmin is ready to fight for common sense gun safety measures that reduce violence and keep our children and community here in House District 108 safe. She is a supporter of 2nd Amendment rights, but the status quo of mass gun violence is not acceptable. Protecting the 2nd Amendment does not require us to keep living in fear of sending our kids to school, going to the mall, or attending religious services. Our laws can both save lives and preserve personal freedoms but right now, they fall short. Lawmakers can do better. This means supporting background checks and extreme risk protection orders that keep guns out of the hands of criminals.
American Federation of Teachers
Texas & Dallas AFL-CIO
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, 100% rating
North Texas Democrats
Mary Beth Rogers, Former Chief of Staff to Gov. Ann Richards
Rep. Terry Meza, HD-105
Tex Quesada, First Hispanic President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association
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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 February 8, 2024
