Zach Vance
Zach Vance (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 19. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Zach Vance was born in Houston, Texas. Vance served in the United States Marine Corps from 2008 to 2013. He earned an associate degree from the University of North Texas in 2017. Vance's career experience includes working in cable news.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Ellen Troxclair defeated Dwain Handley and Kodi Sawin in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 19 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ellen Troxclair (R) | 70.9 | 87,416 |
 | Dwain Handley (D)  | 25.5 | 31,486 | |
 | Kodi Sawin (Independent) | 3.6 | 4,478 | |
| Total votes: 123,380 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 19
Dwain Handley defeated Zach Vance in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 19 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dwain Handley | 57.2 | 3,599 |
 | Zach Vance | 42.8 | 2,697 | |
| Total votes: 6,296 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Ellen Troxclair defeated Kyle Biedermann and Manny Campos in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 19 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ellen Troxclair | 52.1 | 20,826 |
 | Kyle Biedermann | 43.0 | 17,189 | |
 | Manny Campos | 4.9 | 1,942 | |
| Total votes: 39,957 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Incumbent Dan Patrick defeated Mike Collier and Shanna Steele in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Patrick (R) | 53.8 | 4,317,692 |
 | Mike Collier (D) | 43.5 | 3,492,544 | |
 | Shanna Steele (L) | 2.8 | 222,208 | |
| Total votes: 8,032,444 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Withers (Independent)
- Deauc Dentaen (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Mike Collier defeated Michelle Beckley in the Democratic primary runoff for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Collier | 54.8 | 265,345 |
 | Michelle Beckley | 45.2 | 218,727 | |
| Total votes: 484,072 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Mike Collier and Michelle Beckley advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carla Brailey in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Collier | 41.7 | 422,379 |
| ✔ | | Michelle Beckley | 30.1 | 304,799 |
 | Carla Brailey | 28.2 | 285,342 | |
| Total votes: 1,012,520 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew Dowd (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Patrick | 76.6 | 1,425,717 |
 | Daniel Miller | 6.9 | 127,735 | |
 | Trayce Bradford | 6.5 | 120,514 | |
 | Aaron Sorrells | 3.9 | 73,031 | |
| Zach Vance | 3.8 | 70,863 | |
 | Todd Bullis | 2.3 | 43,097 | |
| Total votes: 1,860,957 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Shanna Steele advanced from the Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Texas on April 10, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Shanna Steele (L) |
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Zach Vance completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Vance'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 a 35 year old medically retired Marine and Purple Heart recipient. University of North Texas graduate. Husband and father of 2 young sons. I currently live in Lago Vista Texas. Most recently I worked at an Austin cable News organization and had to quit to stay at home with my youngest son in late 2020 because of child care becoming too expensive due to the covid 19 outbreak. I love Texas, and Texans, with my whole heart and I cannot sit on the sideline any longer and watch people suffer because the people currently in power only care about keeping that power and catering to their big donors. I am a Republican because I believe in true freedom, limited government, fiscal conservatism, personal responsibility, but most importantly the Constitution of the United States of America. I am a farmer at heart because I love putting seeds in dirt, nurturing those plants and getting something amazing back with my hard work. In farming, the harder you work, the better the return if God allows you the conditions. That is a perfect metaphor for life because the harder we work to better ourselves, the better our outcomes in life become, if it is part of God's plan. With a little bit of luck with lots of hard work, a person can do absolutely anything. I am a Christian, and I believe we are all part of one big plan that we cannot truly imagine. I believe everything happens for a reason and my life has led me to this for a reason. I will make Texas a better place!
- People over EVERYTHING! It is time to stop putting businesses over Texans. The Texas homeowners and renters are my number one priority. We need to make their lives better. Multi-billion dollar corporations are through screwing over the tax paying Texan.
- No more BS!! For the last 15 years the Legislative process is just for show to the people of Texas. The Lieutenant Governor controls all legislation that sees the light in the Pink Dome. Too many bills that go to a committee hearing, and have majority support by the Texans who drive hours across the state to testify, never get votes on the Senate floor. Even bills that pass the house with a super majority never get votes on the Senate floor. Those days will be over. If a bill goes to committee, and over 75 percent of the people there testify in support of that bill. That bill will absolutely make it to the Senate floor for a vote. It is complete BS that one man can single handedly stop legislation that a majority of Texans want passed!
- Police, EMS, 911 Operators! Public safety/Keeping Texans safe is one of my top priorities. Too many police departments are under staffed and under funded. They are overworked and wear too many hats that they have no business or proper training to wear. I will do whatever it takes to help them, and in effect help Texas and save lives.
Healthcare: Getting as many uninsured Texans on an insurance plan. Getting uninsured Texans to stop using emergency rooms as primary care physicians. Building at least 2 new state hospitals, one in West Texas.
Public Safety: Severely punishing violent criminals and sex offenders. Keeping people behind bars the need to stay behind bars. Helping women get out of violent relationships.
Property Taxes: Eliminating property taxes for people who are 65 years or older and have been in their homes for 20 years. Eliminating the appraisal districts. The price you purchase your home for should be the taxed value of your home for the next 20 years.
Out of state home buyers: home buyers from out of state must be taxed on their offers to purchase a home in Texas. Texas home buyers have been priced out of the housing market because people are coming here with too much money. We must level the playing field to allow renters to purchase their own homes.
Ending the war on drugs in Texas, and declaring war on addiction. Getting help for drug addicts, and not putting them behind bars. Being a drug user does not make a person a criminal.
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I survived a heart tachycardia due to Wolff Parkinsons White syndrome.
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Campaign website
Vance's campaign website stated the following:
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Property Taxes I will get rid of the appraisal districts. The price you purchase your home for should be the taxed value of your home for the next 20 years. I will eliminate property taxes for people who are 65 years or older AND have been in their homes for 10 years. <ORIGINALLY I said 20 years> You should only pay full property taxes on your home for 20 years though. If you have been in your home for 20 years, but are not yet 65, then you should only pay maintenance and operations tax for schools until you reach 65 years. If you are 65 and older you should only pay Maintenance and Operations tax for 10 years, after ten years you will own it and not have to pay property taxes. (This will only apply to homes appraised at $450,000 or lower in 2020.) To pay for this though, sales tax will need to increase at least 2 cents. But it is worth it, I promise! That is still cheaper than your homes increase in value if the appraisal districts still function they way they do currently. NO MORE FIGHTING YOUR HOMES INCREASE IN VALUE!! Public Education Texas needs to pay teachers what they deserve! They are overworked and underpaid! We need to hire more teachers so we can get the class sizes down. Children learn better with more attentive teachers, and they can't do that with 25 or more kids in a class. We need to hire more substitutes so teachers can actually take needed days off without having to double up 2 classes on 1 teacher. We need to let teachers teach and not require them to take so many classes themselves throughout the semester. They need to focus on the students, not classes that the state is making them take. Ending school bullying will be huge priority. No child should hate going to school because of other students who make them feel bad. We need to treat everyone with respect. We need to put more focus on graduating highly capable and highly motivated students that respect themselves, who want better futures for themselves, and who care about other people. Not money and material things. We need to teach boys to treat all women with respect and always be kind to them. Teach them to be leaders who will always call out boys who treat girls less than. School districts in Texas are now required to teach students about dating violence, family violence, child abuse, and sex trafficking after a new law went into effect in early December. Parents though are now required to sign a permission slip for their students to be educated on these subjects, raising concerns that children who may be experiencing abuse at the hands of a parent will be excluded from receiving information that could help them. I will make it mandatory for all students. No student will be able to opt out of these classes. Young adults need to be better prepared for life after high-school. Like learning how to manage money, manage stress, network and the value of personal connections, communicating professionally, organizational skills, time management, building healthy habits, how to be good leaders and promoting the value of giving back to the community. I want Texas to have the strongest and most educated women in America! As well as the most educated and respectful men in America! Housing Market Out of state home buyers and Wallstreet rental companies are destroying the housing market. Their cash offers 20 to 30 percent over asking have priced average Texans out of the market. Texans renting can no longer afford homes in Texas. To level the playing field, out of state home buyers must be taxed on their offers 20 to 30 percent. Also add an additional tax to cash offers. Rental corporations will be made to give priority to Texan potential buyers over themselves and need to register all rental properties with the state and pay the state a fee for owning a certain amount of homes. This will pay for the education reforms I want to happen as well as allow Texans to stop renting and purchase their own homes, and build equity through home ownership. Public Safety and Violence Public safety in Texas is in dire straits. Police, EMS, and 911 operators are all functioning at minimal capacity. They are overworked and leaving the field/retiring because of staffing levels being so low. The legislature will figure out a solution to this. Police also wear too many hats and need to be more focused on violent crime and protecting people. Mental health situations as well as drug crimes will be taken off their plates. Finding the REAL bad guys will be a top priority for all officers. Violent criminals, thieves, and sex criminals will be severely punished and prosecuted from here on out. Jail sentences need to be much longer for many crimes. We will also standardize punishments for the same crimes. Punishments for one person will be the same for every other person who committed the same offense. All threats to high-schools will be treated as top priority and severely punished. Parents who's children get ahold of their firearms and then use them to commit crimes will be severely punished. All firearm offenses will be severely punished. Helping women get out, and stay out, of abusive relationships will be a top priority of mine. As well as severely punishing the offender/abuser. According to the Texas Council on Family Violence domestic violence deaths increased 23% during the pandemic with most happening in Harris County and 2/3 by by a firearm. I will also pass a bill that declares an unprovoked attack on a member of the LGBT community a hate crime. Texas' Electric Grid Texas' head utility regulator said the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) intends to realign incentives related to how the state's power grid procures resources. Switching it from an affordability first model to a reliability first model. I believe we can have both. Affordability AND Reliability. Energy companies and gas providers make enough money to ensure they are prepared and protected from extreme weather WITHOUT additional costs to the consumer. If elected I will charge the "Temporarily Winter Storm Surcharge" on your utility bill to gas providers that posted profits of 20 percent or higher because of the winter storm. For the most part, I believe power generators and the grid are protected from extreme weather. We just need to make sure now that the gas providers can't get shut down and are protected as well. Healthcare Getting as many Texans on an insurance plan will be a top priority of mine. Uninsured Texas must stop using emergency rooms as primary care physicians. That is a huge cost to homeowners! Getting people on preventative health instead of reactive health is a must. Too many people go to the doctor when it is too late instead of getting checked sooner and more regularly. This might include the expansion of medicaid. The legislature will look at ALL options and figure out the best way we can get the MOST people on an insurance plan. And in effect LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES!! Affordable Child Care Quality affordable child care is getting more and more out of reach for many parents in Texas. In order to keep as many Texans employed as possible the state needs to figure out a solution to give as many parents that need it, quality affordable child care. According to the Chamber of Commerce Foundation report on child care, Texas loses an estimated $9.39 billion due to child care issues. Texas also loses an estimated $7.59 billion due to absences or employee turnover. We CAN solve this problem! End the War on Drugs in Texas The problem at the border is a direct result of the United States' failed policy of the war on drugs. Ending the war on drugs is the first domino that must be pushed in order to solve the crisis at the border. The WOD has completely decimated Mexico, South, and Central America. These countries are not run by governments, they are run by narco terrorist organizations profiteering off the illegality of drugs and harsh migration policies the US has implemented. Texas will be the first state to end the war on drugs thus hitting the cartels right where it hurts the most, their pockets. You take away their money and you take away their power. Texas will declare war on addiction, and focus solely on getting people the help they truly need to better their lives. No one understands this more than myself. I became addicted to opioids and benzodiazepines from my wounds I received overseas while serving in the Marine Corps. I needed help, badly! And I was extremely fortunate that the Marine Corps was willing and able to get me that help. I truly know what it is going to take to get people free from addiction. Homelessness in Texas I will eliminate homelessness in Texas. Homelessness is caused by any one of, or combination of, a few different factors. Mental illness, drug addiction, catastrophic loss of family, loss of income or job, and/or lack of affordable housing. The state will come up with and find solutions for all of them. No one belongs sleeping in the streets or woods and parks of Texas. I believe in hand ups not hand outs and I will solve this issue in the most humane way possible. I will give these people dignity and purpose again in their lives. Women's Health and Foster Children As a Christian myself, I wish abortion would never happen. However I believe in freedom and limited government and that means that lawmakers don't have the right to tell a woman she cannot choose when to become a mother. I want all babies to come into this world to loving families, but that is not the reality of the situation. Instead of focusing on ending abortion, the state needs to focus on giving foster children better lives and make it easier for loving families to adopt a child. I want foster children to feel loved and taken care of by the state. As well as give them free tuition to state funded colleges and all the resources they need to deal with trauma, depression, and any other needs. We need to encourage women who do not want their babies, to give them up for adoption, but also never tell her she cannot choose abortion. Abortions should also be easily accessible and affordable for lower income women. I will repeal the heartbeat bill if elected. Telling people how to live their lives and telling them what they can and cannot do is NOT Republican!! It is authoritarian and dictatorial! I believe in freedom and you should too! Local, State, and Federal Power and Control The balance between Federal, State, and Local control is a tight line to walk. The line breaks though when ANY of the elected officials stop doing what is in the best interest of the whole and only do things to appease their base. For the most part I believe most authority should remain under local control, but it depends on the issue. I believe city and county leaders know more about what is needed in their communities, but that ends when that official is either too far left or too far right. And that seems to be the case a lot now, especially with state leaders. I believe if we had more people like myself who are more towards the middle run for office, questioning who should have the most power would not be an issue. Elected officials should always have the best interests of everyone in mind, and who or whatever level that is at should have the most power. Concert Preparations Concerts will no longer be oversold, and there will be more rigorous planning required to hold large concerts and gatherings.[2] |
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| —Zach Vance's campaign website (2022)[3] | ||
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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 December 16, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Zach Vance for Texas Lieutenant Governor, “On the Issues,” accessed January 26, 2022
