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Desi Maes
Desi Maes (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 24th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Maes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 24
Beth Van Duyne defeated Candace Valenzuela, Darren Hamilton, Steve Kuzmich, and Mark Bauer in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beth Van Duyne (R) | 48.8 | 167,910 |
 | Candace Valenzuela (D) | 47.5 | 163,326 | |
 | Darren Hamilton (L)  | 1.6 | 5,647 | |
 | Steve Kuzmich (Independent) | 1.2 | 4,229 | |
 | Mark Bauer (Independent) | 0.8 | 2,909 | |
| Total votes: 344,021 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24
Candace Valenzuela defeated Kim Olson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Candace Valenzuela | 60.4 | 20,003 |
 | Kim Olson | 39.6 | 13,131 | |
| Total votes: 33,134 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Olson | 41.0 | 24,442 |
| ✔ | | Candace Valenzuela | 30.4 | 18,078 |
 | Jan McDowell | 10.0 | 5,965 | |
| Crystal Fletcher (Unofficially withdrew) | 5.7 | 3,386 | ||
 | Richard Fleming | 5.1 | 3,010 | |
 | Sam Vega | 4.5 | 2,677 | |
 | John Biggan | 3.4 | 1,996 | |
| Total votes: 59,554 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24
Beth Van Duyne defeated David Fegan, Desi Maes, Sunny Chaparala, and Jeron Liverman in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beth Van Duyne | 64.3 | 32,067 |
 | David Fegan | 20.7 | 10,295 | |
 | Desi Maes | 5.8 | 2,867 | |
 | Sunny Chaparala | 5.6 | 2,808 | |
 | Jeron Liverman | 3.6 | 1,809 | |
| Total votes: 49,846 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 24
Darren Hamilton advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Darren Hamilton (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Desi Maes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Maes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Support the America First agenda
- Protect our 2nd Amendment Rights
- Secure the border
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See also
2020 Elections
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