2020 DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATES
BALLOT ORDER for the DEMOCRATIC PARTY november 2020 general election
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee. Please take a look at this CNN analysis about the Presidential Candidates for 2020,
MJ Hegar
A decorated combat veteran, working mom, and Texan, MJ Hegar received 52.1% of the vote during the July 2020 Primary Runoff election to defeat candidate Sen. Royce West. Hegar previously ran for TX31 (losing by only 2.9% to John Carter)
Wendy Davis
Received nearly 85% of the Democratic vote in a contested race. Wendy Davis is a former, Fort Worth City Council-member and SD10 Senator (2009-2015). Ran for Texas governor in 2014. Founded non-profit Deeds Not Words, to give women the tools to make real progress, engaging young women in politics.
* On ballots for Comal County voting precincts 101-108, 203-208, 305, and 401-407
Incumbent and long-time champion of democrats and progressive values, Representative Doggett received over 66% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
* On ballots for Comal County voting precincts 201, 202, 301-304, and 306
STATE OFFICES and COURTS
Chrysta Casteneda
Castañeda received nearly 62% of the vote to defeat opponent Roberto “Beto” Alonzo in the Primary Runoff. Chrysta Castañeda is an engineer, a lawyer, a community leader, and a mom. She is the founding partner of her law firm in Dallas, Texas where she focuses on oil and gas litigation in the upstream sector, as well as commercial litigation and products liability disputes involving technical evidence.
Judiciary
While candidates have separate websites, here is a great website of Profiles and Comparisons for all 2020 Judicial Candidates
Amy Clark Meachum
Received over 86% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
Kathy Cheng
Received nearly 77% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
Staci Williams
Received almost 63% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
Gisela Triana
Received 74% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
Elizabeth Frizzell
Received over 77% of the Democratic vote in a three-way contested race.
Tina Clinton
Received 82% of the Democratic vote in a contested race.
Brandon Birmingham
Current, Judge, 292nd Judicial District Court in Dallas. Ran uncontested.
Rebecca Bell-Metereau received 64% of the Democratic vote in a contested race. Bell-Metereau is an educator and dedicated community activist.
Stephanie Phillips
Phillips is a teacher, an innovative small business owner, a professional musician – and a Comal County Democrat who ran for HD73 in 2018! Stephanie Phillips ran uncontested.
* House District 73 includes Comal, Kendall and Gillespie Counties.
Judge Byrne received over 79% of the Democratic vote in contested race. Judge Byrne is the current, presiding judge of the 126th Judicial District Court in Travis County (since 2001).
* Includes: Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, Runnels. San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson Counties.
COUNTY OFFICES – comal county only
Lindsay Poisel
Lindsay Poisel ran uncontested. Poisel has a criminal justice background, has worked with an environmental consulting firm, where she oversaw environmental impact reports for private sector clients, as well as for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Currently, Lindsay works as an award-winning executive recruiter for leading national litigation and economic firms.
* On ballots for Comal County voting precincts 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 & 108 only
Colette Nies
Colette Nies ran uncontested, is a Landman, and owner of Colette Von Hanna Energy, LLC. Nies is a professional land and energy researcher who has focused on land and food justice for over 20 years. She is also a Presbyterian Chaplain who has counseled countless citizens in Comal and Bexar County. Please take a look at Colette’s video announcing her candidacy.
* On ballots for Comal County voting precincts 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306 only.
2020 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY
Comal County Election Results
March Primary: Total votes cast: 31,758. Democratic votes were 10,105 – 32% of vote, a 92% increase over 2016. Ballot by Mail had an 87% increase over 2016. Democrats increased their overall vote by 16%, whereas Republican votes at 21,653 represented 68% of vote and a decrease of 16% from 2016.
July Primary Runoff: Total votes cast: 10,445. Democratic votes were 3,920 – nearly 37% of the vote, and almost double that of the 2016 Runoff. Ballot by Mail had a significant increase from the March 2020 Primary due to the pandemic and our committed effort to ensure Seniors (65+) received an application to vote by mail.
Select THIS LINK for more information about Primary Runoff election results.