Lydia Bean
Lydia Bean (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District. She lost in the special general election on May 1, 2021.
Bean was a 2020 Democratic candidate for the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 93. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Lydia Bean earned a bachelor's degree from Austin College in 2002 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2009. Her professional experience includes working as a small business owner and teacher. As of 2020, she was the business director of RE:site Studio, and a fellow in the Political Reform program at New America. Bean previously taught at Baylor University. In 2014, she founded a nonprofit.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District special election, 2021
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for U.S. House Texas District 6
Jake Ellzey defeated Susan Wright in the special general runoff election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on July 27, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jake Ellzey (R) | 53.3 | 20,873 |
 | Susan Wright (R) | 46.7 | 18,293 | |
| Total votes: 39,166 | |||
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General election
Special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 1, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Susan Wright (R) | 19.2 | 15,077 |
| ✔ | | Jake Ellzey (R) | 13.8 | 10,865 |
 | Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) | 13.4 | 10,518 | |
 | Brian E. Harrison (R) | 10.8 | 8,485 | |
 | Shawn Lassiter (D) | 8.9 | 6,973 | |
 | John Castro (R) | 5.5 | 4,321 | |
 | Tammy Allison (D) | 5.4 | 4,240 | |
 | Lydia Bean (D) | 3.7 | 2,923 | |
 | Michael Wood (R) | 3.2 | 2,509 | |
 | Michael Ballantine (R) | 2.8 | 2,225 | |
 | Daniel Rodimer (R) | 2.7 | 2,088 | |
 | Daryl Eddings (D) | 2.1 | 1,654 | |
 | Michael Egan (R) | 2.0 | 1,544 | |
 | Patrick Moses (D) | 1.5 | 1,189 | |
 | Manuel Salazar (D) | 1.4 | 1,120 | |
 | Sery Kim (R) | 1.1 | 889 | |
 | Travis Rodermund (R) | 0.6 | 460 | |
 | Adrian Mizher (Independent) | 0.4 | 351 | |
 | Brian Stephenson (D) | 0.3 | 271 | |
 | Phil Gray (L) | 0.3 | 265 | |
 | Matt Hinterlong (D) | 0.3 | 252 | |
 | Jenny Garcia Sharon (R) | 0.2 | 150 | |
| Christopher Suprun (D) | 0.1 | 102 | |
| Total votes: 78,471 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Montgomery Markland (R)
- Asa Palagi (R)
- Katrina Pierson (R)
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 93
Incumbent Matt Krause defeated Lydia Bean in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Matt Krause (R) | 54.5 | 45,876 |
| Lydia Bean (D) | 45.5 | 38,339 | |
| Total votes: 84,215 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93
Lydia Bean advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lydia Bean | 100.0 | 10,808 |
| Total votes: 10,808 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93
Incumbent Matt Krause advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Krause | 100.0 | 9,740 |
| Total votes: 9,740 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Bean's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lydia Bean did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Bean’s campaign website stated the following:
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ECONOMY: Putting middle class families first EDUCATION: A path to success for every student COVID-19: Following the science and listening to experts HEALTH CARE: Lower prices and increase access INFRASTRUCTURE: Modernizing our energy grid |
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| —Lydia Bean’s campaign website (2021)[3] | ||
Campaign advertisements
Bean did not release any campaign ads.
2020
Lydia Bean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bean's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Lydia Bean is a community leader, small business owner, and former teacher who has worked across partisan lines to make real change. She founded a nonprofit that brings faith communities together to work for justice and fairness in their schools, cities, and state. Lydia worked with faith leaders to protect Texas families from payday lenders who trap people in high-interest loans. She has also helped Texans earn paid sick days at work so they could afford to go to the doctor or stay home with a sick child. Lydia Bean and her husband Norman Lee own a public art business, RE:site Studio. Lydia holds a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University and formerly taught at Baylor University. A new mom, Lydia lives in Arlington with her husband and son, Micah. They belong to Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Affordable Healthcare for All Texans
- Good, Safe Jobs and Recovery from COVID-19
- Quality Public Schools, Fully Funded
My top priority will be putting Texans back on our feet after COVID-19, with affordable healthcare, strong public schools, and good safe jobs. I will work to expand Medicaid to help over a million more Texans get access to affordable healthcare and create over 237,000 jobs. I will fully fund public education and help schools re-open safely. I will work to rebuild a Texas economy that works for everyone. As a new mom, I want to make sure all Texas moms get good prenatal and postnatal care to get our families off to a healthy start.
In 2021, the Texas House should draw new maps that fairly represent the people of Texas, rather than helping a particular political party win. The old maps were drawn intentionally so that Black and Hispanic voters would have less of a say in choosing who represents them. As a result, Texas maps have been in the courts for years. It's time to stop wasting taxpayer money defending unfair maps. In the long term, I think that political maps should be drawn by a nonpartisan commission. Politicians shouldn't pick their voters, voters should pick their representatives.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 3, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lydia Bean’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed April 16, 2021
