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Hi John,
We have both happy and heartbreaking results from the Super Tuesday primaries yesterday. Sixteen (50%) of our 32 Freethought Equality Fund[[link removed]] endorsed candidates in California, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas will be moving on to the general election on November 3, 2020 or on to a Texas primary runoff election on May 25. Listed below are the election results for each of our endorsed candidates.
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California (*indicates an incumbent - candidates in bold are moving on the to general election) In the California blanket primary[[link removed]] the top two candidates move on to the general election.
Ryan Bell - Pasadena City Council (District 6) - lost - placed 3rd in a field of 3 candidates earning 7% of the vote Janessa Goldbeck - US House of Representatives (District 53) - lost - placed 6th in a field of 16 candidates earning 7% of the vote Elsa Granados - CA State Assembly (District 37) - lost - placed 6th in a field of 7 candidates earning 6% of the vote Steve Hill - CA State Senate (District 21) - lost - placed 5th in a field of 5 candidates earning 6% of the vote *Jared Huffman - US House of Representatives (District 2) - won -
placed 1st in a field of 5 candidates earning 65% of the vote *Zoe Lofgren - US House of Representatives (District 19) - won - placed 1st in a field of 5 candidates earning 60% of the vote Shelly Masur - CA State Senate (District 13) - lost - placed 4th in a field of 7 candidates earning 15% of the vote *Jerry McNerney - US House of Representatives (District 9) - won - placed 1st in a field of 3 candidates earning 54% of the vote Bijan Mohseni - CA State Assembly (District 72) - lost - placed 4th in a field of 4 candidates earning 15% of the
vote Joy Silver - CA State Senate (District 28) - won - placed 3rd in a field of 5 candidates earning 21% of the vote. *Scott Wiener - CA State Senate (District 11) - won - placed 1st in a field of 3 candidates earning 55% of the vote Kim Williams - US House of Representatives (District 16) - lost - placed 4th in a field of 4 candidates earning 6% of the vote
Kentucky (this was a special election on February 25 for an open seat)
Rachel Roberts - KY State House (District 67) - won - placed 1st in a field of 2 candidates earning 64% of the vote
North Carolina (candidate in bold is moving on the to general election)
Angela Bridgman - NC State Senate (District 18) - lost - placed 2nd in a field of 2 candidates earning 26% of the vote Audra Killingsworth - Wake County Commission (District 3) - lost - placed 2nd in a field of 2 candidates earning 40% of the vote Julie Mayfield - NC State Senate (District 49) - won - placed 1st in a field of 3 candidates earning 68% of the vote Steve Woodsmall - US House of Representatives (District 11) - lost - placed 5th in a field of 5 candidates earning 8% of the vote
Texas (*indicates an incumbent - candidates in bold are moving on the to general election or to a primary runoff election)
Richard Andrews - TX State Senate (District 13) - lost - placed 3rd in a field of 3 candidates earning 9% of the vote Brandy Chambers - TX State House (District 112) - was unopposed in the Democratic primary Jaime Escuder - US House of Representatives (District 23) - lost - placed 5th in a field of 5 candidates earning 4% of the vote Carol H. Iannuzzi - US House of Representatives (District 26) - won - placed 1st in a field of 3 candidates earning 55% of the vote Donna Imam - US House of Representatives (District 31) - is moving on to a
primary runoff election on May 25 - having placed 2nd in a field of 5 candidates earning 31% of the vote Alec Johnson - TX State House (District 11) - was unopposed in the Democratic primary Joshua Markle - TX State House (District 128) - lost - placed 2nd in a field of 2 candidates earning 34% of the vote Addison Perry-Franks - TX State House (District 83) - won - placed 1st in a field of 2 candidates earning 54% of the vote Jason Rogers - TX State House (District 57) was unopposed in the Democratic primary Andrew Rose - TX State House
(District 33) was unopposed in the Democratic primary *Jon Rosenthal - TX State House (District 135) was unopposed in the Democratic primary Greg Sagan - US House of Representatives (District 13) - is moving on to a primary runoff election on May 25 - having placed 2nd in a field of 3 candidates earning 35% of the vote Jessica Tiedt - TX State House (District 20) was unopposed in the Democratic primary Aurelia Wagner - TX State House (District 147) - lost - placed 2nd in a field of 3 candidates earning 24% of the vote Ashton P. Woods - TX
State House (District 146) - lost - placed 2nd in a field of 2 candidates earning 31% of the vote
Thanks to all our candidates for running as members, or allies of, our community. Their efforts will help remove the lingering bias against our community and increase the political clout of the atheist and humanist community.
The informal poll of our members' presidential preferences[[link removed]] from earlier this week produced the following results: 38% for Elizabeth Warren, 37% for Bernie Sanders, 15% of Joe Biden, 6% for Michael Bloomberg, and 4% for any Democrat.
Thank you for your membership and support!
Sincerely,
Ron Millar
PAC Coordinator
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