Dan Mathews

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Dan Mathews
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Candidate, Texas House of Representatives District 76

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Dan Mathews (Republican Party) is running for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 76. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

Mathews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections[edit]

2022[edit]

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 76

Suleman Lalani and Dan Mathews are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate

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Suleman Lalani (D) Candidate Connection

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Dan Mathews (R) Candidate Connection

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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76

Suleman Lalani defeated Vanesia Johnson in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Suleman Lalani Candidate Connection
 
63.6
 
2,261

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Vanesia Johnson Candidate Connection
 
36.4
 
1,292

Total votes: 3,553
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76

Suleman Lalani and Vanesia Johnson advanced to a runoff. They defeated L. Sarah DeMerchant and James Burnett in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Suleman Lalani Candidate Connection
 
36.6
 
3,216

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Vanesia Johnson Candidate Connection
 
24.7
 
2,172

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L. Sarah DeMerchant
 
19.3
 
1,698

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James Burnett Candidate Connection
 
19.3
 
1,694

Total votes: 8,780
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76

Dan Mathews defeated Ramesh Cherivirala and Mike Khan in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Dan Mathews Candidate Connection
 
51.6
 
3,838

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Ramesh Cherivirala Candidate Connection
 
26.5
 
1,975

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Mike Khan
 
21.9
 
1,626

Total votes: 7,439
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Campaign finance[edit]

2020[edit]

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Sri Preston Kulkarni and Joseph LeBlanc in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Troy Nehls (R)
 
51.5
 
210,259

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Sri Preston Kulkarni (D)
 
44.6
 
181,998

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Joseph LeBlanc (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.9
 
15,791

Total votes: 408,048
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22

Troy Nehls defeated Kathaleen Wall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 22 on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Troy Nehls
 
69.9
 
36,132

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Kathaleen Wall
 
30.1
 
15,547

Total votes: 51,679
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Sri Preston Kulkarni defeated Derrick Reed, Nyanza Moore, and Carmine Petricco III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Sri Preston Kulkarni
 
53.1
 
34,664

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Derrick Reed Candidate Connection
 
24.7
 
16,126

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Nyanza Moore
 
14.5
 
9,449

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Carmine Petricco III
 
7.8
 
5,074

Total votes: 65,313
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes

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Troy Nehls
 
40.5
 
29,583

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Kathaleen Wall
 
19.4
 
14,201

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Pierce Bush
 
15.4
 
11,281

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Greg Hill
 
14.1
 
10,315

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Dan Mathews Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
2,165

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Bangar Reddy
 
1.6
 
1,144

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Joe Walz Candidate Connection
 
1.4
 
1,039

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Shandon Phan
 
1.1
 
773

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Diana Miller
 
1.1
 
771

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Jon Camarillo
 
1.0
 
718

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Douglas Haggard Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
398

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Howard Lynn Steele Jr. Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
283

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Matt Hinton Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
274

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Brandon Penko
 
0.1
 
96

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Aaron Hermes Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
92

Total votes: 73,133
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

Joseph LeBlanc advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 21, 2020.

Candidate

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Campaign themes[edit]

2022[edit]

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Dan Mathews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mathews' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Dan has spent twenty-three years in the Oil and Gas Industry working for major energy corporations in leadership roles, and in business as Business Unit Leader and Vice President. He is also a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker. Dan holds a Chemical Engineering degree and an MBA. Dan has been actively involved in the public for three decades. He has served as Republican Precinct Chair. Dan has also served as a Christian Youth Minister and has served on the Boards of both profit and non-profit organizations.

Dan was born in India and spent his childhood and school years in India and Zambia, Africa before he migrated to the United States in the late 1980’s. Dan has been married to his wife, Daisy, for twenty-seven years. The couple has two children, Christopher and Melody.

Dan Mathews started Stafford Christian Center in 2016, which supports the local community. Through diverse organizations, he has been assisting people in need with food drives, school and toy drives, disaster assistance, building houses, supporting the elderly and other charitable events. In his own words Dan said "I care for the people. I have a passion to serve. My public life and my involvement with the communities has helped me to understand the problems of people and shaped me to become an effective civil servant. I am obedient to my calling, and I believe I am called to serve for such a time as this. When I am elected, I will uphold the Constitution and serve every citizen with dignity and honor.

  • Secure the border. Work with immigration to implement foreign worker program so people can come to Texas Legally.
  • Protect 2nd Amendment rights
  • Improve Texas School System and Improve Literacy

Dan’s campaign will focus on strong conservative values, securing elections, protecting our Second Amendment rights, improving the Texas school system, border security, increased energy independence, supporting law enforcement and protecting families and children. Dan is a servant leader and will campaign that way.

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2020[edit]

Candidate Connection

Dan Mathews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mathews' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Dan brings leadership in diversity to the GOP and bridge the gap. He is a Christian and a social conservative living in the district over 30 years. He believes in the importance of family and community. Dan's vision is the consolation of the people of America. He is a businessman, a chemical engineer and a Texas real estate broker. He supports ministry and faith-based services. Dan works with several non-profit organizations, advisory councils, volunteer teams, PAC and Diversity & Inclusion groups.

  • Provide Tax credit to Teachers, Firefighters and Police Officers

  • Make college tution affordable

  • Defend the constitution, support the People, President and Israel

Economic policies to assist Americans on tax cut, create more jobs and reduce national debt. National security to keep America safe. Address international issues on religious freedom.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.


Campaign website[edit]

Mathews' campaign website stated the following:

Here is what I support:

  • Bridging the gap
  • Faith, Family, Freedom
  • Low Taxes & More Jobs
  • Limited government & spending limit to relieve the deficit
  • Tax Credit to Teachers, Firefighters, Police, EMT, Troops, Veterans
  • Make College Tuition Affordable
  • Protect the 2nd Amendment
  • Stand with the president and support Israel
  • Strong national security & Strong border
  • Bipartisan solution to immigration issues
  • Defend the Constitution

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—Dan Mathews[2]


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Footnotes[edit]

  1. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  2. Dan Mathews 2020 campaign website, "About," accessed January 22, 2020


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