Edward Pollard

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Edward Pollard
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Nonpartisan

Houston City Council District J
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

5

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Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 7, 2023

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Edward Pollard is a member of the Houston City Council in Texas, representing District J. He assumed office on January 2, 2020. His current term ends on January 2, 2028.

Pollard ran for re-election to the Houston City Council to represent District J in Texas. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2023)

General election

General election for Houston City Council District J

Incumbent Edward Pollard defeated Ivan Sanchez in the general election for Houston City Council District J on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Edward Pollard
Edward Pollard (Nonpartisan)
 
62.8
 
4,577
Image of Ivan Sanchez
Ivan Sanchez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
37.2
 
2,712

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,289
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Endorsements

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2019

See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Houston City Council District J

Edward Pollard defeated Sandra Rodriguez in the general runoff election for Houston City Council District J on December 14, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Edward Pollard
Edward Pollard (Nonpartisan)
 
58.0
 
3,136
Image of Sandra Rodriguez
Sandra Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)
 
42.0
 
2,271

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,407
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General election

General election for Houston City Council District J

The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council District J on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Edward Pollard (Nonpartisan)
 
30.4
 
1,916
✔
Image of Sandra Rodriguez
Sandra Rodriguez (Nonpartisan)
 
29.6
 
1,864
Image of Barry Curtis
Barry Curtis (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
17.9
 
1,129
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Andrew Patterson (Nonpartisan)
 
10.2
 
642
Image of Nelvin Adriatico
Nelvin Adriatico (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
5.4
 
338
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Federico Cuellar II (Nonpartisan)
 
3.7
 
233
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Rafael Galvan (Nonpartisan)
 
2.9
 
180

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,302
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]

Incumbent Gene Wu defeated Kendall Baker and Dan Biggs in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 general election.[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 137 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Gene Wu Incumbent 66.99% 18,088
     Republican Kendall Baker 30.29% 8,178
     Libertarian Dan Biggs 2.72% 735
Total Votes 27,001
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Incumbent Gene Wu defeated Edward Pollard in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 Democratic Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 137 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Gene Wu Incumbent 64.73% 2,957
     Democratic Edward Pollard 35.27% 1,611
Total Votes 4,568


Kendall Baker ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 Republican Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 137 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kendall Baker  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2023

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2019

Edward Pollard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Pollard's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Seniors:

  • Affordable rent options through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
  • Assistance programs for seniors with disabilities through the Texas Department of Disability Services.
  • Dental and medical care, food assistance, and utility assistance through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Veterans:

  • Preserve the Hazelwood Act for veterans and their dependants.
  • Eliminate the age cap of 25 for dependants of veterans for Hazelwood Act benefits.
  • Provide resources to eliminate the systemic rise in homeless veterans.
  • Redevelop programs to assist veterans with job training and sustainable employment.

Health:

  • Accept federal dollars in order to expand Medicaid and provide healthcare to those in need and unburden hospitals and clinics.
  • Expand behavioral health care and integrate it with primary care health care.
  • Expand the health care work force in response to community needs.
  • Support continued federal funding of Federal Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).

Education:

  • Efficiently use tax dollars, and if necessary, the Rainy Day Fund, to adequately fund our public schools.
  • Support efforts to ensure competitive salaries for educators, require all teachers to be state certified, and provide more training and professional development, especially in low performing districts.
  • Invest in preschool programs, quality child care, and literacy programs.

Criminal justice:

  • Elect our judicial seats in nonpartisan election cycles.
  • Develop more programs and allocate more resources for rehabilitation of nonviolent offenders.
  • Efficiently use our tax dollars by administering ticketed citations to low level drug violators.
  • Raise the age requirement from 17 to 18 for individuals who are automatically tried as an adult.[5]
 ”
—Edward Pollard[6]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
    2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ Pollard for Texas, "Issues," accessed February 26, 2016

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