Deb Shafto
Deb Shafto (b. New Hampshire) was a Green Party candidate for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in the 2014 elections. Deb Shafto lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Shafto was a 2012 Green Party candidate for District 147 of the Texas House of Representatives.
Biography
Shafto moved to New York City after high school. She sold insurance, worked as a waitress and for a moving and storage company. She then bought and ran her own company for ten years. Shafto also worked in a treatment facility and ran a group home for disturbed adolescents.
Shafto later moved to Texas where she worked as a union organizer, went to college and earned her master's degree in education.[1]
Elections
2014
Shafto ran for election to the office of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in 2015. Shafto won the Green Party nomination.[2] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
General election
| Texas Comptroller, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Glenn Hegar |
58.4% | 2,697,877 | |
| Democrat | Mike Collier | 37.7% | 1,742,119 | |
| Libertarian | Ben Sanders | 3% | 136,869 | |
| Green | Deb Shafto | 1% | 44,981 | |
| Total Votes | 4,621,846 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Shafto ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 147. Shafto ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was defeated by incumbent Garnet Coleman (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Garnet Coleman Incumbent |
92.2% | 43,589 | |
| Green | Deb Shafto | 7.8% | 3,683 | |
| Total Votes | 47,272 | |||
2010
Shafto faced Bill White (D), Rick Perry (R), and Kathie Glass (L) in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 2, 2010. Perry won the election.
| Governor of Texas, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Rick Perry Incumbent |
55% | 2,737,481 | |
| Democratic | Bill White | 42.3% | 2,106,395 | |
| Libertarian | Kathie Glass | 2.2% | 109,211 | |
| Green | Deb Shafto | 0.4% | 19,516 | |
| Write-In | Andy Barron | 0.1% | 7,267 | |
| Total Votes | 4,979,870 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State | ||||
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