Linda Goolsbee
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Linda Goolsbee (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 71. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Goolsbee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Linda Goolsbee was born in Abilene, Texas. She earned a high school diploma from R.L. Paschal High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1963. She earned a graduate degree from the University of Southern California in 1992.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Incumbent Stan Lambert defeated Linda Goolsbee in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Lambert (R) | 81.0 | 58,316 |
 | Linda Goolsbee (D)  | 19.0 | 13,640 | |
| Total votes: 71,956 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Linda Goolsbee advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Goolsbee | 100.0 | 1,850 |
| Total votes: 1,850 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Incumbent Stan Lambert defeated Liz Case in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Lambert | 52.4 | 14,011 |
 | Liz Case | 47.6 | 12,725 | |
| Total votes: 26,736 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charles Byrn (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Goolsbee in this election.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Incumbent Stan Lambert defeated Linda Goolsbee in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Lambert (R) | 81.0 | 42,857 |
| Linda Goolsbee (D) | 19.0 | 10,055 | |
| Total votes: 52,912 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Linda Goolsbee advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Goolsbee | 100.0 | 2,293 |
| Total votes: 2,293 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Incumbent Stan Lambert defeated Samuel Weatherby in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Lambert | 75.6 | 12,983 |
 | Samuel Weatherby | 24.4 | 4,189 | |
| Total votes: 17,172 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Linda Goolsbee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Goolsbee's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a West Texas woman born and raised in Abilene. My father, T.W. "Jack" Dean, was on the HSU music faculty. I attended Paschal HS in Fort Worth and Baylor University, where I met my husband, Arthur Goolsbee, a former Marine returning to college. I worked to put him through UT Law School. We then moved to Los Angeles, where we lived for 33 years before retiring to Abilene in 2004. In "retirement" he served as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church and Associate Municipal Judge. Art's passing in 2021 motivated me to continue his example of community service. Our son, Austan Goolsbee, grew up to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Obama Administration and an Economics professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is currently President of the Chicago Federal Reserve. I have three "practically perfect" and delightfully different grandchildren. My work experience is diverse: stewardess, high school teacher, retail sales, secretary, training director, and advertising copywriter. In California I worked for Pacific Bell (AT&T) in large business sales and installation, corporate course design, and customer training. All my jobs have had one focus in common: I find out what someone needs (customer/client/student) and meet that need. I will work for my constituents with that same problem-solving focus.
- Affordable healthcare access. Texas is #1 in uninsured people. We must finally expand Medicaid.
- Woman's right to choose. Women/teenagers/little girls(!) and families are suffering needlessly under the existing abortion law in Texas that denies their right to make decisions about their own reproductive health.
- Public school full-funding support for teachers and public schools with no public tax money going to private schools or home schooling through voucher-like programs.
My public policy passion is protecting the powerless from powerful predators. This value cuts across all areas of public policy. Three questions should be answered for every proposal: Who will be helped? Who will be hurt? Who will get rich? Unintended consequences invariably fall on the backs of regular hard-working families when legislation is not carefully analyzed in this way.
It should be obvious that HONESTY must be the foundation requirement for all elected officials coupled with EMPATHY for the needs of your constituents and the DEDICATION to do the work for their benefit.
When I was in high school, I decided I should get a job. I first tried a neighborhood restaurant, but I was too young to serve alcohol. So I chose my favorite department store where I could get an employee discount. I was able to work in the summer and be called in for sales and holidays until I graduated. I also used that employee discount extensively. Looking back, I am grateful for the patience of the adults who taught this green kid how to be a dependable and helpful colleague. It was also a valuable reference that gave me a head start on future job applications, including my surprising (to my parents) six months as a stewardess on a small airline out of Fort Worth's Amon Carter Field.
Expansion of Medicaid to bring healthcare to all our citizens and bring our federal tax dollars back to us instead of sending them to support the health of other states would be my first bill.
To avoid corruption, there should be no government expenditures, contracts or other financial information that can be hidden from public knowledge or news media requests. The right of citizens to know is the foundation of our free press.
Ballot initiatives are an excellent way for citizens to force an unresponsive legislature to take action. It also has been shown to increase voter involvement in elections, which is good for the community.
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2022
Linda Goolsbee completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Goolsbee's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a West Texas woman born and raised in Abilene. My father, T.W. "Jack" Dean, was on the HSU music faculty. I attended Paschal HS in Fort Worth and Baylor University, where I met my husband, Arthur Goolsbee, a former Marine returning to college. I worked to put him through UT Law School. We then moved to Los Angeles, where we lived for 33 years before retiring to Abilene in 2004. Art's passing in 2021 motivated me to continue his example of community service.
Our son, Austan Goolsbee, grew up to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Obama Administration and an Economics professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. We have three "practically perfect" and delightfully different grandchildren.
My work experience is diverse: stewardess, high school teacher, retail sales, secretary, training director, and advertising copywriter. In California I worked for Pacific Bell (AT&T) in large business sales and installation, corporate course design, and customer training. All my jobs have had one focus in common: I find out what someone needs (customer/client/student) and meet that need. I will work for my constituents with that same problem-solving focus.
- Healthcare access. Texas is #1 in uninsured people.
- Woman's right to choose. Women/teenagers/little girls(!) will suffer and die from forced pregnancies.
- Commonsense Gun Safety laws. Texas is #1 in children's gun deaths.
My public policy passion is protecting the powerless from powerful predators. This value cuts across all areas of public policy. Three questions should be answered for every proposal: Who will be helped? Who will be hurt? Who will get rich? Unintended consequences invariably fall on the backs of regular hard-working families when legislation is not carefully analyzed in this way.
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 finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 3, 2024
