Todd Phelps

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Todd Phelps

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 6, 2018

Contact

Personal website

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Todd Phelps ran for election for Mayor of Austin in Texas. Phelps lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Phelps was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 21st Congressional District of Texas. Phelps was defeated by incumbent Lamar Smith in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016. Phelps was a 2014 candidate for Mayor of Austin, Texas.

Biography

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Phelps' professional experience includes founding and operating a company called Texas Alternative Wind Energy and owning an event production company.

Elections

2018

See also: Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2018)

General election

General election for Mayor of Austin

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Austin on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Adler (Nonpartisan)	59.1	178,980
		Laura Morrison (Nonpartisan)	19.2	58,321
		Gustavo Peña (Nonpartisan)	11.2	34,082
		Todd Phelps (Nonpartisan)	6.5	19,614
		Travis Duncan (Nonpartisan)	2.3	6,999
		Alexander Strenger (Nonpartisan)	1.0	3,033
		Alan Pease (Nonpartisan)	0.7	2,052

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2016

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Lamar Smith (R) defeated Thomas Wakely (D), Mark Loewe (L), and Antonio Diaz (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Smith defeated Matt McCall, John Murphy and Todd Phelps in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Wakely defeated Tejas Vakil for the Democratic nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith Incumbent	57%	202,967
	Democratic	Thomas Wakely	36.4%	129,765
	Libertarian	Mark Loewe	4.1%	14,735
	Green	Antonio Diaz	2.4%	8,564
Total Votes				356,031
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 21 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lamar Smith Incumbent	60.1%	69,866
Matt McCall	28.9%	33,624
Todd Phelps	5.7%	6,597
John Murphy	5.3%	6,200
Total Votes		116,287
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Thomas Wakely	59%	29,632
Tejas Vakil	41%	20,595
Total Votes		50,227
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Austin, Texas municipal elections, 2014.

The city of Austin held elections for mayor on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline was August 18, 2014. Incumbent Lee Leffingwell was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits.

The candidates included Stephen Adler, Sheryl Cole, Mike Martinez, Ronald J. Culver, Mary Krenek, David M. Orshalick, Todd H. Phelps and Randall F. Stephens.

In the general election, Adler and Martinez received the most votes, but neither won a majority. They faced each other in a runoff election on December 16, 2014. Adler was the winner.

Mayor of Austin Runoff Election, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Stephen Adler	67%	52,159
Mike Martinez	33%	25,639
Total Votes		77,798
Source: Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results

Mayor of Austin General Election, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Martinez	29.6%	51,892
Stephen Adler	36.8%	64,416
Sheryl Cole	14.8%	25,846
Ronald J. Culver	0.8%	1,358
Mary Krenek	4.2%	7,370
David M. Orshalick	2.1%	3,746
Todd H. Phelps	9.9%	17,333
Randall F. Stephens	1.8%	3,204
Total Votes		150,882
Source: Travis County Clerk - 2014 Official Election Results

Campaign themes

2014

On his campaign website, Phelps highlighted the following issues:

• Transportation
• Water conservation
• Urban sprawl
• Technology

Campaign finance summary

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Recent news

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See also

• Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2016
• Austin, Texas
• Austin, Texas mayoral election, 2014
• United States municipal elections, 2014
• Mayoral election in Austin, Texas (2018)

External links

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