Steve Massengale
Steve Massengale is a member of the Lubbock City Council in Texas, representing District 4. He assumed office in 2016. His current term ends in 2024.
Massengale is running for election for Mayor of Lubbock in Texas. He is on the ballot in the general election on May 4, 2024.
Massengale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Steve Massengale was born in Amarillo, Texas. He earned a high school diploma from Monterey High School and a bachelor's degree from Texas Tech University in 1993. His professional experience includes owning and operating several businesses. He has served as chairman of the Committee for Champions, president of the Lubbock Independent School District Board of Trustees, and chairman of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce board.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Mayoral election in Lubbock, Texas (2024)
General election
The general election will occur on May 4, 2024.
General election for Mayor of Lubbock
The following candidates are running in the general election for Mayor of Lubbock on May 4, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Kolton Bacon (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Adam Hernandez (Nonpartisan)  | |
 | Steve Massengale (Nonpartisan) | |
| Mark McBrayer (Nonpartisan) | |
| Antonio Renteria (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Stephen Sanders (Nonpartisan) | |
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Endorsements
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2020
See also: City elections in Lubbock, Texas (2020)
General election
General election for Lubbock City Council District 4
Incumbent Steve Massengale won election in the general election for Lubbock City Council District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Massengale (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 17,411 |
| Total votes: 17,411 | |||
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2016
The city of Lubbock, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on May 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 19, 2016. Four of six council seats were up for election on the same day, the three regularly-scheduled for election and District 1, which was up for a special election. Two of them were up for runoff election on June 25, 2016, including the District 1 seat.[3] Steve Massengale defeated incumbent Jim Gerlt in the Lubbock City Council District 4 general election.[4]
| Lubbock City Council District 4, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Massengale |
63.95% | 3,552 |
| Jim Gerlt Incumbent | 36.05% | 2,002 |
| Total Votes | 5,554 | |
| Source: Lubbock County, Texas, "General and Special Elections Official Results," accessed May 25, 2016 | ||
Endorsements
Massengale received the following endorsements:
- Lubbock Avalanche Journal: The paper published an editorial on April 24, 2016, entitled "Our View: We favor Steve Massengale in the City Council District 4 race"[5]
- The Lubbock Apartment Association[6]
2014
Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Charles Perry defeated Steve Massengale in the Republican primary[7][8][9] and was to be unchallenged in the general election. However, Perry dropped out of the race to participate in a September 9, 2014, special election for the Texas State Senate.[10] In Perry's place, two new candidates were chosen by their respective primaries to participate in the general election: Max R. Tarbox (D) and Dustin Burrows (R). Burrows defeated Tarbox in the general election.[10][11][12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dustin Burrows |
81.2% | 26,950 | |
| Democratic | Max Tarbox | 18.8% | 6,231 | |
| Total Votes | 33,181 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Massengale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Massengale'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 grew up in Lubbock and attended Monterey High School and Texas Tech. I have been a small business owner for all of my life. I served on the Lubbock ISD Board of Trustees before being elected to the City Council where I have served for the past 8 years.
- Public Safety
- Fiscal Discipline
- Infrastructure
Property Rights
The Space Shuttle disaster.
The people.
Transparency and accountability are vital to local governance.
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.
2020
Steve Massengale did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Massengale participated in Ballotpedia's 2016 survey of municipal government candidates. The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Debt reduction and City responsiveness.[6][13] | ” |
When asked what he would most like to change about the city, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Reduction of debt.[6][13] | ” |
When asked what he is most proud of about the city, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | The people.[6][13] | ” |
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important:
| Issue importance ranking | |
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| Candidate's ranking | Issue |
| Government transparency | |
| Crime reduction/prevention | |
| City services (trash, utilities, etc.) | |
| Transportation | |
| Public pensions/retirement funds | |
| Unemployment | |
| Homelessness | |
| Environment | |
| Housing | |
| Civil rights | |
| Massengale did not give a rating for K-12 education or Recreational opportunities. | |
Positions on the issues
The candidate was asked to answer four questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column:
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Very important | |
| Federal | |
| Increased police presence/activity | |
| Recruiting new businesses to your city |
Massengale's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[14]
Taxes
Debt
Lubbock Power & Light
Safety
City manager
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Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Massengale and his wife, Stephanie, have one child.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Lubbock |
Officeholder Lubbock City Council District 4 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Steve Massengale campaign website, "About Steve," accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 18, 2024
- ↑ City of Lubbock, "Candidate Information," accessed February 12, 2016
- ↑ Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, "Lubbock's municipal ballot set; Joy won't face challenger, 5 candidates compete for City Council District 2," February 19, 2016
- ↑ Lubbock Avalanche Journal, "Our View: We favor Steve Massengale in the City Council District 4 race," April 24, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2016, "Steve Massengale's Responses," April 27, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ‘’Everything Lubbock.com’’, “Democrats Choose Tarbox to Replace Perry on Ballot,” August 25, 2014
- ↑ ‘’Texas Secretary of State’’, “November 4, 2014 General Election Candidates,” accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ L. Scott Mann, ‘’KCBD’’, “Republicans name Dustin Burrows as House District 83 candidate,” August 21, 2014
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Steve Massengale campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 8, 2016
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Lubbock City Council District 4 2016-Present |
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