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'''Lydia Bean''' is an American academic and Democratic politician running for a seat in the [[Texas House of Representatives]]. In the 2020 election season, she is challenging Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Education, research, and teaching ==
Bean completed her undergraduate degree, double majoring in Spanish and Music, at [[Austin College]].<ref></ref><ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She graduated in 2002.<ref name=":0" />
She received a PhD from [[Harvard University]] in [[Sociology]] in June 2009, submitting a thesis on the politics of [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] identity in the United States and Canada.<ref></ref> In 2014 she published a book on the subject, ''[https://ift.tt/3iGYI9s The Politics of Evangelical Identity]'' (Princeton University Press), incorporating [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] research from her time in Evangelical communities on both sides of the US-Canada border.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Bean found that the American Evangelicals she interviewed identified as highly patriotic, while Canadian congregants were more hesitant about engaging in political campaigning.<ref name=":1" /> In a 2016 article in ''[[The New Republic]]'' about [[Ted Cruz]], [[Donald Trump]], and the evangelical vote, Bean stated, "Evangelicals who don’t go to church very much but identify as Christian, with Christian nationalistic rhetoric, but aren’t very well formed or advised by Christian community leaders—they’re going for Trump. I think Ted Cruz is picking up the older, more observant people who are theologically and politically conservative, the people who actually go to church every week."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Bean taught at [[Baylor University]] as an Assistant Professor of Sociology.<ref name=":2"></ref>
== Political work ==
Along with numerous other Democratic politicians campaigning to unseat Republican incumbents, Bean has been endorsed by pro-LGBT rights group [[Equality Texas]].<ref> 0|title=Equality Texas endorses state House candidates Dallas Voice|url=https://dallasvoice.com/equality-texas-endorses-state-house-candidates/|access-date=2020-10-07|language=en-US}}</ref> She has also been endorsed by the [[National Democratic Redistricting Committee]] (NDRC), an advocacy group chaired by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Priorities of her campaign include Medicaid expansion and fully funding public schools.<ref name=":2" />
A coalition that includes the NDRC, the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, the Future Now Fund, The People PAC, and The Creative Resistance included Lydia Bean, along with 10 other Democratic candidates, in a $1.1 million digital advertising campaign.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Two years ago, Bean’s mother ran for the statehouse seat, spending $30,000 and receiving 46 percent of the vote; Bean plans to raise almost 20 times that amount.<ref></ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:American politicians]]
[[Category:Texas politicians]]
[[Category:American academics]]
[[Category:Women academics]]
[[Category:Women political candidates]]
== Education, research, and teaching ==
Bean completed her undergraduate degree, double majoring in Spanish and Music, at [[Austin College]].<ref></ref><ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She graduated in 2002.<ref name=":0" />
She received a PhD from [[Harvard University]] in [[Sociology]] in June 2009, submitting a thesis on the politics of [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] identity in the United States and Canada.<ref></ref> In 2014 she published a book on the subject, ''[https://ift.tt/3iGYI9s The Politics of Evangelical Identity]'' (Princeton University Press), incorporating [[Ethnography|ethnographic]] research from her time in Evangelical communities on both sides of the US-Canada border.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Bean found that the American Evangelicals she interviewed identified as highly patriotic, while Canadian congregants were more hesitant about engaging in political campaigning.<ref name=":1" /> In a 2016 article in ''[[The New Republic]]'' about [[Ted Cruz]], [[Donald Trump]], and the evangelical vote, Bean stated, "Evangelicals who don’t go to church very much but identify as Christian, with Christian nationalistic rhetoric, but aren’t very well formed or advised by Christian community leaders—they’re going for Trump. I think Ted Cruz is picking up the older, more observant people who are theologically and politically conservative, the people who actually go to church every week."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Bean taught at [[Baylor University]] as an Assistant Professor of Sociology.<ref name=":2"></ref>
== Political work ==
Along with numerous other Democratic politicians campaigning to unseat Republican incumbents, Bean has been endorsed by pro-LGBT rights group [[Equality Texas]].<ref> 0|title=Equality Texas endorses state House candidates Dallas Voice|url=https://dallasvoice.com/equality-texas-endorses-state-house-candidates/|access-date=2020-10-07|language=en-US}}</ref> She has also been endorsed by the [[National Democratic Redistricting Committee]] (NDRC), an advocacy group chaired by former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Priorities of her campaign include Medicaid expansion and fully funding public schools.<ref name=":2" />
A coalition that includes the NDRC, the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee, the Future Now Fund, The People PAC, and The Creative Resistance included Lydia Bean, along with 10 other Democratic candidates, in a $1.1 million digital advertising campaign.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Two years ago, Bean’s mother ran for the statehouse seat, spending $30,000 and receiving 46 percent of the vote; Bean plans to raise almost 20 times that amount.<ref></ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:American politicians]]
[[Category:Texas politicians]]
[[Category:American academics]]
[[Category:Women academics]]
[[Category:Women political candidates]]
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