2024 March Primary Results

House Republicans 3 Losses
House Democrats 0 Losses

 

House Republicans 12 Runoffs
House Democrats 2 Runoffs
 

2024 March Primary Results

House Republicans 10 Losses
House Democrats 0 Losses

 

House Republicans 8 Runoffs
House Democrats 1 Runoff

 

 

Speaker Flirts with OT as Five Abbott Targets
Losing while Jetton, Smith and Dutton Falter

Capitol Inside
March 5, 2024

Texas Speaker Dade Phelan appears headed for a spring runoff with Donald Trump-christened challenger David Covey of Orange in the House District 21 race after the powerful incumbent looked to be on the verge of getting crushed based on the early vote in the GOP primary election on Tuesday.

A handful of GOP colleagues appeared doomed or in deep trouble tonight including three who Governor Greg Abbott targeted in a school choice revenge crusade in State Reps. Steve Allison of San Antonio, Travis Clardy of Nacogdoches and Glenn Rogers of Graford. Clardy lost to Joanne Shofner of Nacogdoches while Allison and Rogers trailed Marc LaHood of San Antonio and Mike Olcott of Aledo by sums that could be insurmountable.

Two more Abbott targets - State Reps. Ernest Bailes of Shepherd and Hugh Shine of Temple - were trailing challengers who were hovering near 50 percent in Janis Holt of Silsbee and Hillary Hickland of Belton.

GOP State Rep. Jacey Jetton of Sugar Land trailed Matt Morgan in another fight with runoff potential in the early vote in House District 26 where the challenger scored almost 55 percent of the early vote. State Rep. Jill Dutton of Ben Wheeler was losing to Brent Money in a rematch of a special election that she won in January in House District 2. Money led Dutton with almost 56 percent of the vote after 9 p.m.

Republican Shelley Luther was up on State Rep. Reggie Smith of Sherman with 52 percent of the vote in House District 62.

Three House Republicans who Abbott wants to oust - State Reps. DeWayne Burns of Cleburne, John Kuempel of Seguin and Gary VanDeaver of New Boston - looked poised for overtime duels with Helen Kerwin of Glen Rose, Alan Schoolcraft of Universal City and Chris Spencer of Texarkana based on the early vote. Yet another Abbott target - State Rep. Hugh Shine of Temple - was in danger of losing on Tuesday night in House District 55 where challenger Hillary Hickland of Belton garnered 50.2 percent of the early vote compared to 44 percent for the incumbent.

Republican State Reps. Frederick Frazier of McKinney, Justin Holland of Rockwall and Stephanie Klick of Fort Worth appeared poised to advance to runoffs as well with challengers Keresa Richardson, Katrina Pierson and David Lowe respectively. Richardson led Frazier 38 percent to 32 percent based on a combination of early and election day votes.

Republican State Reps. Drew Darby of San Angelo and Stan Lambert of Abilene had leads of 54 percent and 53 percent over Abbott-certified challengers Stormy Bradley of Big Spring and Liz Case Perkins of Tuscola respectively.

Republican Joanne Shofner of Nacogdoches had almost 63 percent of the vote in House District 11 that Clardy has represented for 11 years. San Antonio Republican Marc LaHood led Allison with 54 percent in a House District 121 contest that could go to overtime with a surge by the incumbent at the finish line. Mike Olcott of Aledo jumped out to a big lead on Rogers with nearly 54 percent of the vote after 9 p.m. tonight.

Rookie Republican State Rep. Ellen Troxclair of Lakeway could be destined for OT if returns from Gillespie County where challenger Kyle Biedermann of Fredericksburg knocked her below 50 percent where she was hovering late Tuesday night.

GOP State Rep. Kronda Thimesch of Lewisville held a narrow lead over Mitch Little in the House District 65 race. But 27 other House Republicans were en route to wins over challengers that were lopsided in most cases.

more to come ...


March 5, 2024 Primary Election

Projected Winner-Leader
Projected Runoff & Share of Vote
    GOP Incumbents
1 HD 21

Dade Phelan (Inc) 45.8%
David Covey 45.3%
2 HD 60

Glenn Rogers (Inc)
Mike Olcott
3 HD 71

Stan Lambert (Inc)
Liz Case Pickens
4 HD 58

DeWayne Burns (Inc) 42.0%
Helen Kerwin 48.8%
5 HD 44

John Kuempel (Inc) 45.6%
Alan Schoolcraft 47.8%
6 HD 11

Travis Clardy (Inc)
Joanne Shofner
7 HD 55

Hugh Shine (Inc)
Hillary Hickland
8 HD 18

Ernest Bailes (Inc)
Janet Holt
9 HD 108

Morgan Meyer (Inc)
Barry Wernick
10 HD 62

Reggie Smith (Inc)
Shelley Luther
11 HD 121

Steve Allison (Inc)
Marc LaHood
12 HD 65

Kronda Thimesch (Inc)
Mitch Little
13 HD 64

Lynn Stucky (Inc)
Andy Hopper
14 HD 2

Jill Dutton (Inc)
Brent Money
15 HD 72

Drew Darby (Inc)
Stormy Bradley

16 HD 1

Gary VanDeaver (Inc) 45.5%
Chris Spencer 43.0%
17 HD 33

Justin Holland (Inc) 38.6%
Katrina Pierson 39.5%

18 HD 61

Frederick Frazier (Inc) 32.3%
Keresa Richardson 38.2%
19 HD 67

Jeff Leach (Inc)
Daren Meis
20 HD 19

Ellen Troxclair (Inc)
Kyle Biedermann
21 HD 26

Jacey Jetton (Inc)
Matt Morgan
22 HD 133

Mano DeAyala (Inc)
John Perez
23 HD 138

Lacey Hull (Inc)
Jared Woodfill
24 HD 55

Candy Noble (Inc)
Abraham George
25 HD 91

Stephanie Klick (Inc) 49.3%
David Lowe 45.3%
26 HD 128

Briscoe Cain (Inc)
Bianca Gracia
27 HD 63

Ben Bumgarner (Inc)
Vincent Gallo

28 HD 86

John Smithee (Inc)
Jamie Haynes
29 HD 68

David Spiller (Inc)
Kerri Kingsbery
30 HD 4

Keith Bell (Inc)
Joshua Feuerstein
31 HD 88

Ken King (Inc)
Karen Post
32 HD 7

Jay Dean (Inc)
Joe McDaniel

33 HD 15

Steve Toth (Inc)
Skeeter Hubert
34 HD 66

Matt Shaheen (Inc)
Wayne Richard
35 HD 83

Dustin Burrows (Inc)
Wade Cowan
36 HD 7

Cole Hefner (Inc)
Jeff Fletcher
37 HD 17

Stan Gerdes (Inc)
Tom Glass
38 HD 99

Charlie Geren (Inc)
Jack Reynolds
39 HD 85

Stan Kitzman (Inc)
Tim Greeson
40 HD 20

Terry Wilson (Inc)
Janine Chapa
41 HD 28

Gary Gates (Inc)
Dan Mathews
42 HD 98

Gio Capriglione (Inc)
Brad Schofield
43 HD 9

Trent Ashby (Inc)
Paulette Carson
44 HD 24

Greg Bonnen (Inc)
Larrisa Ramirez
45 HD 8

Cody Harris (Inc)
Jaye Curtis
46 HD 112

Angie Chen Button (Inc)
Chad Carnahan
   

 
    DEM Incumbents
1 HD 146

Shawn Thierry (Inc) 49.0%
Lauren Simmons 45.4%
2 HD 100

Venton Jones (Inc)
Barbara Mallory Caraway
3 HD 142

Harold Dutton (Inc)
Danny Morris

4 HD 131

Alma Allen (Inc)
James Guillory Jr.
5 HD 22

Christian Manuel (Inc)
Jamie Price Jr.

6 HD 119

Liz Campos (Inc)
Charles Fuentes
7 HD 45

Erin Zwiener (Inc)
Chevo Pastrano
8 HD 76

Suleman Lulani (Inc)
Vanesia Johnson
9 HD 125

Ray Lopez (Inc)
Eric Michael Garza
10 HD 27

Ron Reynolds (Inc)
Rodrigo Carreon
11 HD 50

James Talarico (Inc)
Nathan Boynton
     

 

 

 

 

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