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Bob Hall
Republican Party
Candidate, Texas State Senate District 2
Texas State Senate District 2
Tenure
2015 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
11
Compensation
Base salary
$7,200/year
Per diem
$221/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 3, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Air Force
Contact
Official website
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
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Campaign Instagram
Campaign YouTube
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Bob Hall (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office in 2015. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Hall (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 2. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.

Biography

Hall graduated from The Citadel Military College in 1964 with a B.S. in electrical engineering. After graduation, Hall was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force with assignment at Norton Air Force Base in California. His professional experience includes working as president of Professional Proposal Management Incorporated, commercial pilot, consultant and Captain in the United States Air Force.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Hall was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hall was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hall was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs
• Education
• Transportation, Vice chair
• Veteran Affairs & Border Security

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hall served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall (R) and Keenen Colbert (D) are running in the general election for Texas State Senate District 2 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
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Bob Hall (R)
Image of Keenen Colbert
Keenen Colbert (D)  Candidate Connection

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Keenen Colbert (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
✔
Image of Keenen Colbert
Keenen Colbert  Candidate Connection

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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall (R) defeated Jason Eddington (R) in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob Hall
Bob Hall
 
78.7
 
62,448
Image of Jason Eddington
Jason Eddington  Candidate Connection
 
21.3
 
16,908

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 79,356
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall defeated Prince Giadolor in the general election for Texas State Senate District 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob Hall
Bob Hall (R)
 
61.9
 
172,713
Image of Prince Giadolor
Prince Giadolor (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.1
 
106,309

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 279,022
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Prince Giadolor advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Prince Giadolor
Prince Giadolor Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
25,594

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25,594
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob Hall
Bob Hall
 
100.0
 
57,489

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 57,489
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall defeated Kendall Scudder in the general election for Texas State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob Hall
Bob Hall (R)
 
59.3
 
153,151
Image of Kendall Scudder
Kendall Scudder (D)
 
40.7
 
104,897

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 258,048
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Kendall Scudder advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kendall Scudder
Kendall Scudder
 
100.0
 
20,573

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,573
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Incumbent Bob Hall defeated Cindy Burkett in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bob Hall
Bob Hall
 
53.2
 
35,561
Image of Cindy Burkett
Cindy Burkett
 
46.8
 
31,239

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 66,800
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Texas State Senate District 2

Thomas Gotcher advanced from the Libertarian primary for Texas State Senate District 2 on March 6, 2018.

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Thomas Gotcher

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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
See also: Factions in Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018 and Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.

The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.

The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.

Texas Senate Republicans
Party Before March 6 primaries After March 6 primaries
     Pro-Straus 2 1
     Anti-Straus 1 3
     Unknown 3 3
     Open seats 1 -
     Runoffs - -
     Too close to call - -
Total 7 7



Texas House Republicans
Party Before March 6 primaries After March 6 primaries
     Pro-Straus 20 20
     Anti-Straus 4 9
     Unknown 2 5
     Open seats 15 -
     Runoffs - 7
     Too close to call - -
Total 41 41
Primary we watched
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Races to watch

This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections. Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a race to watch?

The Dallas Morning News identified this Republican primary as potentially competitive. It featured a matchup between incumbent Bob Hall and state Rep. Cindy Burkett. According to the Dallas Morning News, Hall has said that Burkett is a moderate, while Burkett has said that Hall is not an effective legislator. Hall was first elected in 2014 as a conservative affiliated with the Tea Party movement.[2][3] He supported a primary challenge to Burkett in her 2016 state House race because he did not think she was conservative enough. He was also an opponent of House Speaker Joe Straus in the past.[4]

On February 7, 2018, Bob Hall began running a TV ad titled "Sen. Bob Hall is Our Trusted Conservative Leader."[5]

Endorsements for Hall

  • Empower Texans
  • Texas Right to Life
  • Young Conservatives of Texas
  • State Rep. Matt Rinaldi
  • Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick[6]
  • Texans for Free Enterprise[6]

Endorsements for Burkett

  • Texas Association of Realtors
  • Texas Medical Association
  • Texas Association of Manufacturers[7]
  • Associated Republicans of Texas[8]
  • Texas Parent PAC
  • Mulitple law enforcement and firefighting groups, including the Dallas Police Association, the Texas State Association of Firefighters, and the Texas Municipal Police Association.[9]
  • Dallas Morning News[10]
  • Texas First Coalition[11]
Campaign advertisements

Bob Hall - support

"Sen. Bob Hall is Our Trusted Conservative Leader," released January 29, 2018
"Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Endorses Senator Bob Hall," released February 7, 2018

Cindy Burkett - oppose

Campaign finance
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Campaign finance


2014

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. 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 Bob Deuell and Bob Hall advanced to a primary runoff, defeating Mark Thompson in the Republican primary. Hall defeated Deuell in the May 27 runoff election. Don Bates ran as a Libertarian candidate. Hall defeated Bates in the 2014 general election.[12][13][14]

Texas State Senate, District 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBob Hall 83.6% 99,925
     Libertarian Don Bates 16.4% 19,626
Total Votes 119,551

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Bob Hall campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Texas State Senate District 2Won general$691,890 $546,507
2014Texas State Senate, District 2Won $528,424 N/A**
Grand total$1,220,314 $546,507
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Texas

A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.

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Personal

Hall and his wife, Sarah, have three children.[1]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 votebobhall.com, "About Bob," accessed February 19, 2014
    2. ↑ Texas Observer, "Meet Bob Hall, the Tea Party True Believer Headed to the Senate," May 30, 2014
    3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GROMER
    4. ↑ Dallas Morning News, "Sen. Bob Hall's hard-line stance draws challenge from four-term Rep. Cindy Burkett," December 27, 2017
    5. ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 7, 2018
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Blastf20
    7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BLASTJ23
    8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BLASTj25
    9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Blastf12
    10. ↑ Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Cindy Burkett in the GOP primary for Texas Senate District 2," February 13, 2018
    11. ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," March 2, 2018
    12. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
    13. ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 26, 2014
    14. ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Senate Candidates List," accessed July 26, 2014

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