Brian Holk
Brian Holk (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 53. Holk lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 53
Wesley Virdell defeated Joe P. Herrera and Brian Holk in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 53 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wesley Virdell (R) | 76.6 | 76,176 |
![]() | Joe P. Herrera (D) ![]() | 21.2 | 21,058 | |
![]() | Brian Holk (L) | 2.2 | 2,230 |
Total votes: 99,464 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 53
Joe P. Herrera advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 53 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joe P. Herrera ![]() | 100.0 | 3,714 |
Total votes: 3,714 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 53
Wesley Virdell defeated Hatch Smith in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 53 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wesley Virdell | 60.4 | 24,038 |
Hatch Smith | 39.6 | 15,729 |
Total votes: 39,767 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 53
Brian Holk advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 53 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | Brian Holk (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Holk in this election.
2020
See also: Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
Texas' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 11
August Pfluger defeated Jon Mark Hogg and Wacey Alpha Cody in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | August Pfluger (R) | 79.7 | 232,568 | |
![]() | Jon Mark Hogg (D) ![]() | 18.3 | 53,394 | |
Wacey Alpha Cody (L) ![]() | 2.0 | 5,811 |
Total votes: 291,773 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeffery Cady (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 11
Jon Mark Hogg advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jon Mark Hogg ![]() | 100.0 | 16,644 |
Total votes: 16,644 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 11
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | August Pfluger | 52.2 | 56,093 | |
![]() | Brandon Batch ![]() | 15.1 | 16,224 | |
![]() | Wesley Virdell ![]() | 7.1 | 7,672 | |
![]() | Jamie Berryhill ![]() | 7.0 | 7,496 | |
![]() | J. Ross Lacy ![]() | 4.5 | 4,785 | |
![]() | J.D. Faircloth | 4.0 | 4,257 | |
Casey Gray | 3.8 | 4,064 | ||
![]() | Robert Tucker | 2.9 | 3,137 | |
Ned Luscombe | 1.9 | 2,066 | ||
Gene Barber | 1.5 | 1,641 |
Total votes: 107,435 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cynthia Breyman (R)
- Ross Schumann (R)
- Richard Bartlett (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 11
Wacey Alpha Cody defeated Brian Holk in the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 11 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Wacey Alpha Cody (L) ![]() | |
![]() | Brian Holk (L) |
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]
Incumbent Andrew Murr defeated Stephanie Lochte Ertel and Brian Holk in the Texas House of Representatives District 53 general election.[2]
Texas House of Representatives, District 53 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | ![]() |
76.92% | 54,741 | |
Democratic | Stephanie Lochte Ertel | 20.03% | 14,256 | |
Libertarian | Brian Holk | 3.05% | 2,170 | |
Total Votes | 71,167 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
Stephanie Lochte Ertel ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 53 Democratic Primary.[3][4]
Texas House of Representatives, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Democratic | ![]() |
Incumbent Andrew Murr ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 53 Republican Primary.[3][4]
Texas House of Representatives, District 53 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Party | Candidate | |
Republican | ![]() |
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. Rob Henneke and Andrew Murr defeated Karen Harris, Tink Nathan and Wayne Ramsay in the Republican primary. Murr defeated Henneke in the May 27 Republican runoff. Maximilian Martin was running as a Libertarian. Brian Holk filed but did not advance past the Libertarian convention.[5][6][7][8] Murr defeated Martin in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
89.9% | 36,878 | |
Libertarian | Maximilian Martin | 10.1% | 4,139 | |
Total Votes | 41,017 |
2010
Holk ran for District 53 in the Texas House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections. Holk was defeated by Republican incumbent Harvey Hilderbran in the November 2 general election.[9]
Texas House of Representatives, District 53 2010 General election results | ||||
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Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
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36,424 | 89.89% | ||
Brian Holk (L) | 4,093 | 10.10% |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brian Holk did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Brian Holk did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 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
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "The 2014 Election Brackets," accessed December 12, 2013
- ↑ Official Texas Election Results