Carlton Soules
Carlton Soules (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 121. Soules lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Soules ran in one of 48 contested Texas state legislative Republican primaries in 2018. To read more about the conflict between Republican factions in the primaries, including who the factions were, which races were competitive and who key influencers lined up behind, click here.
Soules was a 2014 candidate for the Bexar County Court in Texas.[1]
Biography
Carlton Soules' career experience includes working as the president of Strategic Market Services, Inc.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 121
Steve Allison defeated Celina Montoya and Mallory Olfers in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 121 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steve Allison (R) | 53.2 | 38,843 | |
 | Celina Montoya (D) | 44.7 | 32,679 | |
| Mallory Olfers (L) | 2.1 | 1,529 | ||
| Total votes: 73,051 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 121
Steve Allison defeated Matt Beebe in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 121 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steve Allison | 57.5 | 6,054 | |
 | Matt Beebe | 42.5 | 4,482 | |
| Total votes: 10,536 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 121
Celina Montoya advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 121 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Celina Montoya | 100.0 | 8,737 |
| Total votes: 8,737 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 121
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 121 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Beebe | 29.5 | 4,351 |
| ✔ | Steve Allison | 26.3 | 3,884 | |
| Carlton Soules | 13.2 | 1,945 | ||
| Charlotte Williamson | 12.9 | 1,896 | ||
| Marc Whyte | 12.3 | 1,821 | ||
 | Adrian Spears | 5.8 | 853 | |
| Total votes: 14,750 | |||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
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
This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| No. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Six Republicans filed to run in the election to replace House Speaker Joe Straus (R): Steve Allison, Matt Beebe, Carlton Soules, Adrian Spears, Charlotte Williamson, and Marc Whyte. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates in this race except for Allison had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. See our coverage of the primary runoff in this race here. Endorsements for Beebe
Endorsements for Allison |
Campaign finance
2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Soules ran for election to the Bexar County Court.
Primary: He was successful in the Republican primary on March 4, 2014, receiving 64.9 percent of the vote. He competed against Gerard Ponce.
General: He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 44.2 percent of the vote. He competed against Nelson W. Wolff and Paul Pipkin.
[1][6][7]
Education
Soules earned an undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in 1989.[8]
Career
- 1995-Present: President, Strategic Marketing Services, Inc.
- 2011-2014: Councilman, City of San Antonio
- 1984-2004: Co-owner, Luke Soules, Inc. (Food brokerage firm)[8]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
- Bexar County, Texas
- Texas County Courts
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
- Texas Legislature website
- Official website of Bexar County, Texas
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Carlton Soules - President - Strategic Market Services Inc.," accessed February 18, 2018
- ↑ Twitter, "Jonathan Stickland," December 29, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBlastf26 - ↑ San Antonio Express-News, "Allison to replace Straus on GOP ticket," February 15, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Bexar")
- ↑ Bexar County, "Primary Election Statistics," March 11, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 LinkedIn, "Carlton Soules Profile," accessed September 8, 2014
