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Cecil R. Webster Sr.
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 6, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Prairie View A&M University

Graduate

Texas A&M University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1976 - 2002

Personal
Profession
Engineer
Contact

Cecil R. Webster Sr. (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 13. Webster lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

Webster also ran in a special election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 13. Webster lost in the special general election on May 5, 2018.

Webster unsuccessfully ran as a Democratic candidate for District 13 of the Texas House of Representatives in a 2015 special election and the 2016 general election.[1] He was also a 2014 candidate for the Fayette County Court in Texas.[2]

Biography

Cecil R. Webster Sr. was born in Franklin, Texas. He graduated from Bryan High School in 1972. Webster served in the U.S. Army from 1976 to 2002 and reached the rank of colonel. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Prairie View A&M University in 1976 and a master's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in 1984. Webster's career experience includes working as an assistant professor with the U.S. Military Academy and as a licensed professional engineer.[3]

Elections

2018

Regular election

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Ben Leman defeated Cecil R. Webster Sr. in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ben Leman
Ben Leman (R)
 
79.1
 
51,126
Image of Cecil R. Webster Sr.
Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D)
 
20.9
 
13,494

Total votes: 64,620
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Ben Leman defeated Jill Wolfskill in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ben Leman
Ben Leman
 
57.3
 
8,062
Image of Jill Wolfskill
Jill Wolfskill
 
42.7
 
6,000

Total votes: 14,062
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13

Cecil R. Webster Sr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cecil R. Webster Sr.
Cecil R. Webster Sr.
 
100.0
 
3,191

Total votes: 3,191
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13

Jill Wolfskill and incumbent Ben Leman advanced to a runoff. They defeated David Stall, Daniel McCarthy, and Marc Young in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jill Wolfskill
Jill Wolfskill
 
38.5
 
8,874
Image of Ben Leman
Ben Leman
 
36.2
 
8,349
Image of David Stall
David Stall
 
13.7
 
3,163
Daniel McCarthy
 
6.0
 
1,385
Image of Marc Young
Marc Young
 
5.5
 
1,270

Total votes: 23,041
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Special election

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for the office of Texas House of Representatives District 13 was held on May 5, 2018. Candidates had until March 5, 2018, to file nomination papers with the secretary of state.[4]

On February 4, 2018, state Rep. Leighton Schubert (R) resigned from the state House to accept a position with Blinn College.[5]

Ben Leman (R) and Jill Wolfskill (R) defeated Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D) in the general election and advanced to a runoff election. Leman then defeated Wolfskill in Texas' regular primary runoff election for the seat on May 22, 2018, prompting Wolfskill to drop out of the special election race for the seat. As a result, the runoff was cancelled, and Leman was declared the winner.[6][7][8]

General election

Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13

Ben Leman defeated Jill Wolfskill and Cecil R. Webster Sr. in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on May 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ben Leman
Ben Leman (R)
 
43.2
 
6,792
Image of Jill Wolfskill
Jill Wolfskill (R)
 
35.1
 
5,528
Image of Cecil R. Webster Sr.
Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D)
 
21.7
 
3,408

Total votes: 15,728
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 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.[9]

Incumbent Leighton Schubert defeated Cecil R. Webster in the Texas House of Representatives District 13 general election.[10]

Texas House of Representatives, District 13 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Leighton Schubert Incumbent 78.63% 55,073
     Democratic Cecil R. Webster 21.37% 14,965
Total Votes 70,038
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Cecil R. Webster ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 13 Democratic Primary.[11][12]

Texas House of Representatives, District 13 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Cecil R. Webster  (unopposed)


Incumbent Leighton Schubert ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 13 Republican Primary.[11][12]

Texas House of Representatives, District 13 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Leighton Schubert Incumbent (unopposed)

2015

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2015

Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D), Becky Berger (R), Carolyn Cerny Bilski (R) and Leighton Schubert (R) faced off in the special election on January 13, 2015.[13] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Bilski and Schubert, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Schubert won.[1][14]

The seat was vacant following Lois Kolkhorst's (R) election to the Texas State Senate on December 6, 2014.[15]

A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 13 was called for January 13, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 29, 2014.[16]

Texas House of Representatives, District 13, Special Runoff Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLeighton Schubert 57.1% 6,352
     Republican Carolyn Cerny Bilski 42.9% 4,763
Total Votes 11,115
Texas House of Representatives, District 13, Special Election, 2015
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Cerny Bilski 43.5% 4,319
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLeighton Schubert 32.8% 3,259
     Democratic Cecil R. Webster Sr. 12.9% 1,285
     Republican Becky Berger 10.8% 1,076
Total Votes 9,939

2014

See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014

Webster ran for election to the Fayette County Court. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014. He was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 22.1 percent of the vote. He competed against incumbent Edward F. Janecka.[2][17][18]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Victoria Advocate, "Bilski, Schubert advance to runoff in state House race," January 13, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
  3. Cecil R. Webster, Sr. for State Representative (HD-13), "Meet Cecil," accessed February 14, 2018
  4. Office of the Texas Governor, "Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Election In HD 13," February 16, 2018
  5. The Seattle Times, "Special election May 5 to fill Schubert’s Texas House seat," February 16, 2018
  6. Vote Texas, "Candidates for State Representative, District 13 Special Election," accessed March 21, 2018
  7. Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election House District 13," May 5, 2018
  8. Twitter "Patrick Svitek," May 23, 2018
  9. Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
  10. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
  11. 11.0 11.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
  12. 12.0 12.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
  13. Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 31, 2014
  14. Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
  15. Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets Jan. 13 special election for Kolkhorst seat," December 22, 2014
  16. Texas Secretary of State, "Special Election Proclamation," accessed December 24, 2014
  17. Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Fayette")
  18. Fayette County Texas, "Unofficial Primary Results," March 4, 2014


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