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Cecil R. Webster Sr.
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
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Leman (R) | 79.1 | 51,126 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Leman | 57.3 | 8,062 |
 | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Wolfskill | 38.5 | 8,874 |
| ✔ | | Ben Leman | 36.2 | 8,349 |
 | David Stall | 13.7 | 3,163 | |
| Daniel McCarthy | 6.0 | 1,385 | ||
 | Marc Young | 5.5 | 1,270 | |
| Total votes: 23,041 | |||
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Special election
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Leman (R) | 43.2 | 6,792 |
| Jill Wolfskill (R) | 35.1 | 5,528 | |
| Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D) | 21.7 | 3,408 | |
| Total votes: 15,728 | |||
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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.[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 |  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 | 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 | Leighton Schubert Incumbent (unopposed) | |
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 | Leighton 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 | Carolyn Cerny Bilski |
43.5% | 4,319 | |
| Republican | Leighton 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
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas House of Representatives District 13
- Texas State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
- Fayette County, Texas
- Texas County Courts
External links
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- Campaign website
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- Texas Legislature website
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas Secretary of State - Official candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Victoria Advocate, "Bilski, Schubert advance to runoff in state House race," January 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Cecil R. Webster, Sr. for State Representative (HD-13), "Meet Cecil," accessed February 14, 2018
- ↑ Office of the Texas Governor, "Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Election In HD 13," February 16, 2018
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Special election May 5 to fill Schubert’s Texas House seat," February 16, 2018
- ↑ Vote Texas, "Candidates for State Representative, District 13 Special Election," accessed March 21, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election House District 13," May 5, 2018
- ↑ Twitter "Patrick Svitek," May 23, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets Jan. 13 special election for Kolkhorst seat," December 22, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Special Election Proclamation," accessed December 24, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Fayette")
- ↑ Fayette County Texas, "Unofficial Primary Results," March 4, 2014
