Chad Abbey

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Chad Abbey

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Contact

Personal website

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn

Chad Abbey (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 38th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 38

Incumbent Wesley Hunt defeated Melissa McDonough and Avery Ayers in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 38 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt (R)	62.7	215,030
		Melissa McDonough (D)	37.2	127,640
		Avery Ayers (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	94

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 342,764
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chad Abbey (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

Melissa McDonough defeated Gion Thomas in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa McDonough	82.5	18,486
		Gion Thomas	17.5	3,910

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,396
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cameron Campbell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38

Incumbent Wesley Hunt advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt	100.0	62,340

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,340
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 38

Chad Abbey advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 16, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Chad Abbey (L)

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Abbey in this election.

2020

See also: Texas' 36th Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 36th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

Texas' 36th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 36

Incumbent Brian Babin defeated Rashad Lewis, Chad Abbey, and Hal Ridley in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 36 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Babin (R)	73.6	222,712
		Rashad Lewis (D)	24.3	73,418
		Chad Abbey (L)	1.6	4,848
		Hal Ridley (G)	0.5	1,571

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 302,549
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 36

Rashad Lewis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 36 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashad Lewis	100.0	22,422

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,422
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 36

Incumbent Brian Babin defeated RJ Boatman in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 36 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Babin	89.6	75,277
		RJ Boatman	10.4	8,774

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,051
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Texas District 36

Hal Ridley advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Texas District 36 on April 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Hal Ridley (G)

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 36

Chad Abbey advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 36 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Chad Abbey (L)

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Chad Abbey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Chad Abbey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

2024 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. President U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel

External links

Search Google News for this topic

Personal

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Footnotes

[show]

Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)