Charlie Lauersdorf
2023 - Present
2027
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Charlie Lauersdorf is a member of the Fort Worth City Council in Texas, representing District 4. He assumed office on May 16, 2023. His current term ends in 2027.
Lauersdorf ran for re-election to the Fort Worth City Council to represent District 4 in Texas. He won in the general election on May 3, 2025.
Biography
Charlie Lauersdorf was born in Garland, Texas.[1] He graduated from Garland High School in 2001.[2] [3] Lauersdorf serves in the U.S. Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor's degree in intelligence studies from the American Military University in 2010. Lauersdorf's career experience includes working as the owner of Realty Pro Shots.[1] [2] [3]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2025)
General election
General election for Fort Worth City Council District 4
Incumbent Charlie Lauersdorf defeated Teresa Ramirez Gonzalez in the general election for Fort Worth City Council District 4 on May 3, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Charlie Lauersdorf (Nonpartisan) | 74.5 | 3,979 |
 | Teresa Ramirez Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 25.5 | 1,363 | |
| Total votes: 5,342 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lauersdorf in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Fort Worth, Texas (2023)
General election
General election for Fort Worth City Council District 4
Charlie Lauersdorf defeated Teresa Ramirez Gonzalez in the general election for Fort Worth City Council District 4 on May 6, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlie Lauersdorf (Nonpartisan) | 60.0 | 2,647 |
| Teresa Ramirez Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 40.0 | 1,767 | |
| Total votes: 4,414 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Jonathan Boos in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) | 53.5 | 28,170 |
 | Jonathan Boos (R) | 46.5 | 24,500 | |
| Total votes: 52,670 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Billy Ingram in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rhetta Andrews Bowers | 64.6 | 4,136 |
 | Billy Ingram | 35.4 | 2,265 | |
| Total votes: 6,401 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Jonathan Boos defeated Charlie Lauersdorf and Jim Phaup in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Boos | 54.4 | 4,578 |
| Charlie Lauersdorf | 27.5 | 2,316 | |
 | Jim Phaup | 18.0 | 1,517 | |
| Total votes: 8,411 | |||
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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?
| Three Republicans filed to run in the election to replace state Rep. Cindy Burkett (R): Jonathan Boos, Jim Phaup, and Charlie Lauersdorf. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates in this race except for Lauersdorf had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. In an interview with the Dallas Morning News,
Phaup listed his priorities as tuition costs, highway funding, and public school funding. He also said he would not have opposed the bathroom bill from the 2017 special session.[4] Endorsements for Boos Endorsements for Phaup
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Charlie Lauersdorf did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Charlie Lauersdorf did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Lauersdorf provided the following description of his political philosophy to Ballotpedia:
| “ | Simply to put people above politics.[2][6] | ” |
| —Charlie Lauersdorf, 2018 | ||
He added:
| “ | Raised in the District for which I'm running, proud product of public schools, I'm back home and ready to fight for my District in Austin. For once, I'll put people above politics and not concern myself with a career as a politician, but instead, do what's right for the right reasons![2][6] | ” |
| —Charlie Lauersdorf, 2018 | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Fort Worth City Council District 4 |
Officeholder Fort Worth City Council District 4 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charlie Lauersdorf, "Meet Charlie," accessed February 25, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on DATE
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form on January 23, 2018
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Jim Phaup in the Republican race for state House District 113," February 7, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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