Chris Paddie

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Chris Paddie
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Prior offices
Texas House of Representatives District 9
Successor: Trent Ashby
Predecessor: Wayne Christian

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Chris Paddie (Republican Party) was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 9. He assumed office in 2013. He left office on March 1, 2022.

Paddie (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 9. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Paddie resigned from the state House on March 1, 2022.[1]

Paddie 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.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Paddie was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Paddie was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
Calendars
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
State Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Paddie served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Paddie served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

Chris Paddie did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Paddie won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Paddie
Chris Paddie (R)
 
100.0
 
62,151

Total votes: 62,151
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Paddie defeated Mark Williams in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Paddie
Chris Paddie
 
77.8
 
19,674
Mark Williams
 
22.2
 
5,616

Total votes: 25,290
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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Paddie won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Paddie
Chris Paddie (R)
 
100.0
 
45,918

Total votes: 45,918
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Paddie defeated Garrett Boersma in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 9 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Paddie
Chris Paddie
 
63.9
 
13,466
Garrett Boersma
 
36.1
 
7,600

Total votes: 21,066
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
See also: Factions in Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018 and Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

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
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Races to watch

This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes.

What made this a race to watch?

Garrett Boersma challenged state Rep. Chris Paddie, an ally of House Speaker Joe Straus, in his primary. As of January 31, 2018, only Boersma had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor.

Boersma released a campaign ad referring to Paddie as liberal and touting his endorsements from conservative organizations on February 22. See the ad here.

Endorsements for Boersma

  • U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)[2]
  • Empower Texans
  • Texas Right to Life
  • Young Conservatives of Texas

Endorsements for Paddie

  • Texas Medical Association
  • Texas Association of Business
  • Associated Republicans of Texas
  • Texas Parent PAC
  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform
  • Texas Association of Realtors
  • National Federation of Independent Business[3]
Campaign finance
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Campaign finance


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.[4]

Incumbent Chris Paddie ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 9 general election.[5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 9 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Chris Paddie Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 53,172
Total Votes 53,172
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Incumbent Chris Paddie ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 9 Republican Primary.[6][7]

Texas House of Representatives, District 9 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Chris Paddie Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Chris Paddie was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[8][9][10]

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Paddie won election in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 9. Paddie defeated incumbent Wayne Christian in the May 29 primary election and defeated write-in candidate John McIntyre in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]

Texas House of Representatives, District 9, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngChris Paddie 73% 35,996
     Independent John McIntyre 27% 13,339
Total Votes 49,335
Texas House of Representatives District 9 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngChris Paddie 52.2% 9,335
Wayne Christian Incumbent 47.8% 8,558
Total Votes 17,893

Campaign themes

2020

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2012

Paddie's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Protect the Right to Bear Arms

  • Excerpt: "Chris believes that in order to preserve our liberty, we must defend the right to bear arms. Chris will fight any effort by government to take away this right granted to us by the Constitution."

Defend Private Property Rights

  • Excerpt: "For most of us, buying land or a home is the largest investment we’ll ever make in our lives. As our State Representative, Chris will do whatever it takes to protect our private property rights from eminent domain abuse."

Create Jobs

  • Excerpt: "Chris understands that government doesn’t create jobs, the private sector does. And he will fight to reduce regulations and cut taxes that prevent employers from keeping East Texans on the job."

Stop Illegal Immigration

  • Excerpt: "Chris supports requiring business to verify the immigration status of their employees and greater penalties for companies that knowingly employ illegal immigrants. And he will vote to eliminate “in-state” tuition for illegal immigrants at Texas colleges and universities."

Protect Life

  • Excerpt: "as our State Representative, Chris will always be on the side of pro-life advocates because he believes we must do everything we can to protect our most precious gifts from God."

Campaign finance summary


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Chris Paddie campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Texas House of Representatives District 9Won general$1,187,409 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 9Won general$20,000 N/A**
2014Texas House of Representatives, District 9Won $314,729 N/A**
2012Texas State House, District 9Won $360,301 N/A**
Grand total$1,882,439 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was not in session.


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2013



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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Wayne Christian (R)
Texas House of Representatives District 9
2013-2022
Succeeded by
Trent Ashby (R)


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