Craig Carter
Craig Carter (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 68. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Biography
Craig Carter was born in Fort Worth, Texas. His career experience includes working as an entrepreneur and small business owner.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
The general election was canceled. Incumbent David Spiller won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 68.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 68
Incumbent David Spiller defeated Mark Middleton, Craig Carter, and Gary Franklin in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 68 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Spiller | 69.8 | 21,558 |
 | Mark Middleton  | 13.5 | 4,161 | |
 | Craig Carter | 8.9 | 2,761 | |
| Gary Franklin | 7.8 | 2,401 | ||
| Total votes: 30,881 | |||
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Campaign finance
2021
A special election for Texas House of Representatives District 68 was called for January 23, 2021. A general runoff election was scheduled for February 23, 2021. The candidate filing deadline was January 4, 2021.[2][3]
The seat became vacant after Drew Springer (R) won a special election to Texas State Senate District 30 on December 19, 2020.
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 68
David Spiller defeated Craig Carter in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 68 on February 23, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Spiller (R) | 62.9 | 4,192 |
| Craig Carter (R) | 37.1 | 2,473 | |
| Total votes: 6,665 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 68
David Spiller and Craig Carter advanced to a runoff. They defeated John Berry, Jason Brinkley, and Charles Gregory in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 68 on January 23, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Spiller (R) | 43.9 | 4,015 |
| ✔ | | Craig Carter (R) | 18.1 | 1,652 |
| John Berry (R) | 17.4 | 1,594 | ||
| Jason Brinkley (R) | 16.3 | 1,491 | ||
| Charles Gregory (D) | 4.3 | 395 | ||
| Total votes: 9,147 | |||
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2020
See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2020
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 30
Drew Springer defeated Shelley Luther in the special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 30 on December 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Drew Springer (R) | 56.5 | 32,761 |
 | Shelley Luther (R) | 43.5 | 25,235 | |
| Total votes: 57,996 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Texas State Senate District 30
The following candidates ran in the special general election for Texas State Senate District 30 on September 29, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shelley Luther (R) | 32.0 | 22,242 |
| ✔ | | Drew Springer (R) | 31.9 | 22,127 |
| Jacob Minter (D) | 21.4 | 14,825 | ||
| Christopher Watts (R) | 6.2 | 4,321 | ||
| Craig Carter (R) | 5.0 | 3,448 | |
 | Andy Hopper (R) | 3.5 | 2,456 | |
| Total votes: 69,419 | |||
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2018
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 30
Pat Fallon defeated Kevin Lopez in the general election for Texas State Senate District 30 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pat Fallon (R) | 73.9 | 234,374 |
| Kevin Lopez (D) | 26.1 | 82,669 | ||
| Total votes: 317,043 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Keely Briggs (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 30
Kevin Lopez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 30 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Lopez | 100.0 | 15,760 | |
| Total votes: 15,760 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 30
Pat Fallon defeated incumbent Craig Estes and Craig Carter in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 30 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Fallon | 62.0 | 53,796 |
 | Craig Estes | 22.6 | 19,614 | |
| Craig Carter | 15.4 | 13,346 | |
| Total votes: 86,756 | |||
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Primary to watch
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| Yes. |
What made this a race to watch?
| The Dallas Morning News identified this Republican primary as potentially competitive. It featured a matchup between incumbent Craig Estes and state Rep. Pat Fallon. According to the Dallas Morning News, Fallon has emphasized Estes' ties to establishment Republicans and his long tenure in office, while Estes has emphasized his ties to the district.[4] According to Time Record News, Fallon loaned himself $1.8 million for the campaign.[5] After Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick (R) spent $17,000 on polling for Fallon's campaign, Estes said in a televised debate, "The donation in kind from Dan Patrick amounts to nothing more than a bribe to hire a yes man in the Texas Senate, a puppet. The people of Senate District 30 are outraged over this, they do not want this, they do not deserve this and they will not have this." Fallon said that he had not known that Patrick had commissioned the poll for him and that he would be a "fierce advocate for one person: the constituent and the taxpayer." A spokesman for Patrick said that the lieutenant governor "dismissed Senator Estes's ridiculous personal attack." Estes had earlier endorsed Patrick for reelection.[6] On February 21, Estes' campaign released an ad that showed a figure resembling Fallon, who is Catholic, attending a confession with a Catholic priest. The ad used the confessional setting to criticize Fallon for his attendance record at the state legislature and some of the statements he had made about Estes. State Rep. Drew Springer (R), who had not endorsed either candidate, said that the "ad released by Senator Craig Estes mocking the Catholic faith and the practice of confession was over the line," and said that Estes should "take his fight outside of the Church, take down the ad and apologize."[7] Estes said that the ad was produced by a Catholic and that it was intended to be light-hearted. He also said, "I think some of the outrages may be manufactured." Fallon said, " I haven't spoken to anyone who found the ad within the bounds. It's just outside the bounds, but we've been dealing with this man for 17 years."[8] Lieutenant Gov. Patrick endorsed Fallon on February 26. He cited Estes' ad featuring a Catholic priest (he said he was "stunned to see the recent attack by the incumbent senator — Craig Estes — mocking Pat’s religious faith.") and Estes' abstention from a 2015 vote to change the threshold of senators needed to consider a bill from two-thirds to a simple majority. Estes was the only Republican senator to not support the rules change.[9] Endorsements and support for Fallon
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Debates
Feb. 15 Texas Tribune split interview
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Campaign advertisements
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Craig Carter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Craig Carter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
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Craig Carter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Carter began resurrection of the old Nocona Boot Factory building in 2016. Today the 100,000 sq ft building houses Nokona Ball Glove factory, the Nocona Beer and Brewery, one of the Old Boot Factory western retail stores, and the Food Bank Hope 2911. Carter has also opened 11 additional Old Boot Factory retail locations across DFW and SD30.
Craig and his wife Leigha are parents to four children.- Property tax: We have to not only cut property taxes by 50%, we also need to freeze property taxes and school taxes for seniors. We need to lower property taxes for homeowners and small businesses, which will be crucial for retaining jobs and growing our economy coming out of COVID.
- Protecting the lives of the unborn and our children: I will be creating a task force to combat child sex trafficking and corruption. I will also support legislation that abolishes abortion.
- 2nd Amendment: I will support legislation that allows constitutional carry. Term Limits: I will author a bill to mandate term limits - no more than three terms in the same office.
I am a visionary and very result-driven. This has allowed me success in business with over 12 retail stores (Old Boot Factory) and a coffee brand (Nocona Coffee) over the span of 2 years. I have aggressive plans to bring boot manufacturing back into the Old Nocona Boot Factory and bring more jobs to the area once again.
The seat is obligated to serve its district through tireless and exhaustive efforts of defending its rights and freedoms from bills aimed at taking those away.
The seat is obligated to inform its district communities of what is happening in legislature and provide transparency of key issues and bills.
For too long, we have let the absence of term limits corrupt those in office and hurt those who they claim to represent.
- Government Overreach
COVID-19 is a perfect example of government overreach with the shutdown of small businesses and mask mandates. We have to put checks and balances in place to remove that much control at the state and federal levels.
- Property Taxes
I am a visionary and very result-driven. This has allowed me success in business with over 12 retail stores (Old Boot Factory) and a coffee brand (Nocona Coffee) over the span of 2 years. I have aggressive plans to bring boot manufacturing back into the Old Nocona Boot Factory and bring more jobs to the area once again.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 22, 2020
- ↑ Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott, "Governor Abbott Sets Special Election For Texas House District 68," accessed December 29, 2020
- ↑ Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott, "Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Runoff Election In House District 68," accessed February 4, 2021
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- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 12, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 22, 2018
- ↑ Texomas, "New political ad draws criticism from colleague, opponent," February 22, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 26, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick spends $5.1M on TV ads in January, $17K on polling for Sen. Estes opponent," February 7, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Fallon for Texas," February 9, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 23, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Blast," February 27, 2018
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