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Dale Huls
Dale Huls (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 1. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Huls completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dale Huls was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1977 to 1981. Huls earned an associate degree from Santa Fe Community College in 1988 and a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 1991. His career experience includes working as an engineer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 1
Incumbent Gary VanDeaver won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary VanDeaver (R) | 100.0 | 66,843 |
| Total votes: 66,843 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 1
Incumbent Gary VanDeaver defeated Chris Spencer in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 1 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary VanDeaver | 53.5 | 11,718 |
| Chris Spencer | 46.5 | 10,178 | ||
| Total votes: 21,896 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 1
Incumbent Gary VanDeaver and Chris Spencer advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dale Huls in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 1 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary VanDeaver | 45.5 | 13,928 |
| ✔ | Chris Spencer | 43.0 | 13,165 | |
 | Dale Huls | 11.4 | 3,496 | |
| Total votes: 30,589 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Scott Hommel (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Huls received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Huls's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dale Huls completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Huls' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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He served as a Republican Party precinct chair and election judge for 10 years in Harris County, TX (2009 - 2019).
He has been a past President of the Clear Lake Tea Party and the Clear Lake Area Republicans.
He was recognized as a 2015 Champion of Freedom by Grassroots America We the People based in Tyler, Texas and led by JoAnn Fleming.
He was also recognized as a 2016 Conservative Leader by EmpowerTexans run by Michael Quinn Sullivan. He has the sword to prove it.
Dale has run precinct conventions, attended every RPT convention since 2010, testified in legislative committees and lobbied state lawmakers regarding Republican platform positions
He has written border security legislation (SB 1252/85th and SB1254/87th Regular Sessions).
Dale has spent 13 years as a Texas Border Volunteer in order to provide first-hand accounts of the Texas border situation to Texas grassroots organizations.
Before Dale retired from NASA, he volunteered to work for 3 months supporting the US Border Patrol in McAllen, TX at the Rio Grande Central Processing Center and currently lectures about what goes on after illegal border crossers are taken into custody.
- Our beloved state is facing perilous times. We see an invasion at our southern border, rising inflation, increasing crime rates, and the infiltration of socialism, critical race theory, and a radical LGBT agenda in our schools, media, and entertainment. These challenges have impacted every Texas family, and it's time to take a stand.
- I firmly believe that the only solution to this assault on our Texas values, principles, culture, and basic liberties is a strong conservative presence in Austin. We need representatives who will champion our conservative agenda and confront the noxious tide that threatens our great state. It's time to put an end to Republican politicians who campaign on our conservative principles and values but take their direction from the political elite and lobbyists in Austin. Your current State Representative has had four sessions to be your champion…he hasn’t…I will.
- We are witnessing dissatisfaction with the current state of government, which is why movements like TEXIT and the Convention of States initiatives are gaining popularity in Texas. People simply want good government and are losing faith in the normal processes. Despite all the problems in our government and culture, my belief in America and my belief in Texas remains undiminished. I want Texans to live under the principles of freedom and liberty that our God has bestowed upon us and that the Constitution defines.
If these four areas can be adequately addressed by the next legislature, Texas will be well on its way to reclaiming the values and principles that made our state the envy of America and respected around the world.
Texas must protect its citizens from the current invasion across its southern border facilitated by an "Open Borders" Administration that does not respect the rule of law.
We must reclaim the classrooms for students AND teachers from an anti-American, anti-God industrial-educational complex.
The government has shown itself to be a poor steward of the taxpayer's money. We must bring the government back to fiscal responsibility and quit overfunding the Government in ways that do not enhance the lives and liberty of every Texan.
Serving with humility
Seeking God's wisdom
Integrity
The other great challenge comes from our own federal government which has become too large and too powerful. Only through the powers of state nullification and interposition can the states begin to reclaim the dual sovereignty as determined by our founders. It is the states that created the federal government, not the other way around. Consequently, the creation cannot be greater than the creator.
No, I am not for the traditional calls for compromise and bipartisanship. I believe in standing on principles and values. I believe in upholding the rule of law. If a Democrat or liberal Republican wishes to support my positions, that is the only type of compromise I am interested in.
However, should no one file a bill to close Texas primaries, I would certainly file that bill. For too long Democrats have been able to manipulate Republican elections.
Bill Priefert - Priefert Manufacturing
Rocky Christenberry- Priefert, Vice President of Manufacturing
Jill Glover - SREC SD12 Committeewoman
John (JP) Welsh - Bowie County Republican Precinct 1A
Don Hooper - Energy Executive, Soar Energy
Leanna Walker - Morris County Precinct Chair Pct. 4
Christina Drewry - Grassroots America Watchdog Committee
Scott Bowen - SD6 SREC Committeeman CCISD School Board Member
Mike Olcott - Candidate for State Representative District 60
Ray Myers - Texas Conservative Activist
Matt Long - Host, The Matt Long Show Fmr President of the Fredericksburg Tea Party
Dr. Charles Blankenship - Fmr SD1 SREC Committeeman
Wade Miller - Executive Director, Citizens for Renewing America
Tanya Robertson - Fmr SD11 SREC Committeewoman
Angela Meador Smith - President, Fredericksburg Tea Party
Bob Worthen - Granary Street Health Food Store
Rex Law - Camp County Republican Party Chair
Sue Evenwell - Fmr Titus County Republican Party Chair, Fmr SD1 SREC Committeewoman
JoAnn Fleming - Executive Director, Grassroots America - We The People
Gaylyn Devine - SD11 SREC Committeewoman
Clyde Bryan - President, The Executive Council
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 14, 2023
