Dan McKaughan
Dan McKaughan (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 8th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
McKaughan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan McKaughan was born in Houston, Texas. McKaughan served in the U.S. Navy from 1996 to 2016. He earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1996. He earned a graduate degree from Naval Postgraduate School in 2011. McKaughan's career experience includes working as an estimator and as an office manager with Apcon Services, LLC. He has served as an elder with King's Church.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas' 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 8
Morgan Luttrell defeated Laura Jones and Roy Eriksen in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Morgan Luttrell (R)  | 68.1 | 153,127 |
 | Laura Jones (D) | 30.5 | 68,715 | |
 | Roy Eriksen (L) | 1.4 | 3,126 | |
| Total votes: 224,968 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8
Laura Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Jones | 100.0 | 14,496 |
| Total votes: 14,496 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Morgan Luttrell | 52.1 | 34,271 |
 | Christian Collins | 22.3 | 14,659 | |
 | Jonathan Hullihan | 12.6 | 8,296 | |
 | Dan McKaughan | 2.4 | 1,585 | |
 | Jessica Wellington | 2.4 | 1,550 | |
 | Candice C. Burrows | 2.3 | 1,519 | |
| Chuck Montgomery | 1.8 | 1,169 | ||
 | Mike Philips | 1.3 | 871 | |
 | Jonathan Mitchell | 1.2 | 791 | |
 | Betsy Bates | 1.1 | 712 | |
| Taylor Whichard | 0.4 | 295 | ||
| Total votes: 65,718 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christopher Revis (R)
- Ryan Jarchow (R)
- Salvador Gallegos (R)
- Adrian Kaiser (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8
Roy Eriksen advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 19, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Roy Eriksen (L) |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dan McKaughan completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McKaughan's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After my 20-year military career ended, I brought by family back to Montgomery, back to my home where I knew the values I grew up with still existed.
I am running for Congress because what makes our Republic great, what makes it original and a beacon of hope to the world, is being lost. In many instances, it is already lost—lost through government overreach; outdated, overly complicated, and unfair taxation; and a push to fundamentally transform America into a European socialist style nation. Our rights are being stripped away. Government is too involved in everyday life. The nation is in a moral tailspin. It’s time for bold, fearless leadership.- Individual liberty and states' rights are the foundation of our Republic. Get the Federal Government out of our lives!
- Government overreach must be reversed and liberty restored to the people.
- Abolish the IRS and income tax. It's an oppressive and manipulative system that divides the nation and punishes success.
I am also concerned about border security and the larger implications of a wide-open border. Additionally, wasteful spending, ridiculous omnibus legislation, and a runaway debt need be stopped.
It's cliche to say that an elected official should be honest, honorable, and truthful. But it's true though. We should be able to hold our elected officials to a higher standard. They're human, yes, but they sought what should be a noble calling and are expected to behave better.
Our elected representatives should also stand for and defend what they believe in, what they ran on, and what they were elected to do. Compromise in these areas undermines their ability to truly represent their constituents.
It was a national tragedy, and my thoughts and prayers still go out to those families and workers affected by that.
This is such a beautiful and elegant approach to running a nation while allowing the states to govern themselves. It's a shame it doesn't seem to be that way any more.
Our greatest challenge, if we desire to keep this Union, will be to get the Federal Government out of the lives of the citizens. And I think this is only doable by returning every possible power to the states and the people.
Let the states be the individual laboratories of democracy they were designed to be.
With the House having the sole Constitutionally granted authority to raise revenue, I can affect what bills are advanced that will positively or negatively impact my constituents' pocket books.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 10, 2021
