David Stall
David Stall (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 13. Stall lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Stall 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.
Stall was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Stall was one of 48 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Biography
David Stall's career experience includes working as a city manager.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Incumbent Ben Leman defeated Cecil R. Webster Sr. in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Leman (R) | 79.1 | 51,126 |
 | Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D) | 20.9 | 13,494 | |
| Total votes: 64,620 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Incumbent Ben Leman defeated Jill Wolfskill in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Leman | 57.3 | 8,062 |
 | Jill Wolfskill | 42.7 | 6,000 | |
| Total votes: 14,062 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Cecil R. Webster Sr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cecil R. Webster Sr. | 100.0 | 3,191 |
| Total votes: 3,191 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Jill Wolfskill and incumbent Ben Leman advanced to a runoff. They defeated David Stall, Daniel McCarthy, and Marc Young in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Wolfskill | 38.5 | 8,874 |
| ✔ | | Ben Leman | 36.2 | 8,349 |
 | David Stall | 13.7 | 3,163 | |
| Daniel McCarthy | 6.0 | 1,385 | ||
 | Marc Young | 5.5 | 1,270 | |
| Total votes: 23,041 | |||
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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?
| Five Republicans filed to run in the election to replace state Rep. Leighton Schubert (R): Ben Leman, Daniel McCarthy, David Stall, Jill Wolfskill, and Marc Young. All candidates in this race signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Wolfskill said she might join the Texas Freedom Caucus if elected.[3] See our coverage of the primary runoff in this race here. Schubert announced that he would resign on January 25 in order to begin working for Blinn College. This set up a separate special election to fill the rest of his term until a replacement was selected in the November 2018 election. Leman, Stall, Young, and Wolfskill filed for the special election as well as the regularly scheduled election.[4] Gov. Greg Abbott set the special election date for May 5, 2018. Endorsements for Wolfskill
Endorsements for Leman
Endorsements for Stall
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Campaign finance
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.
Texas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
| Texas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.2% | 35,420 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.2% | 117,969 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 3,448 | 0 | |
 Ted Cruz |
43.8% | 1,241,118 | 104 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 3,247 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 1,706 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Gray | 0.2% | 5,449 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 6,226 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.2% | 120,473 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 8,000 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 503,055 | 3 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 2,006 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 26.8% | 758,762 | 48 | |
| Other | 1% | 29,609 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,836,488 | 155 | ||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[9][10]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Texas, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ David Stall Campaign, "Meet David," accessed February 3, 2018
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- ↑ Email communication with Ballotpedia staff, February 22, 2018
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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