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Gail Stanart
Gail Stanart (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 126. Stanart lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Stanart 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.
Biography
Gail Stanart's career experience includes managing an oil and gas construction office and operating an insurance business.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 126
E. Sam Harless defeated Natali Hurtado in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 126 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | E. Sam Harless (R) | 54.8 | 30,399 |
 | Natali Hurtado (D) | 45.2 | 25,035 | |
| Total votes: 55,434 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 126
Natali Hurtado defeated Undrai Fizer in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 126 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Natali Hurtado | 77.7 | 3,560 |
 | Undrai Fizer | 22.3 | 1,023 | |
| Total votes: 4,583 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 126
E. Sam Harless defeated Kevin Fulton and Gail Stanart in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 126 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | E. Sam Harless | 50.6 | 5,110 |
 | Kevin Fulton | 35.9 | 3,621 | |
 | Gail Stanart | 13.5 | 1,366 | |
| Total votes: 10,097 | |||
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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?
| Three Republicans filed to run in the election to replace state Rep. Kevin Roberts (R): Kevin Fulton, E. Sam Harless, and Gail Stanart. Endorsements for Fulton
Endorsements for Harless
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Campaign finance
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Gail Stanart Campaign -- Republican for Texas House District 126, "About," accessed February 16, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBlastf8 - ↑ prnewswire, "Governor Mike Huckabee Endorses Kevin Fulton for State Representative," February 13, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Kevin Fulton War Vet & Conservative," February 20, 2018
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "For House District 126: E. Sam Harless," February 17, 2018
