Jeffrey Blunt
Jeffrey Blunt (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 20th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Mauro Garza and Jeffrey Blunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 20 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joaquin Castro (D) | 64.7 | 175,078 |
 | Mauro Garza (R)  | 33.1 | 89,628 | |
 | Jeffrey Blunt (L) | 2.2 | 6,017 | |
| Total votes: 270,723 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Jonasz (Independent)
- Adam Martinez-Gomez (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20
Mauro Garza defeated Gary Allen in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 20 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mauro Garza | 60.1 | 7,162 |
 | Gary Allen | 39.9 | 4,762 | |
| Total votes: 11,924 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Justin Lecea and Rob Hostetler in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joaquin Castro | 92.1 | 61,861 |
 | Justin Lecea | 4.5 | 3,047 | |
| Rob Hostetler | 3.4 | 2,252 | ||
| Total votes: 67,160 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20
Mauro Garza and Gary Allen advanced to a runoff. They defeated Dominick Dina, Anita Kegley, and Tammy Orta in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mauro Garza | 33.3 | 7,720 |
| ✔ | | Gary Allen | 26.9 | 6,230 |
 | Dominick Dina | 22.6 | 5,242 | |
 | Anita Kegley | 9.5 | 2,210 | |
 | Tammy Orta | 7.7 | 1,786 | |
| Total votes: 23,188 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joshua Carrizales (R)
- Dan McQueen (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20
Jeffrey Blunt advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jeffrey Blunt (L) |
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Jeffrey Blunt in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joaquin Castro (D) | 80.9 | 139,038 |
| Jeffrey Blunt (L) | 19.1 | 32,925 | |
| Total votes: 171,963 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20
Incumbent Joaquin Castro advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 20 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joaquin Castro | 100.0 | 32,189 |
| Total votes: 32,189 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Joaquin Castro (D) defeated Paul Pipkin (G) and Jeffrey Blunt (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Castro faced no opposition in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016. No Republican candidates filed to run in the race.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Joaquin Castro Incumbent |
79.7% | 149,640 | |
| Libertarian | Jeffrey Blunt | 15.5% | 29,055 | |
| Green | Paul Pipkin | 4.8% | 8,974 | |
| Total Votes | 187,669 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
2014
Blunt ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 20th District. Blunt was nominated at the Libertarian Party state convention in April 2014.[3] He was defeated by incumbent Joaquin Castro (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joaquin Castro Incumbent |
75.7% | 66,554 | |
| Libertarian | Jeffrey Blunt | 24.3% | 21,410 | |
| Total Votes | 87,964 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
2012
Blunt ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 23rd District. He ran as a Libertarian candidate. He ran against Pete Gallego (D), incumbent Francisco Canseco (R) and Ed Scharf (G) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Pete Gallego |
50.3% | 96,676 | |
| Republican | Francisco Canseco Incumbent | 45.6% | 87,547 | |
| Libertarian | Jeffrey C. Blunt | 3% | 5,841 | |
| Green | Ed Scharf | 1.1% | 2,105 | |
| Total Votes | 192,169 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jeffrey Blunt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Federal Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Texas Libertarian Party, "Candidate list," accessed June 10, 2012 (dead link)
