Jill Wolfskill
Jill Wolfskill (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 13. Wolfskill lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 22, 2018.
Wolfskill also ran in a special election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 13. Wolfskill lost in the special general election on May 5, 2018.
Wolfskill 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
Jill Wolfskill earned a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Houston. Wolfskill's career experience includes owning and operating James Industries, Inc.[1]
Elections
2018
Regular election
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.[2] 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.[3] 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
Special election
A special election for the office of Texas House of Representatives District 13 was held on May 5, 2018. Candidates had until March 5, 2018, to file nomination papers with the secretary of state.[8]
On February 4, 2018, state Rep. Leighton Schubert (R) resigned from the state House to accept a position with Blinn College.[9]
Ben Leman (R) and Jill Wolfskill (R) defeated Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D) in the general election and advanced to a runoff election. Leman then defeated Wolfskill in Texas' regular primary runoff election for the seat on May 22, 2018, prompting Wolfskill to drop out of the special election race for the seat. As a result, the runoff was cancelled, and Leman was declared the winner.[10][11][12]
General election
Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Ben Leman defeated Jill Wolfskill and Cecil R. Webster Sr. in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 13 on May 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Leman (R) | 43.2 | 6,792 |
| Jill Wolfskill (R) | 35.1 | 5,528 | |
| Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D) | 21.7 | 3,408 | |
| Total votes: 15,728 | |||
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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
- ↑ Jill Wolfskill for Texas House, "About," accessed January 29, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Email communication with Ballotpedia staff, February 22, 2018
- ↑ Office of the Texas Governor, "Governor Abbott Sets Date For Special Election In HD 13," February 16, 2018
- ↑ The Seattle Times, "Special election May 5 to fill Schubert’s Texas House seat," February 16, 2018
- ↑ Vote Texas, "Candidates for State Representative, District 13 Special Election," accessed March 21, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2018 Special Election House District 13," May 5, 2018
- ↑ Twitter "Patrick Svitek," May 23, 2018
