Jim Hogan (Texas)
Jim Hogan (Republican Party) ran for election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. He lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Biography
Hogan's career experience includes running a dairy farm from 1973 to 2005 and serving in the insurance business.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Incumbent Sid Miller defeated Kim Olson and Richard Carpenter in the general election for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sid Miller (R) | 51.3 | 4,221,527 |
 | Kim Olson (D) | 46.4 | 3,822,137 | |
| Richard Carpenter (L) | 2.3 | 191,639 | ||
| Total votes: 8,235,303 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Kim Olson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 6, 2018.
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| ✔ | | Kim Olson |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Incumbent Sid Miller defeated Jim Hogan and Trey Blocker in the Republican primary for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sid Miller | 55.7 | 755,498 |
 | Jim Hogan | 22.9 | 310,431 | |
 | Trey Blocker | 21.5 | 291,583 | |
| Total votes: 1,357,512 | |||
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2014
Hogan ran for election to the office of Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Hogan came in first for the Democratic nomination in the primary on March 4, 2014, and defeated Richard "Kinky" Friedman in a runoff on May 27.[2] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
| Texas Agriculture Commissioner Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Jim Hogan |
38.7% | 190,090 | ||
| Richard "Kinky" Friedman |
37.7% | 185,180 | ||
| Hugh Asa Fitzsimons, III | 23.5% | 115,395 | ||
| Total Votes | 490,665 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
Primary runoff
| Texas Agriculture Commissioner Democratic Primary Runoff, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Jim Hogan |
53.7% | 105,887 | ||
| Richard "Kinky" Friedman | 46.3% | 91,282 | ||
| Total Votes | 197,169 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. Vote totals above are unofficial and reflect 98 precincts reporting. | ||||
General election
| Texas Agriculture Commissioner, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Sid Miller |
58.6% | 2,698,694 | |
| Democrat | Jim Hogan | 36.8% | 1,697,083 | |
| Libertarian | Rocky Palmquist | 2.9% | 132,511 | |
| Green | Kenneth Kendrick | 1.7% | 77,548 | |
| Total Votes | 4,605,836 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State | ||||
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