Jim Largent
Jim Largent (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 60. Largent lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Largent 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
Jim Largent studied at Lamar University and earned a master's degree and a doctorate from Sam Houston State University. Largent's career experience includes working as the superintendent of Granbury Independent School District.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Mike Lang won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 60 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Lang (R) | 100.0 | 56,741 |
| Total votes: 56,741 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Mike Lang defeated Jim Largent and Gregory Risse in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 60 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Lang | 58.3 | 15,893 |
 | Jim Largent | 38.5 | 10,485 | |
 | Gregory Risse | 3.2 | 882 | |
| Total votes: 27,260 | |||
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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?
| Yes. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Jim Largent and Gregory Risse challenged Freedom Caucus member Mike Lang in his primary. In January 2018, Largent, the superintendent of the Granbury Independent School District and an opponent of school choice legislation and bills regulating bathroom usage in Texas, received a vote of no confidence from the Hood County Republican Party. According to Hood County GOP Chairman Jim Logan, "To our knowledge, he has never participated in local or state Republican Party activities. He has said he disagrees with most of the party platform, and openly disparages Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick." Largent said in response that he "[pledged his] allegiance to the Constitution, Jesus Christ and the people who live in House District 60.” At the time of the vote, he had not signed a pledge agreeing to vote for the House Republican caucus' choice for House speaker on the floor.[2] As of January 31, 2018, Risse had not signed the pledge either and Lang had signed it. Support and endorsements for Largent
Endorsements for Lang
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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
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- Texas Legislature website
Footnotes
- ↑ Jim Largent, "About Jim Largent," accessed February 15, 2018
- ↑ Texas Monitor, "Republicans spank ‘Big Ed’ candidate with no-confidence vote," January 12, 2018
- ↑ Texas Monitor, "School contractor boosts Granbury ISD superintendent’s House campaign," January 18, 2018
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