Jim Phaup
Jim Phaup (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 113. Phaup lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Phaup served as mayor of Sunnyvale, Texas from 1999 to 2009. He was elected to another term in 2011. Phaup served on the Sunnyvale ISD Board of Trustees from 1996 to 1999.[1]
Phaup 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 Phaup earned a bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1975 and a master's degree in business administration from Texas A&M University in 1987. Phaup's career experience includes working as president and CEO of Sanden International and as area manager of Eaton Corporation.[1] Phaup was elected to serve as the president on the board of the Sunnyvale Independent School District.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Jonathan Boos in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) | 53.5 | 28,170 |
 | Jonathan Boos (R) | 46.5 | 24,500 | |
| Total votes: 52,670 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Billy Ingram in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rhetta Andrews Bowers | 64.6 | 4,136 |
 | Billy Ingram | 35.4 | 2,265 | |
| Total votes: 6,401 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113
Jonathan Boos defeated Charlie Lauersdorf and Jim Phaup in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jonathan Boos | 54.4 | 4,578 |
 | Charlie Lauersdorf | 27.5 | 2,316 | |
 | Jim Phaup | 18.0 | 1,517 | |
| Total votes: 8,411 | |||
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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. Cindy Burkett (R): Jonathan Boos, Jim Phaup, and Charlie Lauersdorf. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates in this race except for Lauersdorf had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. In an interview with the Dallas Morning News,
Phaup listed his priorities as tuition costs, highway funding, and public school funding. He also said he would not have opposed the bathroom bill from the 2017 special session.[3] Endorsements for Boos Endorsements for Phaup
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2018
Phaup provided the following description of his political philosophy to Ballotpedia:
| “ | To serve and represent the citizens and stakeholders of District 113 in not only the 'big things' that will happen in Austin, but the daily, smaller things that are important and of value to individuals and businesses in the District.[1][5] | ” |
| —Jim Phaup, 2018 | ||
He added:
| “ | I am the only Republican candidate for this District who has lived in the District continuously over the past 36 years and the only one who has been held accountable by voters in a role of public service.[1][5] | ” |
| —Jim Phaup, 2018 | ||
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
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- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- Texas Legislature website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on February 5, 2018
- ↑ Jim Phaup for Texas House, "About," accessed February 17, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Jim Phaup in the Republican race for state House District 113," February 7, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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