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John Huffman (Texas)

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John Huffman
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John Huffman (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 9. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.

Biography

John Huffman was born in and lives in Texas. His career experience includes working as a small business owner and as an attorney. Huffman was elected to the city council and became mayor of Southlake, Texas.[1]

Elections

2026

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2026

General election

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General election for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Taylor Rehmet and Leigh Wambsganss are running in the general election for Texas State Senate District 9 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Taylor Rehmet
Taylor Rehmet (D)
Image of Leigh Wambsganss
Leigh Wambsganss (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Incumbent Taylor Rehmet advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Taylor Rehmet
Taylor Rehmet
 
100.0
 
67,705

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 67,705
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9

Leigh Wambsganss advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 9 on March 3, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leigh Wambsganss
Leigh Wambsganss
 
100.0
 
67,562

There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 67,562
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2025

See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2025

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 9

Taylor Rehmet defeated Leigh Wambsganss in the special general runoff election for Texas State Senate District 9 on January 31, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Taylor Rehmet
Taylor Rehmet (D)
 
57.2
 
54,267
Image of Leigh Wambsganss
Leigh Wambsganss (R)
 
42.8
 
40,598

There were no incumbents in this race. Source

Total votes: 94,865
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General election

Special general election for Texas State Senate District 9

Taylor Rehmet and Leigh Wambsganss advanced to a runoff. They defeated John Huffman in the special general election for Texas State Senate District 9 on November 4, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Taylor Rehmet
Taylor Rehmet (D)
 
47.6
 
56,565
✔
Image of Leigh Wambsganss
Leigh Wambsganss (R)
 
35.9
 
42,739
Image of John Huffman
John Huffman (R)
 
16.5
 
19,608

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 118,912
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Endorsements

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2024

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Brandon Gill defeated Ernest Lineberger III and Phil Gray in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brandon Gill
Brandon Gill (R)
 
62.1
 
241,096
Image of Ernest Lineberger III
Ernest Lineberger III (D) Candidate Connection
 
35.7
 
138,558
Image of Phil Gray
Phil Gray (L)
 
2.3
 
8,773

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 388,427
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Ernest Lineberger III advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ernest Lineberger III
Ernest Lineberger III Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
18,308

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 18,308
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brandon Gill
Brandon Gill
 
58.4
 
49,876
Image of Scott Armey
Scott Armey Candidate Connection
 
14.5
 
12,400
Image of John Huffman
John Huffman
 
10.0
 
8,559
Image of Luisa Del Rosal
Luisa Del Rosal Candidate Connection
 
4.6
 
3,949
Image of Doug Robison
Doug Robison
 
3.5
 
2,999
Image of Mark Rutledge
Mark Rutledge
 
2.5
 
2,130
Image of Joel Krause
Joel Krause Candidate Connection
 
2.3
 
1,959
Image of Neena Biswas
Neena Biswas Candidate Connection
 
1.9
 
1,665
Image of Burt Thakur
Burt Thakur Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
975
Image of Vlad De Franceschi
Vlad De Franceschi Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
572
Image of Jason Kergosien
Jason Kergosien Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
366

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 85,450
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26

Phil Gray advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
✔
Image of Phil Gray
Phil Gray (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Huffman in this election.

Pledges

Huffman signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

Campaign themes

2026

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2025

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2024

John Huffman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Huffman’s campaign website stated the following:

“
  • Limited government by cutting costs, reducing debt, and eliminating bloated, abusive federal programs;
  • Stopping the weaponization of the administrative state against the American people;
  • Truly secure borders where we enforce our laws, deport illegal immigrants, and use all means necessary, including our military, to decimate Mexican cartels who are killing tens of thousands of Americans every year;
  • Vast expansion of American energy development of oil, natural gas, and next generation nuclear as the necessary base load resources we need to drive affordable, abundant, and reliable energy to lower costs and help create a manufacturing renaissance necessary to expand middle class growth in America;
  • Refocusing our armed forces on true national security needs that will meet our generation’s challenges on land, air, sea, in space, and across the Internet; and
  • Preservation of our God-given liberties against Biden’s weaponized government, Big Tech oligarchs who want to stifle conservative opinions and free speech, and Marxist authoritarians who want to indoctrinate our children, ban our 2nd amendment rights, and legalize abortion even after a child is born alive.[2]
 ”
—John Huffman’s campaign website (2024)[3]

Campaign finance summary

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John Huffman campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024U.S. House Texas District 26Lost primary$455,851 $455,734
Grand total$455,851 $455,734
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ John Huffman, Conservative for Congress, "Meet John," accessed January 18, 2024
    2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    3. ↑ John Huffman, Conservative for Congress, "John's Vision," accessed January 18, 2024


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