John Lerma

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John Lerma

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 1, 2022

John Lerma (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 15th Congressional District. Lerma lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 15

Monica De La Cruz defeated Michelle Vallejo and Ross Lynn Leone in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 15 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Monica De La Cruz (R)	53.3	80,978
		Michelle Vallejo (D)	44.8	68,097
		Ross Lynn Leone (L)	1.9	2,814

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 151,889
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15

Michelle Vallejo defeated Ruben Ramirez in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 15 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Vallejo	50.1	6,079
		Ruben Ramirez	49.9	6,049

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 12,128
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Ramirez	28.3	9,221
✔		Michelle Vallejo	20.1	6,570
		John Villarreal Rigney	19.2	6,268
		Eliza Alvarado	16.5	5,398
		Vanessa Tijerina	10.6	3,470
		Julio Garza	5.2	1,693

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,620
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Roberto Haddad (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Monica De La Cruz	56.5	16,835
		Mauro Garza	15.3	4,544
		Sara Canady	9.2	2,741
		Ryan Krause	9.2	2,728
	Submit photo	Steve Schmuker Jr.	3.6	1,064
	Submit photo	John Lerma	2.2	658
	Submit photo	Jose Aizar Cavazos	1.7	504
	Submit photo	Angela Juarez	1.4	416
		Vangela Churchill	1.0	298

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,788
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15

Ross Lynn Leone advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 15 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Ross Lynn Leone (L)

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Campaign themes

2022

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Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

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