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Jonathan Boos
Jonathan Boos (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 113. Boos lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Boos 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
Jonathan Boos lives in Garland, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas at Dallas and studied law at Southern Methodist University. Boos's career experience includes working as a co-owner of an e-commerce company.[1]
Campaign themes
2016
Boos' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Immigration and Border Security:
Life:
The Second Amendment:
Taxes and Spending Reform: As your representative, my job will be to limit the growth of government and fight for a state budget that prioritizes the core, constitutional functions of government. Education: We should fully fund education, while also ensuring that we are holding our public schools accountable for the education they are providing. This means making sure that our teachers are adequately incentivized by merit-based pay. Students should be able to attend the school that best suits their needs and pushes them towards success, whether it is a public school, a private school, a charter school, or a homeschool environment.[2] |
” |
| —Jonathan Boos[3] | ||
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.[4] Endorsements for Boos Endorsements for Phaup
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Campaign finance
2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[6]
Incumbent Cindy Burkett defeated Rhetta Andrews Bowers in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 general election.[7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 113 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Cindy Burkett Incumbent |
55.16% | 30,501 | |
| Democratic | Rhetta Andrews Bowers | 44.84% | 24,795 | |
| Total Votes | 55,296 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Rhetta Andrews Bowers ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 Democratic Primary.[8][9]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 113 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Rhetta Andrews Bowers (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Cindy Burkett defeated Jonathan Boos in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 Republican Primary.[8][9]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 113 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Cindy Burkett Incumbent |
55.95% | 7,866 | |
| Republican | Jonathan Boos | 44.05% | 6,194 | |
| Total Votes | 14,060 | |||
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas House of Representatives District 113
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016
- Texas State Legislature
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- LinkedIn page
- Texas Legislature website
- Texas House of Representatives
Footnotes
- ↑ Jonathan Boos for Texas, "About," accessed February 10, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Boos for Texas, "Issues," accessed February 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dallas Morning News, "We recommend Jim Phaup in the Republican race for state House District 113," February 7, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBlastf19 - ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
