Keith Bell
Keith Bell (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Bell (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 4. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 3, 2026.
Biography
Keith Bell earned an undergraduate degree from Dallas Baptist University. He founded an electrical contracting business in 1983.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Bell was assigned to the following committees:
- Environmental Regulation Committee
- Land & Resource Management Committee
- Local & Consent Calendars Committee
2021-2022
Bell was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Bell was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2026
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell (R) and Mark Moseley (D) are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| | Keith Bell (R) | |
| Mark Moseley (D) | ||
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Mark Moseley (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Moseley | 100.0 | 11,100 | |
| Total votes: 11,100 | ||||
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 3, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Bell | 100.0 | 17,664 |
| Total votes: 17,664 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell defeated Alex Bar-Sela in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell (R) | 69.7 | 60,287 | |
| Alex Bar-Sela (D) | 30.3 | 26,240 | ||
| Total votes: 86,527 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Alex Bar-Sela advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Bar-Sela | 100.0 | 3,382 | |
| Total votes: 3,382 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell defeated Joshua Feuerstein in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell | 75.1 | 15,863 | |
| Joshua Feuerstein | 24.9 | 5,255 | ||
| Total votes: 21,118 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell defeated Matt Savino in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell (R) | 77.3 | 42,041 | |
Matt Savino (L) ![]() | 22.7 | 12,374 | ||
| Total votes: 54,415 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell | 100.0 | 14,336 | |
| Total votes: 14,336 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Matt Savino advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Matt Savino (L) ![]() | |
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell defeated K. Nicole Sprabary in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell (R) | 79.1 | 65,903 | |
| K. Nicole Sprabary (L) | 20.9 | 17,437 | ||
| Total votes: 83,340 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Keith Bell advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell | 100.0 | 23,478 | |
| Total votes: 23,478 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 4
K. Nicole Sprabary advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | K. Nicole Sprabary (L) | |
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Keith Bell defeated Eston Williams and D. Allen Miller in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell (R) | 74.1 | 44,669 | |
| Eston Williams (D) | 24.2 | 14,581 | ||
| D. Allen Miller (L) | 1.7 | 1,029 | ||
| Total votes: 60,279 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Keith Bell defeated Stuart Spitzer in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Keith Bell | 58.9 | 7,892 | |
| Stuart Spitzer | 41.1 | 5,508 | ||
| Total votes: 13,400 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Eston Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eston Williams | 100.0 | 3,229 | |
| Total votes: 3,229 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4
Stuart Spitzer and Keith Bell advanced to a runoff. They defeated Ashley McKee and Earl Brunner in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 4 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stuart Spitzer | 45.8 | 9,376 | |
| ✔ | Keith Bell | 26.2 | 5,367 | |
| Ashley McKee | 25.7 | 5,269 | ||
| Earl Brunner | 2.3 | 474 | ||
| Total votes: 20,486 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marty Reid (R)
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?
| Four Republicans filed to run in the election to replace state Rep. Lance Gooden (R): Keith Bell, Earl Brunner, Ashley McKee, and Stuart Spitzer. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates in this race except for Brunner signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Spitzer said he might join the Texas Freedom Caucus if elected.[2] See our coverage of the primary runoff in this race here. Endorsements for Bell
Endorsements for McKee
Endorsements for Spitzer |
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2025.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
In 2024, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2023.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
In 2022, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2021.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.
- Sierra Club Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
In 2020, the Texas State Legislature was either not in session or no scorecards were found. Please contact us if you would like to suggest a scorecard.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Texas State Legislature in 2019.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Environment Texas — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and public health issues.
- Texans for Fiscal Responsibility — Legislators are scored based by the organization on their votes on bills relating to "core budget and free enterprise issues."
- Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom — Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills relating to taxes and property rights.
- Texas Eagle Forum — Legislators are scored based on votes relating to conservative issues.
- Texas Right to Life — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Texas Values Action — Legislators are scored on their votes on social issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Keith Bell - Conservative for Texas House, "Meet Keith," accessed January 24, 2018
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| Preceded by Lance Gooden (R) |
Texas House of Representatives District 4 2019-Present |
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