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Lamar Lewis
Lamar Lewis (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 24. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.
Lewis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lamar Lewis was born in Temple, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1976. His career experience includes working as legislative staff for House District 55.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 24
Peter P. Flores defeated Kathy Jones-Hospod in the general election for Texas State Senate District 24 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter P. Flores (R) | 64.3 | 187,598 |
 | Kathy Jones-Hospod (D)  | 35.7 | 104,063 | |
| Total votes: 291,661 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 24
Peter P. Flores defeated Raul Reyes Jr. in the Republican primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 24 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter P. Flores | 59.2 | 28,116 |
 | Raul Reyes Jr. | 40.8 | 19,417 | |
| Total votes: 47,533 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 24
Kathy Jones-Hospod defeated Jeremy Kohlwes in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 24 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathy Jones-Hospod | 79.9 | 20,753 |
 | Jeremy Kohlwes | 20.1 | 5,208 | |
| Total votes: 25,961 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 24
Peter P. Flores and Raul Reyes Jr. advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lamar Lewis in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 24 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter P. Flores | 46.1 | 38,342 |
| ✔ | | Raul Reyes Jr. | 32.7 | 27,243 |
 | Lamar Lewis | 21.2 | 17,650 | |
| Total votes: 83,235 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ellen Troxclair (R)
Libertarian convention
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Holly Teel (L)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lamar Lewis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lewis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I coached and taught school for 33 years across the state including Floresville and Bandera ISDs and additionally been head football/athletic director at four different high schools. While teaching and coaching, I also was active with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life ministries. Upon retirement, we moved back to Temple where I have been active in the following organizations:
• Past president, Temple Kiwanis Club • Past president, Bell County Retired School Employees Association • Treasurer of Little River-Academy Santa’s Sharing Group • Bandera County Young Life Executive Committee
I have been employed by House District 55 as District Director and have been a precinct chairman. I am actively involved in Bell County Republican Party and was honored to be the Bell County delegate to the 2016 National Republican Convention.
I serve with my wife as co-director of the Adult 5 Sunday School department at First Baptist Church, Belton.- I would fight to lower property taxes.
- I am passionate about defending the border, our elections, and our God given rights.
- Texas needs great schools that teach Texas values and partner with parents.
This book communicates in a very poignant manner the world view that I espouse.
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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Lamar Lewis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lewis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I coached and taught school for 33 years across the state including Floresville and Bandera ISDs and additionally been head football/athletic director at four different high schools. While teaching and coaching, I also was active with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life ministries. Upon retirement, we moved back to Temple where I have been active in the following organizations:
• Past president, Temple Kiwanis Club • Past president, Bell County Retired School Employees Association • Treasurer of Little River-Academy Santa’s Sharing Group • Bandera County Young Life Executive Committee
I have been employed by House District 55 as District Director and have been a precinct chairman. I am actively involved in Bell County Republican Party and was honored to be the Bell County delegate to the 2016 National Republican Convention.
I serve with my wife as co-director of the Adult 5 Sunday School department at First Baptist Church, Belton.- I would fight to lower property taxes.
- I am passionate about defending the border, our elections, and our God given rights.
- Texas needs great schools that teach Texas values and partner with parents.
This book communicates in a very poignant manner the world view that I espouse.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
2016 Republican National Convention
Lewis was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Lewis was one of 104 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[2] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.
Texas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
| Texas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.2% | 35,420 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.2% | 117,969 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 3,448 | 0 | |
 Ted Cruz |
43.8% | 1,241,118 | 104 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 3,247 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 1,706 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Gray | 0.2% | 5,449 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 6,226 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.2% | 120,473 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 8,000 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 503,055 | 3 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 2,006 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 26.8% | 758,762 | 48 | |
| Other | 1% | 29,609 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,836,488 | 155 | ||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[3][4]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 24, 2022
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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