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Elections and appointments
Last election

March 6, 2018

Personal
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Linda Timmerman (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 8. Timmerman lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.

Timmerman 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

Linda Timmermann's career experience includes working as a dean and vice president at Navarro College. She volunteered with the Corsicana Area Chamber of Commerce and Navarro County Rotary Club. Timmerman was appointed to serve as the director of the Trinity River Authority.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 8

Cody Harris defeated Wesley Ratcliff in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cody Harris
Cody Harris (R)
 
78.2
 
36,535
Wesley Ratcliff (D)
 
21.8
 
10,171

Total votes: 46,706
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 8

Cody Harris defeated Thomas McNutt in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cody Harris
Cody Harris
 
57.0
 
8,379
Image of Thomas McNutt
Thomas McNutt
 
43.0
 
6,329

Total votes: 14,708
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8

Wesley Ratcliff advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Wesley Ratcliff
 
100.0
 
2,534

Total votes: 2,534
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8

Cody Harris and Thomas McNutt advanced to a runoff. They defeated Linda Timmerman in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 8 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cody Harris
Cody Harris
 
44.9
 
8,864
Image of Thomas McNutt
Thomas McNutt
 
39.5
 
7,786
Linda Timmerman
 
15.6
 
3,080

Total votes: 19,730
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
See also: Factions in Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018 and Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018

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
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Races to watch

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. and Straus ally Byron Cook (R): Cody Harris, Thomas McNutt, and Linda Timmerman. All candidates in this race signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. McNutt said he might join the Texas Freedom Caucus if elected.[2]

See our coverage of the primary runoff in this race here.

Endorsements for McNutt

Endorsements for Harris

  • Associated Republicans of Texas[7]
  • Texas Association of Business
  • Texas Farm Bureau[8]
  • Texas Association of Realtors[9]

Endorsements for Timmerman

  • Texas Parent PAC
Campaign finance
See also: Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2018/Campaign finance


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Facebook, "Linda Timmerman," accessed January 29, 2018
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named FreedomC
  3. Texas Tribune, "The Blast," March 1, 2018
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Blastf19
  5. Texas Tribune, "The Blast," March 5, 2018
  6. Texas Tribune, "The Blast," January 23, 2018
  7. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BLASTj25
  8. Texas Tribune, "The Blast," January 30, 2018
  9. Email communication with Ballotpedia staff, February 6, 2018


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