Luke Spencer

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Luke Spencer

Libertarian Party

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Luke Spencer (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Wendell Champion, Luke Spencer, and Vince Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	73.3	180,952
		Wendell Champion (R)	23.5	58,033
		Luke Spencer (L)	1.8	4,514
		Vince Duncan (Independent)	1.4	3,396

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,895
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18

Wendell Champion defeated Robert Cadena in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 18 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendell Champion	71.8	4,000
		Robert Cadena	28.2	1,570

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,570
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee	77.1	49,729
		Marc Flores	8.3	5,353
		Bimal Patel	3.8	2,456
		Jerry Ford Sr.	3.7	2,417
		Stevens Orozco	3.4	2,180
		Michael Allen	2.6	1,672
		Donovan Boson	1.1	709

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,516
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendell Champion	35.1	3,428
✔		Robert Cadena	20.5	2,005
		T.C. Manning	18.7	1,823
		Nathan Milliron	11.0	1,076
		Ava Pate	8.1	794
	Submit photo	Nellie Heiskell	6.5	638

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,764
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Whitney Hatter (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18

Luke Spencer advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Luke Spencer (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Ava Pate, Luke Spencer, and Vince Duncan in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	75.2	138,704
		Ava Pate (R)	20.8	38,368
		Luke Spencer (L)	2.2	4,067
		Vince Duncan (Independent)	1.7	3,193

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,332
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lori Bartley (Independent)
• Jessica Peterka (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Richard Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee	86.0	34,514
		Richard Johnson	14.0	5,604

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,118
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Ava Pate advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ava Pate	100.0	7,634

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2020

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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)

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Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

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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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