Mark Mitchell (Texas)
Mark Mitchell (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Biography
Mark Mitchell lives in Texas. Mitchell’s career experience includes working as a physician, attorney, and business owner.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 6
Ronald Wright defeated Jana Lynne Sanchez and Jason Harber in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ronald Wright (R) | 53.1 | 135,961 |
![]() | Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) | 45.4 | 116,350 | |
Jason Harber (L) | 1.5 | 3,731 |
Total votes: 256,042 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gregory Brady (Independent)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6
Jana Lynne Sanchez defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jana Lynne Sanchez | 53.1 | 6,103 |
![]() | Ruby Faye Woolridge | 46.9 | 5,386 |
Total votes: 11,489 | ||||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6
Ronald Wright defeated Jake Ellzey in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ronald Wright | 52.2 | 12,747 |
![]() | Jake Ellzey | 47.8 | 11,686 |
Total votes: 24,433 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6
Ruby Faye Woolridge and Jana Lynne Sanchez advanced to a runoff. They defeated John W. Duncan, Justin Snider, and Levii Shocklee in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruby Faye Woolridge | 36.9 | 10,857 |
✔ | ![]() | Jana Lynne Sanchez | 36.9 | 10,838 |
![]() | John W. Duncan | 13.5 | 3,978 | |
![]() | Justin Snider | 6.9 | 2,014 | |
![]() | Levii Shocklee | 5.8 | 1,702 |
Total votes: 29,389 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ronald Wright | 45.1 | 20,750 |
✔ | ![]() | Jake Ellzey | 21.8 | 9,999 |
![]() | Ken Cope | 7.7 | 3,540 | |
![]() | Shannon Dubberly | 6.3 | 2,884 | |
![]() | Mark Mitchell | 4.7 | 2,152 | |
Troy Ratterree | 4.0 | 1,858 | ||
![]() | Kevin Harrison | 3.9 | 1,771 | |
Deborah Gagliardi | 3.6 | 1,676 | ||
![]() | Thomas Dillingham | 1.2 | 544 | |
Shawn Dandridge | 1.1 | 518 | ||
Mel Hassell | 0.6 | 268 |
Total votes: 45,960 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated M. Mark Mitchell (R) and Roy Carl Stanley (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Veasey defeated Carlos Quintanilla in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016, while Mitchell defeated Bruce Chadwick to win the Republican nomination.[2][3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
73.7% | 93,147 | |
Republican | M. Mark Mitchell | 26.3% | 33,222 | |
Total Votes | 126,369 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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52.4% | 6,411 | ||
Bruce Chadwick | 47.6% | 5,831 | ||
Total Votes | 12,242 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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63.4% | 20,526 | ||
Carlos Quintanilla | 36.6% | 11,846 | ||
Total Votes | 32,372 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Mitchell's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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—M. Mark Mitchell's campaign website, http://mmarkmitchell.com/issues.html |
Campaign finance summary
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2018
- Texas' 6th Congressional District
- Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2016
- Texas' 33rd Congressional District
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- Campaign YouTube page
Footnotes
- ↑ Mitchell US Congress, "About," accessed February 6, 2018
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.