Mack Latimer

Mack Latimer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 31st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.

Latimer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Mack Latimer earned a bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy in 2016 and served in the U.S. Army from 2016 to 2021.^[1]

Elections

2024

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 31st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Incumbent John Carter defeated Stuart Whitlow in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 31 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John Carter (R)	64.4	229,087
	Stuart Whitlow (D)	35.6	126,470

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 355,557
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Caleb Ferrell (L)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31

Stuart Whitlow defeated Brian Walbridge in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31 on May 28, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Stuart Whitlow	68.5	3,512
	Brian Walbridge	31.5	1,614

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,126
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Stuart Whitlow and Brian Walbridge advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rick Von Pfeil in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Stuart Whitlow	48.4	10,023
✔	Brian Walbridge	25.8	5,346
	Rick Von Pfeil	25.8	5,332

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,701
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John Carter	65.3	55,092
	Mike Williams	11.1	9,355
	Mack Latimer	7.8	6,593
	Abhiram Garapati	7.4	6,256
	William Abel	5.2	4,362
	John Anderson	3.2	2,732

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,390
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31

Caleb Ferrell advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Caleb Ferrell (L)

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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Mack Latimer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Latimer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Mack Latimer is a West Point graduate, combat veteran, and small business owner in Bell County, Texas. After finishing his service to the Army, Mack was elected chair of the Bell County Republican Party. As Chair, Mack focused on election integrity and building unity within the party. He resigned from the Party in 2023 to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is an active member of his community, serving on the Boards of the Military Officers Association of America and the Temple Founder Lions Club and serving as a deacon at Grace Bible Church. Mack is married to Assistant District Attorney Laura Beth Latimer and father to one daughter, Kira.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Mack is running to improve our military for soldiers, their families, and communities surrounding military posts.
Mack is running to balance our budget and get the national debt under control.
Mack is running to secure our border and fix our broken immigration system.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As the son two veterans and a combat veteran himself, Mack is passionate about the military and its operations. He has seen the corruption and bureaucracy of the modern military firsthand and has fought back and won. Additionally, he lives in Bell County, Texas, home to the largest military installation in the world. He sees the heavy impact of the post on the surrounding community, and hopes to advocate for the improvement of these communities nationwide.

Mack is also deeply passionate about shrinking the size and scope of the federal government. For nearly a hundred years, the federal government has been exponentially increasing in size and the federal debt has ballooned to nearly $34 trillion dollars. Mack is a firm believer in cutting spending, balancing the budget, and limiting the government to operations expressly enumerated in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution.

Finally, Mack is passionate about securing the border. As the husband of a prosecutor, Mack is acutely aware of the steady influx of organized crime seeping across the Southern border. He firmly believes that the solution is to promptly secure the border and fix the perverse incentives caused by our current immigration system.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Michael Blomquist, Mayor of Harker Heights

Tony Canterino, City Council Member of Harker Heights

Jennifer McCann, City Council of Harker Heights

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Campaign website

Latimer’s campaign website stated the following:

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STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING
Joe Biden & the Democrats are pushing our country into economic collapse with out of control spending and inflation-causing policies. Even with a balanced budget today, we are still on track to pay twice as much on interest payments than we do on defense spending. That’s over $5,000 per person per year. Our families and businesses need relief – I support the Freedom Caucus budget to bring true economic reform to Washington.

FINISH THE WALL
Without a strong border, we fail to offer the basic protections that a government should; we must end the invasion. That starts with finishing the wall, reinforcing border patrol, and sending illegals to the back of the line. Joe Biden’s open border is flooding our state with crime and is driving families’ wages down. Anyone who comes to the US by any means other than the legal immigration process is breaking the laws of our country and must be subjected to the consequences of their actions.

DEFEND LIBERTY
Our Constitution and Bill of Rights are under attack. Conservative voices are being stifled online by the government controlling Big Tech, the federal government continues to balloon in size while the states lose their power, and Joe Biden is overreaching into our lives through unlawful executive orders. I’ll take the fight to Washington and remind the DC Elites that it is We The People who hold the power.

PROTECT THE 2ND AMENDMENT
Without the Second Amendment, the rest of the provisions in the Constitution are powerless. Democrats and leftists continue to attempt to take our guns and strip us of one of our most crucial protections. The Second Amendment could not be more clear, “Shall not be infringed” means “Shall not be infringed.” In Washington, I’ll never back down from the fight to ensure our right to keep and bear arms is protected.

FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS
To remain as the most powerful military power in the world, we must fairly compensate our troops, modernize our military, stop wasteful spending, and put America First. I have experienced and seen the problems our soldiers face first-hand. In Washington, I will work tirelessly to ensure our troops are appreciated, protected, and treated fairly.^[2]

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—Mack Latimer’s campaign website (2024)^[3]

Campaign finance summary

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Mack Latimer campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Texas District 31	Lost primary	$30,163	$25,316
Grand total			$30,163	$25,316
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Footnotes

↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 2, 2023
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Mack Latimer for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 14, 2024

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[1] Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 2, 2023

[quotedisclaimer-2] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[3] Mack Latimer for Congress, “Issues,” accessed January 14, 2024

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Mack Latimer

Contents

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 31

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 31

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 31

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 31

Endorsements

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign website

Campaign finance summary

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