Matt Farmer
Matt Farmer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 64. Farmer lost in the Democratic primary on March 6, 2018.
On January 23, 2018, Farmer announced his informal withdrawal from the election. He stated, "Without delving into specifics, I've recently had some family issues come up which has occupied a lot of my head space. That's not fair to my staff, to my volunteers, to my supporters and most importantly, to the voters in this district. After meditating on it for the past couple of weeks, I've decided to withdraw from the race, not because I want to, but because I think that I should." His name still appeared on the primary ballot.[1]
Biography
Matt Farmer was born in McKinney, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in English writing and rhetoric from the University of North Texas. Farmer's career experience includes working as an English tutor with the University of North Texas.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 64
Incumbent Lynn Stucky defeated Andrew Morris and Nick Dietrich in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 64 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lynn Stucky (R) | 52.8 | 36,239 |
 | Andrew Morris (D)  | 44.5 | 30,535 | |
| Nick Dietrich (L) | 2.7 | 1,852 | ||
| Total votes: 68,626 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 64
Andrew Morris defeated Mat Pruneda in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 64 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Morris | 54.0 | 1,549 |
 | Mat Pruneda | 46.0 | 1,318 | |
| Total votes: 2,867 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 64
Mat Pruneda and Andrew Morris advanced to a runoff. They defeated Matt Farmer in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 64 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mat Pruneda | 41.7 | 3,063 |
| ✔ | | Andrew Morris | 38.7 | 2,842 |
| Matt Farmer | 19.7 | 1,445 | ||
| Total votes: 7,350 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 64
Incumbent Lynn Stucky defeated Mark Roy in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 64 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lynn Stucky | 64.3 | 8,575 |
 | Mark Roy | 35.7 | 4,754 | |
| Total votes: 13,329 | |||
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See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
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