Matt McArthur
Matt McArthur (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 13th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Texas' 13th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 13th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 13
Ronny L. Jackson defeated Gus Trujillo and Jack Westbrook in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 13 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ronny L. Jackson (R) | 79.4 | 217,124 |
 | Gus Trujillo (D)  | 18.5 | 50,477 | |
 | Jack Westbrook (L) | 2.2 | 5,907 | |
| Total votes: 273,508 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 13
Gus Trujillo defeated Greg Sagan in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 13 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gus Trujillo | 66.4 | 4,988 |
 | Greg Sagan | 33.6 | 2,529 | |
| Total votes: 7,517 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 13
Ronny L. Jackson defeated Josh Winegarner in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 13 on July 14, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronny L. Jackson | 55.6 | 36,684 |
 | Josh Winegarner | 44.4 | 29,327 | |
| Total votes: 66,011 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 13
Gus Trujillo and Greg Sagan advanced to a runoff. They defeated Timothy Gassaway in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 13 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gus Trujillo | 42.2 | 6,995 |
| ✔ | | Greg Sagan | 34.7 | 5,752 |
 | Timothy Gassaway | 23.1 | 3,825 | |
| Total votes: 16,572 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 13
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 13 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Winegarner | 38.9 | 39,062 |
| ✔ | | Ronny L. Jackson | 20.0 | 20,048 |
 | Chris Ekstrom | 15.3 | 15,387 | |
 | Elaine Hays | 7.7 | 7,701 | |
 | Lee Harvey | 3.8 | 3,841 | |
 | Vance Snider II | 3.5 | 3,500 | |
 | Mark Neese | 3.0 | 2,984 | |
 | Matt McArthur | 1.8 | 1,816 | |
 | Diane Knowlton | 1.5 | 1,464 | |
 | Richard Herman | 0.9 | 915 | |
 | Asusena Resendiz | 0.8 | 818 | |
 | Jamie Culley | 0.8 | 779 | |
 | Monique Worthy | 0.7 | 748 | |
 | Catherine Carr | 0.7 | 707 | |
 | Jason Foglesong | 0.6 | 579 | |
| Total votes: 100,349 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 13
Jack Westbrook advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 13 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Westbrook (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Matt McArthur did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
McArthur's campaign website stated the following:
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Gun Control I won’t vote for a single gun control bill until the federal government starts enforcing the laws we have. As an example, when a prohibited person attempts to buy a firearm they usually commit multiple state and federal crimes. Currently the federal government has prosecuted less than one percent of these crimes. Without proper enforcement of existing laws there’s no real way to know which ones work and which don’t. How could I vote to give the Justice Department more laws to enforce when they’ve demonstrated themselves completely incapable of enforcing the ones they have? We also need to begin by addressing the reasons gun crimes are committed. If Great Britain has taught us anything, it’s that gun laws don’t cut the murder or assault rates. We must get to the root cause of the criminal activity. That means better mental health care, anti-bullying initiatives and better community policing. We also need to look at which state programs have effectively cut crime and see if they can be instituted on a federal level. Education We’ve learned over the last few decades that simply throwing money at education isn’t going to solve the problem. We’ve learned that telling every high school graduate to get a college degree they must go into debt for isn’t doing a lot of good either. We’ve also discovered that standardized tests don't accurately assess student achievements. I will introduce legislation that ties federal education spending to certain requirements for the states. One will be tying the average teacher pay to the cost of living in the area. Poor school districts especially need to be able to keep their experienced teachers. I’d also require that school districts have strong vocational programs that evolve to answer the job needs for their area. We seem to want every kid to become a doctor or lawyer when the economy is full of high paying jobs in the vocational sectors we can’t fill because schools put everyone on the college track. I will require school funding to be tied to schools with a serious security plan, not just for active shooters but for all the other less-publicized crime that goes on around schools. If our schools are unwilling to make serious efforts to keep our kids safe, why would we trust them with our kids? Farm Bill I will never support a farm bill that doesn’t include cotton. Immigration I’ve worked with and alongside immigrants during my career, both in law enforcement and in the oil fields. Most Americans descend from immigrants, which is something that makes our nation unique in the world. Unfortunately, the current immigration system is broken, and our immigration laws are very poorly enforced. Like our president, I believe we need strong border security and a wall. I also think we need a fair immigration plan that includes a guest worker program and emphasizes the needs of our farmers, but we need to make sure we’re not letting immigrants in at the expense of our own workers. Macmillan eBook Embargo On Nov. 1, 2019, Macmillan Publishers, one of the five largest publishers in the U.S., began limiting libraries to purchasing only one copy of each new eBook title for the first eight weeks after a book’s release. This limits access to new titles for libraries and means limiting access to readers, including the elderly and disabled folks who can read eBooks much easier than print books. It also restricts access to people in rural areas who may check out eBooks more than print books because they don’t have a library close to their home. I want libraries to purchase as many copies as they want for their library patrons. Taxes I won’t vote for a personal income tax rate increase outside of a declared war, ever. We’ve learned from the Trump administration that putting money back into the hands of working Americans causes economic growth, specifically in jobs and wages. I want to see this economy continue to flourish and the best way to do that it to make taxes as low as possible. Military We have the finest military in the world, but we need to pay our soldiers enough to retain the good ones. I would tie any Congressional cost of living raise to military pay. If a senator can’t live in Washington DC making 185k a year how does a Sargent at the Pentagon do it making 30k? I’ll also hold the VA accountable at all times. Our veterans deserve the finest care money can buy and they shouldn’t have to drive for hours to get it. I will introduce bills expanding the number of VA clinics and hospitals and expand the care they provide. I’ve volunteered to drive veterans to VA clinics because they didn’t have the gas money to go from Houston to Austin, when there was a VA hospital half an hour away from their homes. These men had to use the Austin clinic because they had been put in the area that Austin serves. I’ll introduce a bill that would allow veterans to use whichever competent VA hospital they choose instead of instituting arbitrary requirements. I’ll introduce funding for veteran mental health. If we can send an 18-year-old to fight in a war we owe it to them to fix them mentally when they get home. I’ve also seen estimates that say as many as 80% of our homeless population are veterans. As a police officer I dealt with the homeless population regularly. The federal government must put programs into effect that fund homeless shelters, expand mental health treatment and programs that help homeless people get back into homes. Health Care We need to make health care more affordable. One of the most effective ways is to let insurers sell across state lines. We should also make it illegal for hospitals to charge uninsured patients more than they charge insurance companies. A hundred dollars for an aspirin is not overpriced-- it’s fraud. I’ll introduce this legislation. I’ll also present a bill which allows for Medicare to pay for transportation for our poor and elderly. Patients in rural areas often can’t afford to go to a doctor for basic care, and as a last resort they call an ambulance. Many EMTs joke that an ambulance is often a taxi. This puts pressure on our local first responders and leaves the poor swimming in medical debt when it would be cheaper to fund a transportation service. Crime As a former police officer I know how important it is to be a nation of laws. I also know first-hand how impactful poorly written laws can be. In Congress my first priority will be the safety and security of this country, but I’ll always have the possible unintended consequences of a law in mind. We must do everything we can to keep our streets safe, but we must also do everything we can not to lose our compassion. Impeachment I will not vote to impeach the president based on the evidence currently presented. The impeachment clause of the Constitution is a tool to be used sparingly and never to overturn an election.[1] |
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| —Matt McArthur[2] | ||
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Matt McArthur's 2020 campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 19, 2020
