Phil Kurtz

Phil Kurtz (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Carmen Montiel, Vince Duncan, and Phil Kurtz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	70.7	110,511
	Carmen Montiel (R)	26.2	40,941
	Vince Duncan (Independent)	1.8	2,766
	Phil Kurtz (L)	1.3	2,050

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,268
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Incumbent Sheila Jackson Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee	100.0	35,194

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,194
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Cassius Marcellous Evergreen (D)
Charles Thompson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Carmen Montiel advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Montiel	100.0	11,087

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,087
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Scott Huckabee (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18

Phil Kurtz advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 12, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Kurtz (L)	90.7	39
	Other/Write-in votes	9.3	4

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43
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2020

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Phil Kurtz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sylvia Garcia (D)	71.4	111,305
	Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco (R)	27.5	42,840
	Phil Kurtz (L)	1.1	1,683

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 155,828
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	28,180

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,180
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco defeated Robert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	56.9	4,336
	Robert Schafranek	43.1	3,286

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,622
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Nile Irsan (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phil Kurtz advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Phil Kurtz (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 9th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 9

Incumbent Al Green defeated Phil Kurtz, Benjamin Hernandez, and Kesha Rogers in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 9 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Al Green (D)	89.1	136,256
	Phil Kurtz (L)	3.9	5,940
	Benjamin Hernandez (Independent)	3.8	5,774
	Kesha Rogers (Independent)	3.3	5,031

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 153,001
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 9

Incumbent Al Green advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 9 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Al Green	100.0	32,881

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,881
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.^[1]

Incumbent Mike Schofield defeated Phil Kurtz in the Texas House of Representatives District 132 general election.^[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 132 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Schofield Incumbent	80.23%	40,001
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	19.77%	9,854
Total Votes				49,855
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Incumbent Mike Schofield ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 132 Republican Primary.^[3]^[4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 132 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Mike Schofield Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Rita Lucido was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Joan Huffman defeated Derek Anthony in the Republican primary. George Hardy was running as a Libertarian candidate, and David Courtney was running as a Green Party candidate. Phil Kurtz filed but did not advance past the Libertarian convention. Huffman defeated Lucido, Hardy and Courtney in the 2014 general election.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

**Texas State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joan Huffman Incumbent	63.3%	113,817
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	33.9%	60,934
	Libertarian	George Hardy	2%	3,642
	Green	David Courtney	0.7%	1,303
Total Votes				179,696

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Kurtz ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 132. Kurtz ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was defeated by incumbent William Callegari (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[9]

**Texas House of Representatives, District 132, General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	William Callegari Incumbent	80.7%	33,592
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	19.3%	8,037
Total Votes				41,629

2010

See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2010

Kurtz was defeated by incumbent Joan Huffman (R) in the November 2, 2010, general election.^[9]

Texas State Senate, District 17 2010 General election results
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Joan Huffman (R)	112,595	83.15%
Phil Kurtz (L)	22,802	16.84%

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2022

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2020

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Michael Cloud (R)

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[1] Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015

[2] Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016

[plist16-3] Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016

[presults16-4] Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016

[PartisanCandidate-5] Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014

[2014Green-6] Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 26, 2014

[2014Libertarian-7] The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Senate Candidates List," accessed July 26, 2014

[8] Texas Tribune, "Election Brackets," accessed May 5, 2014

[history-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014

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Phil Kurtz

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 9

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 9

2016

2014

2012

2010

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

2020

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