Reed Williams
Reed Williams was the District 8 representative on the San Antonio City Council in Texas from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected in 2009 and won re-election to the body in 2011. He did not seek a third term in 2013.
In 2016, Williams was a Republican candidate for District 24 of the Texas State Senate. He was defeated in the primary election.
Elections
2016
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Texas State Senate 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 Troy Fraser (R) did not seek re-election.
Dawn Buckingham defeated Jennie Lou Leeder in the Texas State Senate District 24 general election.[2]
| Texas State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Dawn Buckingham |
72.39% | 214,568 | |
| Democratic | Jennie Lou Leeder | 27.61% | 81,836 | |
| Total Votes | 296,404 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Dawn Buckingham defeated Susan King in the Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican primary runoff.[3]
| Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary Runoff, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Dawn Buckingham |
61.33% | 26,466 | |
| Republican | Susan King | 38.67% | 16,688 | |
| Total Votes | 43,154 | |||
Jennie Lou Leeder ran unopposed in the Texas State Senate District 24 Democratic Primary.[4][3]
| Texas State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jennie Lou Leeder (unopposed) | |
The following candidates ran in the Texas State Senate District 24 Republican Primary.[4][3]
| Texas State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Susan King |
27.24% | 32,512 | |
| Republican | Dawn Buckingham |
24.76% | 29,553 | |
| Republican | Jon Cobb | 20.41% | 24,361 | |
| Republican | Brent Mayes | 16.10% | 19,216 | |
| Republican | Reed Williams | 7.01% | 8,372 | |
| Republican | Ryan Downton | 4.48% | 5,352 | |
| Total Votes | 119,366 | |||
Campaign themes
2016
Williams' campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Assure Our Water Security: However, if we allow politicians, bureaucrats, engineers, lawyers, and lobbyist for special interests get together in Austin and develop a “Statewide Water Plan”, then we will be outgunned and our water security will be in jeopardy. Therefore, I oppose a “Statewide Water Plan”. When we use the free market system to match willing sellers with capable buyers, the support for the infrastructure projects will follow. Control Our Borders/No Amnesty: Workers are needed in Texas. However, green cards are a pathway to citizenship. No illegal immigrant should be issued a green card. Only legal immigrants should ever hold a green card. Once our border with Mexico is secure, I would support a guest worker program where the worker enters our Country legally and receives a work permit for a job that is e-verified by the employer. The work permit is not a path to a green card or citizenship, but just a permit to work in a specified job for an identified employer. Establish Term Limits: With the money from special interest, it is almost impossible to defeat incumbents. Term limits are the only way to break this destructive cycle, return your rightful political power, and hold politicians accountable to you. Grow Jobs: If elected, my principal focus will be on building jobs in Senate District 24 that can support our families. If our families have good jobs our communities will be stable and our future in Senate District 24 secure. To build jobs we must (1) reduce regulation, (2) develop educational partnerships with employers that pull students through the educational system to jobs that will support their families without incurring financially destructive debt, and (3) attract financial investments into Senate District 24. Support Public Schools/Stop Vouchers/No More Charters: Returning the authority for educating our children to our local school boards, administrators, and our classroom teachers provides a much better chance of improving our traditional public schools. Parents already have a choice. They can become involved in their local schools by running for the school board, working as a volunteer, or more importantly helping their child learn at home. Parents that are involved with their children’s education are exercising a choice to help their own. There is no substitution for parental involvement in the educational process.[5] |
” |
| —Reed Williams[6] | ||
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See also
- Texas State Senate
- Texas State Senate District 24
- Texas State Senate elections, 2016
- Texas State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Reed Williams for Texas Senate, "Priorities," accessed February 22, 2016
