Reginald Grant Jr.
Reginald Grant Jr. was a Republican candidate for District 127 of the Texas House of Representatives. Grant was declared ineligible to run on January 19, 2018, after a judge ruled that he did not meet the residency requirement for running in District 127. His name still appeared on the ballot.
Before he was disqualified, Grant was running in one of 49 contested Texas state legislative Republican primaries in 2018. To read more about the conflict between Republican factions in the primaries, including who the factions were, which races were competitive and who key influencers lined up behind, click here.
Grant was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Grant was one of 48 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1]
Biography
Reginald Grant Jr. was born in Huntsville, Texas. He graduated from Jersey Village High School. Grant served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration from Texas Southern University. Grant's career experience includes working as a 9th-grade world geography teacher.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 127
Incumbent Dan Huberty defeated Ryan Woods in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 127 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Huberty (R) | 80.2 | 44,595 |
| Ryan Woods (L) | 19.8 | 10,981 | ||
| Total votes: 55,576 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 127
Incumbent Dan Huberty defeated Reginald Grant Jr. in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 127 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Huberty | 82.9 | 11,155 |
| Reginald Grant Jr. | 17.1 | 2,309 | ||
| Total votes: 13,464 | |||
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Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[3][4]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas State Legislature
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
- Texas Legislature website
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ Reginald Grant for Texas House District 127, "About Reginald," accessed February 10, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
