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Richard Beyea
Richard Beyea (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 87. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Richard Beyea earned a bachelor's degree in geological engineering from the University of Arizona in 1978. Beyea's career experience includes working as a senior production engineer with Maxus Energy and as owner of Remnant Energy Inc. Beyea was elected to serve as a trustee on the board of the Perryton Independent School District.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Caroline Fairly defeated Timothy Gassaway and Jeffrey McGunegle in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Caroline Fairly (R) | 79.2 | 42,317 |
 | Timothy Gassaway (D)  | 20.7 | 11,048 | |
 | Jeffrey McGunegle (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 55 | |
| Total votes: 53,420 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Timothy Gassaway advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Timothy Gassaway | 100.0 | 1,426 |
| Total votes: 1,426 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87
Caroline Fairly defeated Cindi Bulla, Richard Beyea, and Jesse Quackenbush in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 87 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caroline Fairly | 59.9 | 11,595 |
| Cindi Bulla | 23.4 | 4,533 | ||
| Richard Beyea | 9.9 | 1,915 | ||
| Jesse Quackenbush | 6.8 | 1,318 | ||
| Total votes: 19,361 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Beyea in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 88
Incumbent Ken King defeated Ezekiel Barron in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 88 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken King (R) | 83.7 | 33,425 |
 | Ezekiel Barron (D) | 16.3 | 6,486 | |
| Total votes: 39,911 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 88
Ezekiel Barron advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 88 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ezekiel Barron | 100.0 | 993 |
| Total votes: 993 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 88
Incumbent Ken King defeated Jason Huddleston and Richard Beyea in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 88 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken King | 50.5 | 10,412 |
 | Jason Huddleston | 30.4 | 6,279 | |
| Richard Beyea | 19.1 | 3,945 | ||
| Total votes: 20,636 | |||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.
The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.
The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.
| Texas Senate Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 2 | 1 | |
| Anti-Straus | 1 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| Open seats | 1 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | - | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
| Texas House Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 20 | 20 | |
| Anti-Straus | 4 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 5 | |
| Open seats | 15 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | 7 | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 41 | |
Primary we watched
This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| Yes. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Jason Huddleston and Richard Beyea challenged state Rep. Ken King, an ally of Speaker Joe Straus, in his primary. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates except for King had signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Endorsements for Huddleston
Endorsements for King |
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Richard Beyea did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Richard Beyea for State Representative District 88, "Meet Richard," accessed February 10, 2018
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