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Robert Garza
Robert Garza (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 74. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Eddie Morales Jr. defeated Robert Garza in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eddie Morales Jr. (D) | 51.7 | 28,203 |
| Robert Garza (R) | 48.3 | 26,378 | ||
| Total votes: 54,581 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Eddie Morales Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Morales Jr. | 100.0 | 9,768 |
| Total votes: 9,768 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Robert Garza defeated John Mcleon in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Garza | 53.9 | 4,249 | |
| John Mcleon | 46.1 | 3,627 | ||
| Total votes: 7,876 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Avi Nash (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Garza in this election.
2022
See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 19
Incumbent Roland Gutierrez defeated Robert Garza in the general election for Texas State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roland Gutierrez (D) | 55.4 | 117,491 |
| Robert Garza (R) | 44.6 | 94,613 | ||
| Total votes: 212,104 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Incumbent Roland Gutierrez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roland Gutierrez | 100.0 | 36,159 |
| Total votes: 36,159 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19
Robert Garza advanced from the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 19 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Robert Garza | 100.0 | 27,135 | |
| Total votes: 27,135 | |||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Eddie Morales Jr. defeated Ruben Falcon in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Morales Jr. (D) | 53.9 | 26,131 |
 | Ruben Falcon (R) | 46.1 | 22,334 | |
| Total votes: 48,465 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Eddie Morales Jr. defeated Ramsey English Cantu and Rowland Garza in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eddie Morales Jr. | 51.7 | 9,582 |
| Ramsey English Cantu | 27.2 | 5,039 | ||
| Rowland Garza | 21.1 | 3,905 | ||
| Total votes: 18,526 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74
Ruben Falcon defeated Robert Garza in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 74 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruben Falcon | 53.5 | 3,558 |
| Robert Garza | 46.5 | 3,091 | ||
| Total votes: 6,649 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Luke Brown (R)
Campaign finance
2012
Garza ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 74. Garza was defeated by Poncho Nevarez in the May 29 primary election.[1][2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Poncho Nevarez |
53.8% | 8,321 |
| Robert Garza | 28.3% | 4,372 |
| Efrain Valdez | 17.9% | 2,774 |
| Total Votes | 15,467 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert Garza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Robert Garza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Robert Garza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Garza's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Public School Education
- "Adequate funding for public school education"
- "The immediate elimination of the draconian cutbacks of last legislative session"
- "Immediate relief to local school property taxpayers"
Higher Education
- "The reduction of tuition costs for higher education"
- "The expansion of grants, loans and other financial aid to enable students to earn a college"
- "Degree as well as a post-graduate degree"
Public Transportation
- "The construction and improvement of the state highways in our district"
- "•Construction of four lanes for our major highways"
- "New and improved transportation initiatives in our district"
Economic Growth
- "The creation of new jobs in the private sector"
- "Economic development and diversification in our district"
- "An aggressive effort to attract new business and economic activities"
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
