Robert Schafranek

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Robert Schafranek

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Robert Schafranek (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 29th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Incumbent Sylvia Garcia defeated Robert Schafranek in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	71.4	71,837
		Robert Schafranek (R)	28.6	28,765

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,602
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Johnathan Garza (Independent)
• T.D. Blackshure (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29

Robert Schafranek defeated Julio Garza in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Schafranek	60.7	2,875
		Julio Garza	39.3	1,859

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,734
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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 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	19,402

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Robert Schafranek and Julio Garza advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Lulite Ejigu in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Robert Schafranek	39.3	3,299
✔		Julio Garza	31.4	2,629
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	26.4	2,212
		Lulite Ejigu	2.9	244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,384
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Miller (R)

2020

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 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

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	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

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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

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	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' 29th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

Sylvia Garcia defeated Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Cullen Burns in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	75.1	88,188
		Phillip Arnold Aronoff (R)	23.9	28,098
		Cullen Burns (L)	1.0	1,199
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	9

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,494
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phillip Arnold Aronoff defeated Carmen Montiel in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 29 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phillip Arnold Aronoff	51.9	1,151
		Carmen Montiel	48.1	1,068

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,219
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	63.3	11,727
		Muhammad Javed	20.7	3,831
		Roel Garcia	6.6	1,221
		Hector Morales	3.0	563
	Submit photo	Augustine Reyes	2.8	525
		Dominique Garcia	2.6	478
		Pedro Valencia	1.0	193

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,538
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phillip Arnold Aronoff and Carmen Montiel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco and Robert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phillip Arnold Aronoff	38.6	2,402
✔		Carmen Montiel	23.6	1,467
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	21.0	1,309
		Robert Schafranek	16.8	1,042

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,220
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2016

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Gene Green (D) defeated Julio Garza (R), N. Ruben Perez (L), and James Partsch-Galvan (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Green defeated Dominique Garcia and Adrian Garcia in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016, while Garza defeated Robert Schafranek to win the Republican nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 29 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Gene Green Incumbent	72.5%	95,649
	Republican	Julio Garza	24%	31,646
	Libertarian	Ruben Perez	2.5%	3,234
	Green	James Partsch-Galvan	1.1%	1,453
Total Votes				131,982
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 29 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Julio Garza	59.1%	7,421
Robert Schafranek	40.9%	5,139
Total Votes		12,560
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 29 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Gene Green Incumbent	57.4%	17,814
Adrian Garcia	38.6%	11,972
Dominique Garcia	3.9%	1,224
Total Votes		31,010
Source: Texas Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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