Robert Stovall
Robert Stovall (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 21st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
Before entering the 21st Congressional District race, Stovall served as chairman of the Bexar County Republican Party. In 2012 he unsuccessfully ran for Bexar County tax assessor-collector.[1] His business experience includes serving as the CFO of the Janal Wholesale Floral Company, his family's company.
Brad Parscale, the digital director for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his 2020 campaign manager, endorsed Stovall's candidacy and signed on to work for his campaign. The two previously worked together during Stovall's 2012 run for tax accessor. On January 10, 2018, Parscale tweeted that Stovall was "the only TRUE Trump candidate in the district."[2]
Biography
Robert Stovall was born in Mexico City and lives in Texas. He graduated from Antonian College Preparatory High School in 1981. Stovall earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of North Texas. His career experience includes working at the Crown and Research Corporation and as the finance director for Ancira Enterprises. He founded the Crown Ribbon Company and is the chief financial officer of Janal Wholesale Floral Company. Stovall served as chairman of the Bexar County Republican Party. In 2012 he unsuccessfully ran for Bexar County tax assessor-collector. [3] [1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 21
Chip Roy defeated Joseph Kopser and Lee Santos in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chip Roy (R) | 50.2 | 177,654 |
 | Joseph Kopser (D)  | 47.6 | 168,421 | |
 | Lee Santos (L) | 2.1 | 7,542 | |
| Total votes: 353,617 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21
Joseph Kopser defeated Mary Wilson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Kopser | 57.9 | 14,765 |
 | Mary Wilson | 42.1 | 10,722 | |
| Total votes: 25,487 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21
Chip Roy defeated Matt McCall in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 52.7 | 18,088 |
 | Matt McCall | 47.3 | 16,243 | |
| Total votes: 34,331 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
Mary Wilson and Joseph Kopser advanced to a runoff. They defeated Derrick Crowe and Elliott McFadden in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Wilson | 30.9 | 15,736 |
| ✔ | | Joseph Kopser | 29.0 | 14,787 |
 | Derrick Crowe | 23.1 | 11,742 | |
 | Elliott McFadden | 17.0 | 8,667 | |
| Total votes: 50,932 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chip Roy | 27.1 | 19,428 |
| ✔ | | Matt McCall | 16.9 | 12,152 |
 | William Negley | 15.5 | 11,163 | |
 | Jason Isaac | 10.0 | 7,208 | |
 | Jenifer Sarver | 5.6 | 4,027 | |
 | Robert Stovall | 4.8 | 3,414 | |
 | Susan Narvaiz | 3.8 | 2,720 | |
 | Francisco Canseco | 3.5 | 2,489 | |
 | Ryan Krause | 3.2 | 2,300 | |
 | Al Poteet | 1.8 | 1,300 | |
 | Peggy Wardlaw | 1.8 | 1,285 | |
| Samuel Temple | 1.4 | 1,020 | ||
 | Anthony White | 1.3 | 952 | |
 | Eric Burkhart | 1.0 | 723 | |
 | Mauro Garza | 0.9 | 663 | |
 | Autry Pruitt | 0.6 | 455 | |
| Foster Hagen | 0.5 | 394 | ||
 | Ivan Andarza | 0.1 | 96 | |
| Total votes: 71,789 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Robert Stovall participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on February 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Robert Stovall's responses follow below.[4]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Deficit spending |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Making a better business environment for this country. Shrinking the debt and deficit, reducing burdensome regulations and getting government out of the way to allow free markets to work. We need to create opportunities where small businesses can be created and grow.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[6]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Robert Stovall answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | My grandfather was a small business owner who grew a successful business from the ground up. He loved President Ronald Reagan and it inspired me to listen to him and I learned a lot. Government must get out of the way. Anyone willing to work hard could live the American Dream.[6] | ” |
Stovall’s campaign website stated the following:
| “ |
Military
Small Government
Strong Business Environment
Border Security
Energy & Agriculture
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” |
| —Robert Stovall’s campaign website (2018)[7] | ||
Campaign advertisements
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2018
- Texas' 21st Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Antonio Express-News, "GOP chair launches congressional bid, with help from Parscale," November 18, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedROVEPARS - ↑ Robert Stovall, "A Lifetime of Service," accessed March 17, 2018
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Robert Stovall's responses," February 26, 2018
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Robert Stovall’s campaign website, “Priorities,” accessed January 25, 2018
