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Ron Hale
Ron Hale was a Republican candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2016.[1] He was also a 2014 Republican candidate for District 15 of the Texas State Senate.[2]
Campaign themes
2014
Hale's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Education
- Excerpt: "We must maintain our role as a world leaders in education of our young to be the workforce and future of our great State of Texas and for America."
Infrastructure
- Excerpt: "We need to create regional flood plans using the most advanced prediction software available, in order to help cities and counties work together to solve their problems. We must start predicting the growth of our cities in order to build better roads, highways, and freeways."
Jobs
- Excerpt: "We need to attract more businesses to invest and create more job opportunities in Texas SD 15."
Municipal Pension Reform
- Excerpt: "We have to fight to bring pension control back to our cities, so we do not have another Detroit situation on our hands."
Elections
2016
- Main article: Texas Railroad Commission election, 2016
Hale filed to run as an Republican candidate in the 2016 election for the Texas Railroad Commission.[1] He was defeated by Gary Gates and Wayne Christian in the May 10 Republican primary election.
Primary election
| Texas Railroad Commission, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Gary Gates |
28.4% | 586,846 | ||
| Wayne Christian |
19.7% | 408,056 | ||
| Ron Hale | 14.7% | 303,847 | ||
| Lance Christian | 12.1% | 250,523 | ||
| Weston Martinez | 10.1% | 208,710 | ||
| Doug Jeffrey | 9.3% | 192,999 | ||
| John Greytok | 5.7% | 117,125 | ||
| Total Votes | 2,068,106 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
2014
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Ron Hale was unopposed in the Republican primary, while incumbent John Whitmire defeated Damian LaCroix in the Democratic primary. Whitmire defeated Hale in the general election. Gilberto Velasquez, Jr. was running as a Libertarian candidate.[2][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Whitmire Incumbent |
59.2% | 74,192 | |
| Republican | Ron Hale | 38.5% | 48,249 | |
| Libertarian | Gilberto Velasquez, Jr. | 2.4% | 2,947 | |
| Total Votes | 125,388 | |||
Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Hale's endorsements included the following:[7]
- Steve Munisteri Republican Party of Texas Chairman
- Jared Woodfill Harris County Republican Party Chairman
- Paul F. Simpson Harris County Republican Party Chairman Elect
- Orlando Sanchez Harris County Treasurer
- Chris Daniel, Harris County District Clerk
- Bill Walker former Texas SD15 candidate
- Vergel B. Cruz SREC SD15
- Tony Garza RHCIA VP
- John Baucum HYR President
- Donna Saa Former HYR VP
- Eric Dick Former Republican Mayoral Candidate
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Ron + Hale + Texas + Senate"
See also
- Texas State Legislature
- Texas state legislative districts
- Texas State Senate
- Texas State Senate elections, 2014
External links
- Official campaign website
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Ron Hale on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
- ↑ ronhalefortexas.com, "Issues," accessed August 14, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 26, 2014
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Senate Candidates List," accessed July 26, 2014
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Election Brackets," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ ronhalefortexas.com, "Endorsements," accessed August 14, 2014 (dead link)
