Ron Hickman (Texas)

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Ron Hickman

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Republican Party

Prior offices

Harris County Sheriff

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Ron Hickman is a former county sheriff of Harris County, Texas. Hickman was appointed to the position in May 2015. He lost a re-election campaign in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Elections

2016

See also: Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2016)

Harris County held elections for county commission, justices of the peace, constables, district attorney, county attorney, sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, and the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in 2016. The general election was held on November 8, 2016. A primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and a primary runoff took place on May 24, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in this election was December 14, 2015. Ed Gonzalez (D) defeated incumbent Ron Hickman (R) in the Harris County sheriff general election.

Harris County Sheriff, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ed Gonzalez	52.84%	680,134
	Republican	Ron Hickman Incumbent	47.16%	607,143
Total Votes				1,287,277
Source: Harris County Elections, "2016 General Election Official Results," November 16, 2016

Harris County Sheriff, Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ron Hickman Incumbent	71.87%	183,402
Carl Pittman	20.01%	51,067
Paul Day	8.12%	20,718
Total Votes		255,187
Source: Harris County Elections, "2016 Republican Primary Results," March 8, 2016

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See also

Harris County, Texas	Texas	Municipal government	Other local coverage
Government of Harris County, Texas Harris County, Texas Counties in Texas Cities in Texas	Texas Texas elections, 2016 Public policy in Texas Endorsers in Texas	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2016 municipal elections School board elections, 2016 Local ballot measure elections in 2016 2016 local judicial elections

External links

Suggest a link

• Harris County, Texas

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Adrian Garcia	Harris County Sheriff 2015-2016	Succeeded by Ed Gonzalez