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Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 28 Republican primary runoff)
A Republican Party primary runoff took place on May 28, 2024, in Texas' 12th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Craig Goldman advanced from the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12.
All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 64.3%-35.7%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 58.3%-40.1%.[2]
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes an open primary system. State law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."[3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Texas' 12th Congressional District Republican primary runoff. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary, Democratic primary, and the general election, see the following pages:
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12
Craig Goldman defeated John O'Shea in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Craig Goldman | 62.9 | 16,787 |
 | John O'Shea  | 37.1 | 9,903 | |
| Total votes: 26,690 | |||
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Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Raised to be proud of his heritage, he is the son of Dr. John Thomas O’Shea and Nancy O’Shea. His mother founded the renowned Oakridge School in Arlington, Texas because she wanted her children to have a better education than that being offered by the public school system. John is committed to improving the American education situation as there is nothing more important than providing a quality education to our future leaders. John is a man of great faith in God, and believes America was His great gift to the world, and that our greatest export has been freedom. He also believes he owes this country so much, because of the great opportunities he was given to succeed in life. Beyond his phenomenal success in business, his greatest pride is in being a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a business partner, and a friend to many. If he is so fortunate as to be elected by the voters in the 12th Congressional district, John has committed to serve a maximum of two terms. He wants to inspire others to get involved in our amazing Constitutional Republic. In Texas we celebrate success, and respect those who use their God-given talents to succeed and make the world a better place. Pulitzer Prize winner, Carl Sandburg’s observation of us was, “Texans are a blend of valor and swagger.” As freedom-loving, independent-thinking Americans, we earned our swagger because of our valor. As a boot wearing, gun toting, proud-to-be-a-Texan, John is one of us."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Texas District 12 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Texas
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Goldman | Republican Party | $3,196,798 | $2,660,901 | $535,896 | As of December 31, 2024 |
| John O'Shea | Republican Party | $351,914 | $341,661 | $10,254 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Texas in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Texas, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Texas | U.S. House | Democratic or Republican | 2% of votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | $3,125.00 | 12/11/2023 | Source |
| Texas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 5% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 500, whichever is less | N/A | 12/11/2023 | Source |
See also
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
- Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in Texas, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Texas, 2024 (March 5 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Texas Constitution and Statutes, "Tex. Election Code Ann. § 172.086," accessed September 16, 2025
