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Texas House of Representatives District 54
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 8, 2019

Texas House of Representatives District 54 is represented by Brad Buckley (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas state representatives represented an average of 194,555 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 168,456 residents.

About the office

Members of the Texas House of Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Texas legislators assume office at the beginning of the legislative session, which starts at noon on the second Tuesday in January in the year after the election.[1][2]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To be eligible to serve in the Texas House of Representatives, a candidate must be:[3]

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A qualified elector
  • 21 years old before the general election
  • A two-year resident of Texas before the general election
  • A district resident for one year prior to the general election


Salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[4]
SalaryPer diem
$7,200/year$221/day

Vacancies

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Texas State Legislature, the governor must call a special election to fill the vacant seat.[5] A governor's proclamation to hold a special election must be delivered to county judges in the legislative district no later than 36 days before the scheduled election.[6]

The secretary of state can declare a candidate duly elected in a special election if there is no opposition.[7]

DocumentIcon.jpg See sources: Texas Elec. Code § 203.001 et. seq.


District map

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Texas

In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[8]

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:[8]

  1. Lieutenant governor
  2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
  3. Attorney general
  4. State comptroller
  5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."[8]

2020-2023

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas renewed its state legislative district boundaries in June 2023 for use in 2024 and until the 2030 census. These districts were the same as those enacted by the state in October 2021. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed HB 1000 — establishing state House district boundaries — on June 12, 2023, and he allowed SB 375 — establishing state Senate district boundaries — to become law without his signature on June 18, 2023.[9][10]

The Texas Tribune's James Barragan wrote in January 2023 that Senate Legislative Redistricting Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman (R) said the state was re-doing the redistricting process "to ensure that Legislature had met its constitutional requirement to apportion districts in the first regular session after the publishing of the results of the federal census, which is done every 10 years. Because of the pandemic, census numbers were not released until after the end of the last regularly scheduled legislative session on May 31, 2021. Redistricted maps were passed in a subsequent special session that year."[11] Texas had originally enacted new state legislative districts on October 25, 2021.

Below are the maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for Texas' 2024 state legislative elections.

Texas House of Representatives District 54
until January 9, 2023

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Texas House of Representatives District 54
starting January 10, 2023

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Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley defeated Dawn Richardson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley (R)
 
61.1
 
34,526
Image of Dawn Richardson
Dawn Richardson (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.9
 
21,993

Total votes: 56,519
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Dawn Richardson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dawn Richardson
Dawn Richardson Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,127

Total votes: 3,127
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley
 
100.0
 
10,411

Total votes: 10,411
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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley defeated Jonathan Hildner in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley (R)
 
63.0
 
24,729
Image of Jonathan Hildner
Jonathan Hildner (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
14,531

Total votes: 39,260
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Jonathan Hildner advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonathan Hildner
Jonathan Hildner Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,754

Total votes: 3,754
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley
 
100.0
 
8,857

Total votes: 8,857
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2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley defeated Likeithia Williams in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley (R)
 
53.4
 
38,853
Image of Likeithia Williams
Likeithia Williams (D)
 
46.6
 
33,918

Total votes: 72,771
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Likeithia Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Likeithia Williams
Likeithia Williams
 
100.0
 
10,561

Total votes: 10,561
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Brad Buckley advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley
 
100.0
 
11,242

Total votes: 11,242
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2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Brad Buckley defeated Kathy Richerson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley (R)
 
53.8
 
26,037
Kathy Richerson (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.2
 
22,357

Total votes: 48,394
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Brad Buckley defeated incumbent Scott Cosper in the Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Brad Buckley
 
58.3
 
4,445
Image of Scott Cosper
Scott Cosper
 
41.7
 
3,185

Total votes: 7,630
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Kathy Richerson advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kathy Richerson Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,838

Total votes: 3,838
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54

Incumbent Scott Cosper and Brad Buckley advanced to a runoff. They defeated Larry Smith in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 54 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Cosper
Scott Cosper
 
44.6
 
4,472
Brad Buckley
 
41.6
 
4,173
Image of Larry Smith
Larry Smith
 
13.9
 
1,390

Total votes: 10,035
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[12] Incumbent Jimmie Don Aycock (R) did not seek re-election.

Scott Cosper defeated Sandra Blankenship in the Texas House of Representatives District 54 general election.[13]

Texas House of Representatives, District 54 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Cosper 54.84% 28,894
     Democratic Sandra Blankenship 45.16% 23,794
Total Votes 52,688
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Scott Cosper defeated Austin Ruiz in the Texas House of Representatives, District 54 Republican primary runoff.[14]

Texas House of Representatives, District 54 Republican Primary Runoff, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Cosper 50.40% 2,494
     Republican Austin Ruiz 49.60% 2,454
Total Votes 4,948


Sandra Blankenship defeated Lan Carter in the Texas House of Representatives District 54 Democratic Primary.[15][14]

Texas House of Representatives, District 54 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sandra Blankenship 71.53% 3,922
     Democratic Lan Carter 28.47% 1,561
Total Votes 5,483


Scott Cosper and Austin Ruiz defeated Larry Smith in the Texas House of Representatives District 54 Republican Primary.[15][14]

Texas House of Representatives, District 54 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Cosper 41.73% 5,970
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Austin Ruiz 36.84% 5,270
     Republican Larry Smith 21.43% 3,065
Total Votes 14,305

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. 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. Incumbent Jimmie Don Aycock was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[16][17][18]

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Elections for the office of Texas House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 29, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jimmie Don Aycock (R) defeated Claudia Brown (D) in the general election. Both candidates were unopposed in the primary elections.[19]

Texas House of Representatives, District 54, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJimmie Don Aycock Incumbent 57.5% 26,910
     Democratic Claudia Brown 42.5% 19,879
Total Votes 46,789

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Texas House of Representatives District 54 raised a total of $6,737,662. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $240,631 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money

Campaign contributions, Texas House of Representatives District 54
Year Amount Candidates Average
2024 $561,953 2 $280,977
2022 $818,413 2 $409,206
2020 $2,623,526 2 $1,311,763
2018 $991,135 4 $247,784
2014 $211,195 1 $211,195
2012 $404,943 2 $202,472
2010 $84,626 1 $84,626
2008 $131,252 1 $131,252
2006 $690,045 6 $115,008
2004 $100,320 2 $50,160
2002 $35,225 1 $35,225
2000 $85,030 4 $21,258
Total $6,737,662 28 $240,631


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Texas Government Code, "Title 3., Subtitle A., Sec. 301.001," accessed February 17, 2021
  2. Texas Constitution, "Article 3. Legislative Department, Section 4," accessed November 4, 2021
  3. Texas Secretary of State, "Qualifications for All Public Offices," accessed May 23, 2025
  4. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  5. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3))
  6. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 3.003 (3)(b)-(c))
  7. Texas Legislature, "Election Code," accessed February 16, 2021 (Statute 2.055)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
  9. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: HB 1000," accessed June 21, 2023
  10. Texas Legislature Online, "Bill: SB 375," accessed June 21, 2023
  11. The Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate votes to take up redistricting again," January 11, 2023
  12. Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
  13. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
  15. 15.0 15.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
  16. Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
  17. The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  18. Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
  19. Office of the Secretary of State, "State of Texas 2012 General Election," November 6, 2012


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