Texas state legislative Republican primaries, 2022
- Primary date: March 1
- Mail-in registration deadline: Jan. 31
- Online reg. deadline: N/A
- In-person reg. deadline: Jan. 31
- Early voting starts: Feb. 14
- Early voting ends: Feb. 25
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Absentee/mail-in deadline: March 1
There were 17 Republican primary runoffs for the Texas State Senate and Texas House of Representatives on May 24, 2022. Of the 17 runoffs, one is for a Senate seat and 16 are for House seats. Four incumbents, all House members, competed in the runoff elections. The winning candidates received the Republican Party nomination for the Nov. 2 general election.
Sixty-two Republican primaries for Senate and House seats took place on March 1, 2022. Nine of the primaries were for the Senate and 53 were for the House. Two incumbent senators and 30 incumbent representatives faced primaries.
In the Texas State Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R)—who serves as Senate President—endorsed candidates in five contested GOP primaries. Four of those endorsements were in open primaries for districts represented by Republicans. Patrick's other endorsement was in an open primary for a seat held by a retiring Democrat. Reform Austin, a media outlet covering the state capitol, said, "The strength of Dan Patrick’s hold on the Texas Senate and its 18-member Republican conference is at stake in 2022."[1]
In the Texas House of Representatives, the 30 incumbents who faced primary challengers is its highest figure since 2016, when 33 incumbents faced primary challengers. The total number of primaries this cycle (53) is the highest since 2014. This was also the first election cycle since 2016 where the current Speaker of the House is seeking re-election.
- To read more about the 2020 Republican primaries, click here.
- To read more about the 2018 Republican primaries, click here.
May 24 Senate runoff
The one primary runoff in the Senate took place in District 24. Incumbent Dawn Buckingham (R) did not run for re-election. Ahead of the March 1 primary, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick endorsed Peter P. Flores, who received 46% of the vote. Raul Reyes Jr. received 33% of the vote in the primary.
Senate District 24
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas State Senate District 24
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter P. Flores | 59.2 | 28,116 |
 | Raul Reyes Jr. | 40.8 | 19,417 | |
| Total votes: 47,533 | |||
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May 24 House runoffs
Sixteen runoffs took place for House seats. Four incumbents ran in these runoffs: Kyle Kacal (District 12), Glenn Rogers (District 60), Phil Stephenson (District 85), and Stephanie Klick (District 91).
House District 12
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 12
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kyle Kacal | 57.9 | 9,366 |
 | Ben Bius | 42.1 | 6,806 | |
| Total votes: 16,172 | |||
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House District 17
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Gerdes | 51.2 | 6,591 |
 | Paul Pape | 48.8 | 6,271 | |
| Total votes: 12,862 | |||
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House District 19
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 19
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ellen Troxclair | 56.5 | 12,573 |
 | Justin Berry | 43.5 | 9,677 | |
| Total votes: 22,250 | |||
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House District 23
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Terri Leo-Wilson | 57.7 | 5,224 |
| Patrick Gurski | 42.3 | 3,835 | ||
| Total votes: 9,059 | |||
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House District 52
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Caroline Harris | 50.6 | 4,917 |
 | Patrick McGuinness | 49.4 | 4,809 | |
| Total votes: 9,726 | |||
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House District 60
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 60
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Glenn Rogers | 50.8 | 10,043 |
 | Mike Olcott | 49.2 | 9,725 | |
| Total votes: 19,768 | |||
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House District 61
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frederick Frazier | 63.9 | 6,438 |
 | Paul Chabot | 36.1 | 3,635 | |
| Total votes: 10,073 | |||
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House District 63
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 63
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Bumgarner | 62.2 | 4,948 |
| Jeff Younger | 37.8 | 3,003 | ||
| Total votes: 7,951 | |||
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House District 70
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 70
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jamee Jolly | 52.1 | 4,518 |
 | Eric Bowlin | 47.9 | 4,151 | |
| Total votes: 8,669 | |||
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House District 73
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 73
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carrie Isaac | 50.6 | 11,239 |
 | Barron Casteel | 49.4 | 10,968 | |
| Total votes: 22,207 | |||
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House District 84
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 84
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carl Tepper | 58.9 | 4,419 |
| David Glasheen | 41.1 | 3,079 | ||
| Total votes: 7,498 | |||
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House District 85
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Kitzman | 58.0 | 8,136 |
 | Phil Stephenson | 42.0 | 5,899 | |
| Total votes: 14,035 | |||
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House District 91
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 91
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie Klick | 54.3 | 4,929 |
 | David Lowe | 45.7 | 4,140 | |
| Total votes: 9,069 | |||
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House District 93
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 93
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nate Schatzline | 65.0 | 4,806 |
| Laura Hill | 35.0 | 2,592 | ||
| Total votes: 7,398 | |||
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House District 122
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 122
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Dorazio | 54.9 | 7,959 |
| Elisa Chan | 45.1 | 6,529 | ||
| Total votes: 14,488 | |||
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House District 133
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 133
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mano Deayala | 51.1 | 7,110 |
| Shelley Torian Barineau | 48.9 | 6,806 | ||
| Total votes: 13,916 | |||
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March 1 Senate primaries
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| Primary | March 1, 2022 |
| Primary runoff | May 24, 2022 |
| General | November 8, 2022 |
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There were nine contested Republican primaries for seats in the Texas State Senate. Texas' Lieutenant Governor—which at the time of the primary election was Dan Patrick (R)—serves as president of the state Senate. In his capacity as President, Patrick sets committee assignments and the chamber's legislative business. Patrick made the following endorsements in the primaries:[1]
- District 10: Phil King
- District 11: Mayes Middleton
- District 12: Tan Parker
- District 24: Peter P. Flores
- District 31: Kevin Sparks
According to the Houston Chronicle, these five candidates received a significant increase in donations following Patrick's endorsement. The $4.5 million these five candidates raised through mid-January was roughly eight times more than their primary opponents. Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston, told the Houston Chronicle that Patrick's endorsements broke from the tradition of lieutenant governors. Rottinghaus said he believed that any endorsees who won would be more likely to agree with Patrick's agenda while endorsing someone who eventually lost would not hurt him politically. "I don’t think there’s any real downside to Patrick trying to pick political winners and losers, since he’s got such an iron grip, institutionally, on the Senate," Rottinghaus said.[2]
The Houston Chronicle's Jasper Scherer said Patrick "has openly pushed to support candidates who align with his right-wing ideology," and that Patrick's endorsees are all more conservative candidates than the incumbents in those districts. Scherer said Middleton, chairman of the Texas Freedom Caucus, was "widely viewed as one of the most conservative members of the lower chamber" and that Sen. Larry Taylor, whom Middleton is challenging, is more moderate. Sparks, who ran to replace retiring Sen. Kel Seliger, is considered more conservative than the incumbent.[2]
Four of the five candidates endorsed by Patrick (King, Middleton, Parker, and Sparks) won their primary contests outright. The fifth, Flores, advanced to a runoff after receiving 46 percent of the vote in the District 24 primary.
Results by district
District 8
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 8
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angela Paxton | 65.2 | 46,355 |
 | Matt Rostami | 34.8 | 24,794 | |
| Total votes: 71,149 | |||
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District 10
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 10
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phil King | 75.6 | 52,008 |
| Warren Norred | 24.4 | 16,797 | ||
| Total votes: 68,805 | |||
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District 11
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 11
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mayes Middleton | 62.8 | 42,083 |
 | Bob Mitchell | 15.4 | 10,322 | |
| Robin Armstrong | 14.4 | 9,638 | ||
 | Bianca Gracia | 7.5 | 4,996 | |
| Total votes: 67,039 | |||
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District 12
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 12
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tan Parker | 71.1 | 53,212 |
 | Chris Russell | 28.9 | 21,657 | |
| Total votes: 74,869 | |||
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District 20
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 20
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Westley Wright | 73.1 | 16,232 |
 | Johnny Partain | 26.9 | 5,959 | |
| Total votes: 22,191 | |||
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District 24
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 24
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter P. Flores | 46.1 | 38,342 |
| ✔ | | Raul Reyes Jr. | 32.7 | 27,243 |
 | Lamar Lewis | 21.2 | 17,650 | |
| Total votes: 83,235 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ellen Troxclair (R)
District 25
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 25
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Donna Campbell | 79.5 | 73,769 |
 | Channon Cain | 20.5 | 19,071 | |
| Total votes: 92,840 | |||
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District 27
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 27
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Hinojosa | 51.0 | 13,351 |
 | Raul Torres | 34.6 | 9,062 | |
| Isreal Salinas | 14.4 | 3,777 | ||
| Total votes: 26,190 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Phillip Drake (R)
District 31
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 31
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Sparks | 54.9 | 45,867 |
| Tim Reid | 22.8 | 19,039 | ||
 | Stormy Bradley | 16.2 | 13,573 | |
| Jesse Quackenbush | 6.1 | 5,101 | ||
| Total votes: 83,580 | |||
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March 1 House primaries
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| Primary runoff | May 24, 2022 |
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There were 53 Republican primaries that took place on March 1, 2022. Below is a listing of noteworthy primaries.
- District 31: Rep. Ryan Guillen (R) switched parties from Democratic to Republican in November 2021. He faced Alena Berlanga and Michael Monreal in the Republican primary.[1]
- District 37: Rep. Alex Dominguez (D) ran for Texas State Senate. Janie Lopez and George Rivera competed in the Republican primary.[1]
- District 65: Rep. Michelle Beckley (D) ran for lieutenant governor. Robert Cooksey, Peyton Inge, and Kronda Thimesch (the 2020 nominee) competed in the Republican primary. The district was redrawn to an R+8.3 district.[1]
- District 70: Rep. Scott Sanford (R) retired. Five Republican candidates competed in the Republican primary.[1]
- District 133: Rep. Jim Murphy (R), the House GOP Caucus Chair, retired. Five Republican candidates competed in the Republican primary.[1]
Reform Austin identified four retiring members—Dan Huberty (District 127), Lyle Larson (District 122), Chris Paddie (District 9), and Jim Murphy (District 133)—as "four of [the] moderating influences in the Republican conference." Three members of the Texas Freedom Caucus—Matt Krause (District 93), Mayes Middleton (District 23), and Kyle Biedermann (District 73)—also retired.[1] According to The Texas Tribune, the Texas Freedom Caucus was more cooperative with the rest of the Republican membership in recent sessions after initial disagreements in the 2017 session led to the caucus killing more than 100 bills.[3]
Fifteen Republican incumbents did not run for re-election this year, the most since 2012, when 22 representatives retired.
One noteworthy non-retirement, however, is that of Speaker Dade Phelan. This was the first time since 2016 that the current speaker ran for re-election. In 2018, Speaker Joe Straus retired and said he had accomplished all of his legislative goals. In 2020, Speaker Dennis Bonnen left office because of a recording of him offering the group Empower Texans benefits in exchange for targeting 10 incumbent Republicans for defeat in 2020.[4]
Results by district
Districts are grouped in sections of 50. To view primary results for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. As of March 3, 2022:
- Three incumbents advanced to a runoff in Districts 12, 60, and 85
- There were two uncalled primaries involving incumbents that remained uncalled in Districts 64 and 91
- Districts 1-49 (click to expand)
District 1
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 1
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Gary VanDeaver 62.913,279 
George Lavender 29.06,115 Ray Null 8.21,723 
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District 2
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 2
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Bryan Slaton 82.416,609 Clyde Bostick 17.63,555 Total votes: 20,164 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 3
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 3
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Cecil Bell Jr. 67.214,080 
Kelly McDonald 32.86,877 Total votes: 20,957 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 5
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 5
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Cole Hefner 81.020,202 
Dewey Collier 19.04,753 Total votes: 24,955 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 6
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 6
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Matt Schaefer 88.917,994 Charles Turner 11.12,251 Total votes: 20,245 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 11
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 11
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Travis Clardy 52.813,828 
Rachel Hale 20.85,459 Greg Caldwell 14.43,785 Mark Williams 12.03,139 Total votes: 26,211 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 12
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 12
Candidate%Votes✔ Kyle Kacal 47.011,675 ✔ Ben Bius 41.810,392 Joshua Hamm 11.22,791 Total votes: 24,858 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 13
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 13
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Angelia Orr 51.310,177 Dennis Wilson 48.79,669 Total votes: 19,846 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brad Tegeler (R)
- Joe Williams (R)
District 14
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Candidate%Votes✔ 
John Raney 57.27,235 John Slocum 42.85,414 Total votes: 12,649 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 15
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 15
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Steve Toth 69.213,984 
Maris Blair 30.86,218 Total votes: 20,202 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 17
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 17
Candidate%Votes✔ Stan Gerdes 30.06,277 ✔ Paul Pape 27.75,811 
Tom Glass 25.75,377 
Trey Rutledge 10.12,122 Jen Bezner 6.51,365 Total votes: 20,952 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 18
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 18
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Ernest Bailes 56.212,742 
Janis Holt 26.45,995 
Ronnie Tullos 11.62,631 
Stephen Missick 5.81,313 Total votes: 22,681 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 19
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 19
Candidate%Votes✔ Ellen Troxclair 38.212,435 ✔ Justin Berry 35.411,523 Nubia Devine 21.77,072 
Perla Hopkins 4.61,490 Total votes: 32,520 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 23
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 23
Candidate%Votes✔ Patrick Gurski 31.45,236 ✔ Terri Leo-Wilson 28.14,690 Abel Longoria 22.03,670 
Gina Smith 18.53,084 Total votes: 16,680 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danny Campbell (R)
District 28
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 28
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Gary Gates 75.210,655 
Robert Boettcher 24.83,508 Total votes: 14,163 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 31
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 31
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Ryan Guillen 56.67,544 
Michael Monreal 34.14,539 
Alena Berlanga 9.31,237 Total votes: 13,320 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 33
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 33
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Justin Holland 69.211,821 
Dennis London 25.84,413 Scott LaMarca 4.9841 Total votes: 17,075 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 34
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 34
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Carolyn Vaughn 72.34,835 
James Hernandez 27.71,857 Total votes: 6,692 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 37
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 37
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Janie Lopez 69.34,744 
George Rivera 30.72,097 Total votes: 6,841 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
- Districts 50-99 (click to expand)
District 52
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 52
Candidate%Votes✔ Patrick McGuinness 35.15,721 ✔ Caroline Harris 31.45,110 
Nelson Jarrin 25.84,198 
Jonathan Schober 7.71,261 Total votes: 16,290 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tjitse Miller (R)
District 53
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 53
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Andrew Murr 63.321,326 
Wesley Virdell 36.712,339 Total votes: 33,665 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 57
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 57
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Richard Hayes 57.57,151 Matthew Poole 28.73,565 Matthew Haines 13.81,721 Total votes: 12,437 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 60
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 60
Candidate%Votes✔ Glenn Rogers 43.712,229 ✔ Mike Olcott 36.110,086 Kit Marshall 11.63,255 Lucas Turner 8.62,404 Total votes: 27,974 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 61
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 61
Candidate%Votes✔ Frederick Frazier 42.36,078 ✔ Paul Chabot 36.65,256 Jim Herblin 21.13,023 Total votes: 14,357 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 62
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 62
Candidate%Votes✔ Reggie Smith 58.715,510 
Shelley Luther 41.310,912 Total votes: 26,422 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 63
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 63
Candidate%Votes✔ Ben Bumgarner 29.03,725 ✔ Jeff Younger 27.53,534 Nick Sanders 24.53,145 
Jacob Collier 19.02,443 Total votes: 12,847 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Scott Smith (R)
District 64
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 64
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Lynn Stucky 50.39,282 
Andy Hopper 49.79,188 Total votes: 18,470 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 65
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 65
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Kronda Thimesch 59.78,698 Peyton Inge 26.33,833 Robert Cooksey 13.92,031 Total votes: 14,562 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 66
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 66
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Matt Shaheen 100.010,672 Total votes: 10,672 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 67
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Jeff Leach 76.910,104 Julia Schmoker 23.13,040 Total votes: 13,144 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 68
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 68
Candidate%Votes✔ 
David Spiller 69.821,558 
Mark Middleton 13.54,161 
Craig Carter 8.92,761 Gary Franklin 7.82,401 Total votes: 30,881 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 70
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 70
Candidate%Votes✔ Jamee Jolly 38.04,158 ✔ Eric Bowlin 32.03,495 
Hayden Padgett 21.42,338 
Daniel Chandler 6.4694 LaDale Buggs 2.2243 Total votes: 10,928 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 71
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 71
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Stan Lambert 75.612,983 Samuel Weatherby 24.44,189 Total votes: 17,172 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 73
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 73
Candidate%Votes✔ Barron Casteel 45.713,198 ✔ Carrie Isaac 44.712,897 George Green 9.62,769 Total votes: 28,864 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 76
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 76
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Dan Mathews 51.63,849 
Ramesh Cherivirala 26.51,981 Mike Khan 21.91,632 Total votes: 7,462 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 81
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 81
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Brooks Landgraf 80.010,246 
Casey Gray 20.02,565 Total votes: 12,811 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 83
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 83
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Dustin Burrows 82.518,397 Austin Jordan 17.53,891 Total votes: 22,288 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 84
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 84
Candidate%Votes✔ David Glasheen 41.94,904 ✔ Carl Tepper 40.24,706 
Kade Wilcox 13.01,519 Cheryl Little 5.0581 Total votes: 11,710 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 85
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 85
Candidate%Votes✔ Phil Stephenson 40.08,618 ✔ Stan Kitzman 34.57,426 Fred Roberts 15.73,379 
Art Hernandez 9.82,108 Total votes: 21,531 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 88
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 88
Total votes: 20,730 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melva Laney (R)
District 91
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 91
Candidate%Votes✔ Stephanie Klick 49.06,426 ✔ David Lowe 39.05,116 Anthony Reed 6.2814 
David Silvey 3.4442 
Benjamin Damico 2.4314 Total votes: 13,112 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 93
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 93
Candidate%Votes✔ Nate Schatzline 43.55,033 ✔ Laura Hill 36.64,238 
Cary Moon 19.92,301 Total votes: 11,572 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 98
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 98
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Giovanni Capriglione 68.114,483 
Mitchell Ryan 31.96,790 Total votes: 21,273 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
- Districts 100-150 (click to expand)
District 105
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 105
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Allan Meagher 63.93,054 Gerson Hernandez 36.11,729 Total votes: 4,783 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 121
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 121
Candidate%Votes✔ Steve Allison 84.113,479 
Michael Champion 15.92,556 Total votes: 16,035 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 122
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 122
Candidate%Votes✔ Elisa Chan 37.17,452 ✔ Mark Dorazio 27.45,519 Adam Blanchard 23.44,698 Mark Cuthbert 12.12,440 Total votes: 20,109 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nicholas LaHood (R)
District 127
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 127
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Charles Cunningham 79.311,907 Deanna Robertson 20.73,112 Total votes: 15,019 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
District 133
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 133
Candidate%Votes✔ Shelley Torian Barineau 28.44,459 ✔ Mano Deayala 27.14,252 
Greg Travis 23.23,646 
Will Franklin 13.22,072 Bert Keller 8.11,275 Total votes: 15,704 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jim Murphy (R)
District 134
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 134
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Ryan McConnico 75.46,992 A. A. Dominquez 24.62,278 Total votes: 9,270 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 135
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 135
Candidate%Votes✔ Stephen Hagerty 51.42,112 Mike May 48.61,996 Total votes: 4,108 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Ray (R)
District 136
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 136
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Michelle Evans 83.76,427 
Amin Salahuddin 16.31,249 Total votes: 7,676 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 138
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 138
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Lacey Hull 64.47,942 
Josh Flynn 19.42,390 
Christine Kalmbach 16.21,992 Total votes: 12,324 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 147
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 147
Candidate%Votes✔ Damien Thaddeus Jones 53.71,117 Rashard Baylor 46.3965 Total votes: 2,082 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
District 150
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 150
Candidate%Votes✔ 
Valoree Swanson 68.58,866 
Debbie Riddle 25.33,278 
Valerie McGilvrey 3.3423 
Bryan Le 2.9378 Total votes: 12,945 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.
News and conflicts in this primary
This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 state legislative primaries. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter.
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 12 (March 3, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 10 (February 17, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 9 (February 10, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 8 (February 3, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 4 (January 6, 2022)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 3 (December 16, 2021)
- Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 2 (December 2, 2021)
2020 primaries
There were 29 Republican primaries for Texas House of Representatives on March 3, 2020. Of those 29 primaries, 11 involved an incumbent representative. This year's primaries came after the active 2018 primary season when 26 Republican incumbents faced a primary challenger and three lost in the primary election.
No incumbents lost their primary challenges. This year was the first time in four cycles that no incumbent lost in the primary stage. Two incumbents faced runoff elections: Dan Flynn (District 2) and J.D. Sheffield (District 59). Both lost in their respective runoffs.
In 2020, Speaker Dennis Bonnen left office because of a recording of him offering the group Empower Texans benefits in exchange for targeting 10 incumbent Republicans for defeat in 2020.
Bonnen donated to seven incumbents facing primary challengers. Each candidate received $15,000 from Bonnen's PAC, Texas Leads, which he founded in summer 2019 before his retirement announcement. A spokesperson for Bonnen said the donations were given to members who helped get Bonnen's legislative priorities passed in the 2019 session.[5]
Empower Texans, a group known for running conservative challenges to moderate incumbents, endorsed two candidates running for open seats. In September 2019, The Texas Tribune reported the group was frustrated with Bonnen, claiming he did not do enough to address their legislative concerns.[6]
2018 primaries
Four Republican incumbents lost primaries in 2018. The conflict in the state House Republican primaries was between a faction supportive of House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and those opposed to his leadership, including members of the Texas Freedom Caucus.[7] Conflict in the state Senate Republican primaries fell along similar lines, although the anti-Straus faction already had control in that chamber partially due to the leadership of Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick (R). Straus announced his retirement in October 2017, setting up a contest to elect the next speaker of the state House in 2019. Both the pro-Straus faction and the anti-Straus faction were likely to run candidates in the speaker's race, meaning the 2018 primaries could have been pivotal in deciding which faction would have more influence after the 2018 elections.
The anti-Straus faction of the Republican Party in the Texas Legislature defeated three pro-Straus incumbents in the March 6 primaries, with state Sen. Craig Estes and state Reps. Wayne Faircloth and Jason Villalba all losing. The pro-Straus faction won matchups in Districts 2, 99, 122, and 134. Each side won three races without sitting incumbents.
Pro-Straus candidates defeated anti-Straus candidates in five of the seven May 22 runoffs (Districts 4, 8, 13, 62, and 121). The other two runoffs were in District 54, where incumbent Scott Cosper lost to a challenger with an unknown factional affiliation, and District 107, where an anti-Straus candidate beat an unaffiliated candidate to take on state Rep. Victoria Neave Criado (D) in the general election.
2022 battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
This election was a battleground race. Other 2022 battleground elections included:
- Georgia gubernatorial election, 2022
- Nebraska's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (May 10 Republican primary)
- Nevada Secretary of State election, 2022
- Ohio Secretary of State election, 2022 (May 3 Republican primary)
- Texas' 15th Congressional District election, 2022
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Reform Austin, "Your Complete Guide to the Texas 2022 Primaries," December 15, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Houston Chronicle, "Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick boosts 5 Texas Senate candidates in unprecedented bid to extend his reach," February 2, 2022
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Four years in, the Freedom Caucus finds a less contentious role in the Texas House," February 3, 2021
- ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen won't seek reelection after recording scandal," October 22, 2019
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs nameddonations - ↑ The Texas Tribune, "Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to Empower Texans' Michael Quinn Sullivan: 'You are destroying our party,'" September 17, 2019
- ↑ TribTalk, "Upcoming battles in the ongoing Texas GOP civil war," December 19, 2017
