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United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Republican primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Texas were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected 38 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 38 U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for March 1, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for May 24, 2022. The filing deadline was December 13, 2021.
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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. Voters do not have to register with a party in advance in order to participate in that party's primary. The voter must sign a pledge stating the following (the language below is taken directly from state statutes)[1]
| “ | The following pledge shall be placed on the primary election ballot above the listing of candidates' names: '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.'[2] | ” |
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Texas' Republican primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Republican primary candidates
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District 2
Republican primary candidates
- Daniel Crenshaw (Incumbent) ✔
- Jameson Ellis
- Martin Etwop
- Milam Langella
Did not make the ballot:
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District 3
Republican primary candidates
- Van Taylor (Incumbent) ✔
- Suzanne Cassimatis Harp
- Jeremy Ivanovskis
- Keith Self ✔
- Rickey Williams
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District 4
Republican primary candidates
- Pat Fallon (Incumbent) ✔
- John Harper
- Dan Thomas
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District 5
Republican primary candidates
- Lance Gooden (Incumbent) ✔
District 6
Republican primary candidates
- Jake Ellzey (Incumbent) ✔
- James Buford
- Bill Payne
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District 7
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 8
Republican primary candidates
- Betsy Bates
- Candice C. Burrows
- Christian Collins
- Jonathan Hullihan
- Morgan Luttrell ✔
- Dan McKaughan
- Jonathan Mitchell
- Chuck Montgomery
- Mike Philips
- Jessica Wellington
- Taylor Whichard
Did not make the ballot:
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District 9
Republican primary candidates
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District 10
Republican primary candidates
- Michael McCaul (Incumbent) ✔
District 11
Republican primary candidates
- August Pfluger (Incumbent) ✔
District 12
Republican primary candidates
- Kay Granger (Incumbent) ✔
- Ryan Catala
- Alysia Rieg
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 13
Republican primary candidates
- Ronny L. Jackson (Incumbent) ✔
District 14
Republican primary candidates
- Randy Weber (Incumbent) ✔
- Keith Casey
- Ruben Landon Dante
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 15
Republican primary candidates
- Jose Aizar Cavazos
- Sara Canady
- Vangela Churchill
- Monica De La Cruz ✔
- Mauro Garza
- Angela Juarez
- Ryan Krause
- John Lerma
- Steve Schmuker Jr.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 16
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 17
Republican primary candidates
- Pete Sessions (Incumbent) ✔
- Paulette Carson
- Jason Nelson
- Robert Rosenberger
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 18
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 19
Republican primary candidates
- Jodey Arrington (Incumbent) ✔
District 20
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 21
Republican primary candidates
- Chip Roy (Incumbent) ✔
- Michael French
- Robert Lowry
- Dana Zavorka
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District 22
Republican primary candidates
- Troy Nehls (Incumbent) ✔
- Gregory Thorne
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District 23
Republican primary candidates
- Tony Gonzales (Incumbent) ✔
- Alma Arredondo-Lynch
- Alia Garcia-Ureste
District 24
Republican primary candidates
- Beth Van Duyne (Incumbent) ✔
- Nate Weymouth
District 25
Republican primary candidates
- Roger Williams (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 26
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 27
Republican primary candidates
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District 28
Republican primary candidates
- Ed Cabrera
- Steven Fowler
- Cassy Garcia ✔
- Eric Hohman
- Rolando Rodriguez
- Willie Vasquez Ng
- Sandra Whitten ✔
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District 29
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 30
Republican primary candidates
- Lizbeth Diaz
- Kelvin Goodwin-Castillo
- James Harris ✔
- Dakinya Jefferson
- Angeigh Roc'ellerpitts
- James Rodgers ✔
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District 31
Republican primary candidates
- John Carter (Incumbent) ✔
- Abhiram Garapati
- Mike Williams
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 32
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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District 33
Republican primary candidates
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District 34
Republican primary candidates
- Mayra Flores (Incumbent) ✔
- Juana Cantu-Cabrera
- Gregory Kunkle Jr.
- Frank McCaffrey
Did not make the ballot:
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District 35
Republican primary candidates
- Jenai Aragona-Hales
- Bill Condict
- Marilyn Jackson
- Alejandro Ledezma
- Dan McQueen ✔
- Sam Montoya
- Asa Palagi
- Michael Rodriguez ✔
- Dan Sawatzki
- Jennifer Sundt
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District 36
Republican primary candidates
- Brian Babin (Incumbent) ✔
District 37
Republican primary candidates
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District 38
Republican primary candidates
- Philip Covarrubias
- Alex Cross
- Jerry Ford Sr.
- Brett Guillory
- David Hogan
- Wesley Hunt ✔
- Roland Lopez
- Damien Mockus
- Mark Ramsey
- Richard Welch
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Primary election competitiveness in Texas
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Texas.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Texas in 2022. Information below was calculated on Jan. 27, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 223 candidates filed to run for Texas’ 38 U.S. House districts, including 143 Republicans, 79 Democrats, and one independent candidate. That’s 5.9 candidates per district, less than the 6.5 candidates per district in 2020 and 5.9 in 2018.
Texas gained two U.S. House districts following the 2020 census. Two members of the U.S. House filed to run for re-election in a different district than the one represented before redistricting: Lloyd Doggett (D) filed in the new 37th District, while Vicente Gonzalez (D) filed in the 34th District seat held by retiring Rep. Filemon Vela (D).
Six districts were open, meaning no incumbent filed to run. In addition to Gonzalez’s and Doggett’s districts, these included the newly-created 38th District and the 1st, 8th, and 30th districts. 1st District incumbent Louie Gohmert (R) filed to run for state attorney general, while incumbents Kevin Brady (R) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) did not file for re-election.
This was the same number as 2012, the previous post-redistricting cycle, and 2020. There were seven open seats in 2018.
There were 13 incumbents who filed to run in districts without any primary challengers.
Three districts were likely to be won by Republicans because no Democrats filed. There were no districts where the same is true of Democratic candidates.
Fifteen candidates each filed to run in the 15th and 30th Districts, more than any other. Six Democrats and nine Republicans filed in the 15th. Nine Democrats and six Republicans filed in the 30th. Both districts were open.
See also
- United States House elections in Texas, 2022 (March 1 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Statutes, "Section 172.086," accessed October 7, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
