Wayne Raasch

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Wayne Raasch

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. House Texas District 27

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Last election

March 5, 2024

Next election

March 3, 2026

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Wayne Raasch (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 27th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on March 3, 2026.^[source]

Raasch was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 27th Congressional District of Texas. Raasch was defeated by Raul (Roy) Barrera in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016.

Raasch was a Democratic candidate for the District 28 in the Texas House of Representatives in the November 2, 2010, state legislative elections.

Elections

2026

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 27

Dan McQueen (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Dan McQueen (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Eustaquio Castro-Mendoza (D), Tanya Lloyd (D), and Wayne Raasch (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Eustaquio Castro-Mendoza
		Tanya Lloyd
	Submit photo	Wayne Raasch

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud (R) and Chris Hatley (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Michael Cloud
	Submit photo	Chris Hatley

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2024

See also: Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 22nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls defeated Marquette Greene-Scott in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 22 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls (R)	62.1	209,285
		Marquette Greene-Scott (D)	37.9	127,604

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 336,889
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Marquette Greene-Scott defeated Wayne Raasch in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marquette Greene-Scott	81.7	17,290
	Submit photo	Wayne Raasch	18.3	3,877

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,167
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22

Incumbent Troy Nehls advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 22 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Troy Nehls	100.0	62,862

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 22

No candidate advanced from the convention.

		Candidate
		Saer Khan (L)

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas State Board of Education election, 2022

General election

General election for Texas State Board of Education District 2

LJ Francis defeated Victor Perez in the general election for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LJ Francis (R)	50.2	194,976
		Victor Perez (D)	49.8	193,578

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 388,554
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 2

Victor Perez defeated Pete Garcia in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Victor Perez	56.1	20,769
		Pete Garcia	43.9	16,252

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,021
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2

Victor Perez and Pete Garcia advanced to a runoff. They defeated Thomas Garcia, Michael Vargas, and Wayne Raasch in the Democratic primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Victor Perez	29.6	21,702
✔		Pete Garcia	24.3	17,856
		Thomas Garcia	20.9	15,331
		Michael Vargas	19.8	14,510
	Submit photo	Wayne Raasch	5.4	3,974

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,373
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2

LJ Francis defeated Hilda Garza-DeShazo in the Republican primary for Texas State Board of Education District 2 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LJ Francis	57.5	38,009
		Hilda Garza-DeShazo	42.5	28,105

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,114
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2016

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Blake Farenthold (R) defeated Roy Barrera (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Farenthold defeated Gregg Deeb in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Barrera defeated Ray Madrigal and Wayne Raasch to win the Democratic primary.

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Blake Farenthold Incumbent	61.7%	142,251
	Democratic	Raul (Roy) Barrera	38.3%	88,329
Total Votes				230,580
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 27 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Blake Farenthold Incumbent	55.9%	42,195
Gregg Deeb	44.1%	33,280
Total Votes		75,475
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 27 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Raul Barrera	50.3%	15,939
Ray Madrigal	35.2%	11,157
Wayne Raasch	14.4%	4,570
Total Votes		31,666
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2010

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2010

Raasch ran for election to the 28th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the March 2nd primary. He was defeated by Republican incumbent John Zerwas in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Texas House of Representatives, District 28 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
John Zerwas (R)		44,094	71.43%
Wayne Raasch (D)		17,628	28.56%

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2026

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2024

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Wayne Raasch campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Texas District 22	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	Texas State Board of Education District 2	Lost primary	$0	$0
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

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