William Taggart
William Taggart (independent) (also known as Butch) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 38th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.[source]
Taggart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on April 11, 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 38
William Taggart (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 38 on November 3, 2026.
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38
Theresa Courts (D), Marvalette Hunter (D), and Melissa McDonough (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 3, 2026.
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 | Theresa Courts | |
 | Marvalette Hunter | |
 | Melissa McDonough | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Curtis Cook II (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 38 on March 3, 2026.
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 | Avery Ayers | |
 | Jon Bonck | |
 | Shelly deZevallos | |
 | Craig Goralski | |
 | Barrett McNabb | |
 | Carmen Montiel | |
 | Michael Pratt | |
 | Larry Rubin | |
 | Jennifer Sundt | |
 | Jeff Yuna | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wesley Hunt (R)
- Damien Mockus (R)
Green Party convention
Green convention for U.S. House Texas District 38
Alex McMenemy (G) is running in the Green Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 38 on April 11, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
William Taggart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taggart's responses.
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- National Debt - We are bogged down in culture war issues when we have much more important items that need to be addressed. The national debt has risen from $5.7 trillion in 2000 to $38.4 trillion and is continuing to rise. These are levels of debt like we had after World War II compared to the economy. At the same time, people making less than $200,000 per year are paying more in taxes than their grandparents, while people making more than $500,000 per year are paying a lot less. Spending cuts are required, but won’t balance the budget, we need to raise taxes on the wealthy and large corporations to stop this increasing debt before it breaks our economy.
- Healthcare – Americans spend more on healthcare and get worse outcomes than other first world countries. US health insurance companies have 20% overhead when Medicare and foreign health systems are less than 5%. Private Equity is buying up providers, reducing the number of hospitals and clinics in regions limiting competition. While the US drug market is the Wild Wild West for pharmaceuticals to charge as much as they want. We need to establish Health Savings Accounts that leverage Medicare negotiated rates with pharmacies, doctors, and hospitals. A public option to provide simple low-cost insurance to people and provide competition to private insurance.
- Energy – US oil fields are beginning to plateau in their production. At the same time, natural gas power plants are in construction while we ship more US natural gas overseas from LNG export terminals. Data centers are being built at a rapid pace, demanding more electricity. We are creating an energy crisis due to bad policy. Republicans block wind farms and solar, while Democrats give away tax credits when we have massive national debt. We need an all of the above approach that does not involve increasing the national debt. We need to tax hydrocarbons, wind, and solar to fund building transmission lines and energy storage to increase the reliability of our electrical grid.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
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