Small Business Candidates Win in Texas Primary

March 2, 2022

Small Business Candidates Win in Texas Primary

Small business won big in Tuesday’s primary election, with a majority of the candidates endorsed by the NFIB Federal or Texas political action committees winning their party’s nomination. Visit the Texas Secretary of State’s office for complete results.

Federal

Twenty of the 21 incumbents endorsed by the NFIB Federal PAC won their primaries for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives: District, candidate 2 Dan Crenshaw 4 Pat Fallon 5 Lance Gooden 6 Jake Ellzey 10 Michael McCaul 11 August Pfluger 12 Kay Granger 13 Ronny Jackson 14 Randy Weber 17 Pete Sessions 19 Jodey Arrington 21 Chip Roy 22 Troy Nehls 23 Tony Gonzales 24 Beth Van Duyne 25 Roger Williams 26 Michael Burgess 27 Michael Cloud 31 John Carter 36 Brian Babin In a five-person race, Van Taylor, who represents the state’s 3rd congressional district, led by a wide margin, but in Texas, you need over 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff. Taylor won 48.7% of the vote on Tuesday, well ahead of second-place Keith Self, with 26.5%. They’ll square off in the runoff election in May.

State

Gov. Greg Abbott easily won the Republican nomination for a third term as Texas governor. He’ll face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in November. There was no clear winner in the Democratic race for lieutenant governor. Wednesday morning, Mike Collier, who had 42% of the vote with 95% of precincts reporting, appeared headed for a runoff with Michelle Beckley, who had 30% of the party’s vote. The winner of that runoff will go up against GOP nominee Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the general election. Small business candidates also fared well in state legislative races. Three of the four candidates nominated by the NFIB Texas PAC for state Senate easily won their party’s nomination. They are Angela Paxton (8th District), Phil King (10th District), and Tan Parker (12th District). The fourth, Pete Flores, led in the 24th District with 46% of the vote. He’ll face second-place finisher Raul Reyes in the May runoff. Twenty-four of the 30 candidates endorsed in House races secured their party’s nomination in Tuesday’s primary: District, Candidate (incumbent, unless noted) 1 Gary VanDeaver 4 Keith Bell 5 Cole Hefner 6 Matt Schaefer 11 Travis Clardy 14 John Raney 15 Steve Toth 18 Ernest Bailes 31 Ryan Guillen 33 Justin Holland 53 Andrew Murr 62 Reggie Smith 64 Lynn Stucky 65 Kronda Thimesch (open seat) 67 Jeff Leach 68 David Spiller 71 Stan Lambert 81 Brooks Landgraf 83 Dustin Burrows 88 Ken King 98 Giovanni Capriglione 132 Mike Schofield 138 Lacey Hull 150 Valoree Swanson Six state House candidates endorsed by the NFIB Texas PAC — Kyle Kacal (12th District), Glenn Rogers (60th District), Phil Stephenson (85th District), Stephanie Klick (91st District), Laura Hill (93rd District), Adam Blanchard (122nd District) — will try to secure their nomination in the May runoff election.

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