How Did Texas AG Paxton’s Endorsements Fare in ’24 Primary?

Bad News for Biden, Obama, New World Order Leaders

Among the most telling facts from the 2024 Texas primaries voting, is that the presidential votes by Democrats has dramatically fallen compared to 2020.

Early votes historically favor Democratic candidates and there were 207,408 fewer Texans who decided to cast their ballots early in the primary races, as in-person voting took place on Tuesday, March 5.

During the 2020 primary season, about 2 million people voted early, with the figure dropping to 1.8 million during the 2024 campaign.

Almost all of the 200,000+ votes were on the Democratic side.

Ken Paxton’s Push to Rid Texas of RINOS

In February, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton noted it was time to “clean house” and rid the RINOS (Republicans In Name Only) out of politics.

He presented his endorsements for the March 5th primary elections.

Here is how his candidates did (as of 21:01 am, Wednesday, March 6).

● Won or Forced Runoff

○ Lost Primary

Donald Trump for president of the United States: 78.2% of the vote.

● Ted Cruz for Senate: 88.7%.

John Devine for the Texas Supreme Court. 50.2%

David Schenck, 62%

Gina Parker, 66% and

Lee Finley, 53.9% for the Court of Criminal Appeals. 

For U.S. Congress:

John O’Shea in North Texas. 25%

Irene Armendariz-Jackson in El Paso. Uncontested.

For the State Senate:

Dr. Carrie de Moor, 17.3%

Dale Huls, House District 1. 

Brent Money, House District 2. 

Josh Feuerstein, House District 4. 

Jeff Fletcher, House District 5.  

Paulette Carson, House District 9.

○ State Rep. Travis Clardy House, District 11.

□ Incumbent State Rep. Steve Toth (R–Conroe), House District 15. 

Tom Glass, House District 17. 

Janice Holt, House District 18. 

Janine Chapa, House District 20.

David Covey (with 46% of votes), challenged House Speaker Dade Phelan (43%) from Beaumont, who led the attempt to impeach Paxton. The two will compete in a May 28 runoff election.

Covey was also endorsed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi and former President Donald Trump. 

Matt Morgan defeated Rep. Jacey Jetton.

□ State Rep. Gary Gates, running for reelection, House District 28. 

Sheriff AJ Louderback, House District 30. 

Katrina Pierson, House District 33. Will be in runoff with Rep. Justin Holland.

Alan Schoolcraft, House District 44.  

Wesley Virdell, House District 53 seat (left by House Impeachment Manager, State Rep. Andrew Murr (R–Junction). 61% of votes.

Hillary Hickland, House District 55. 

Devvie Duke, House District 56. Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed Pat Curry, who won and will face Democrat Erin Shank.

Helen Kerwin, House District 56. 

Mike Olcott, for House District 60.

Chuck Branch and Keresa Richardson both received Paxton’s endorsement and challenged State Rep. Frederick Frazier (R–McKinney) for House District 61.

Shelley Luther, House District 62. 

Vince Gallo, House District 63. 

Andy Hopper, House District 64. 

Mitch Little for House District 65. Little previously led a successful defense of Paxton against the impeachment charges.  

Wayne Richard, House District 66.

Daren Meis, House District. 67. Won by incumbent Jeff Leach.

Kerri Kingsberry, who  challenged State Rep. David Spiller (R–Jacksboro) for House District 68. Spiller voted to impeach Paxton. 

Liz Case, House District 71. 

Don McLaughlin, House District 80.

Wade Cowan, House District 83. 

Tim Greeson, House District 85. 

□ State Rep. John Smithee (R–Amarillo), running for reelection in House District 86. 

Caroline Fairly, who is running for House District 87.

Karen Post, House District 88. 

Abraham George, House District 89. 

David Lowe, House District 91. 

Cheryl Bean, House District 97.

Jack Reynolds, House District 99.

Barry Wernick, House District 108. 

Marc LaHood, House District 121.

Bianca Gracia, House District 128. 

John Perez, House District 133. 

Jared Woodfill, House District 138. 

Stephen Stanley, House District 113. 

On a side note, 47,706 votes in the Republican Primary came from people who most recently voted in a Democratic Primary before 2024. That’s 3.9% of the total votes in the Republican primary.

Likewise, 25,362 votes (4.2% of the total votes) cast on the Democratic side were from someone who most recently voted in a Republican Primary.

Primary runoff elections are May 28.

The primary election ushers in the state’s party convention process. Both party’s state conventions will be held May 23 through 25. The Republican party will convene in San Antonio while the Democratic party assembles in El Paso.

The general election is Nov. 5. 

The last day to register to vote in the general election is Oct. 7.

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5 comments

  1. Great research. Thank you. I hope Covey wins the runoff. Didn’t Phelan show up to work drunk? Did he appoint Democrats to chair committees? In the1980s, many Republicans would vote in the Democratic primary because the Democratic primary had competitive races while the Republican primary had just one strong candidate. They would vote Republican in November. I remember going to a Democratic caucus in the evening as a favor for a friend. She knew that I was going to vote Republican in November but didn’t care. I was very uncomfortable and felt like I was in enemy territory and never did that again. I kept my mouth shut and left ASAP.

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