Texas House: Houston, Southeast Texas, West Texas, Panhandle and Rio Grande Valley
As is the case every two years, all 150 Texas House seats are up for election in 2018. However, only 70 of those seats will include primary election races, while 49 seats will have general elections only. There are also 31 seats this year with candidates running completely unopposed (10 Republicans and 21 Democrats).
Of the 70 primary elections on the 2018 ballot, 32 primary races contain Republicans only; 28 primary races contain Democrats only; and 10 races have both Republican and Democratic primaries.
Over the next three weeks, AGC TBB will outline all 70 House primary elections by region. These candidates are running in primary election races in the following regions: Houston / Southeast Texas, West Texas, Panhandle, and Rio Grande Valley.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE MARCH 6.
HOUSTON & SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONS
District 15 - The seat has been vacated by Republican Rep. Mark Keough. Two Republicans - Steve Toth and Mary "Jackie" Waters - will compete for the party nomination.
District 18 - Republican Rep. Ernest Bailes will square off against Emily Cook in the primary.
District 23 - Republican Rep. Wayne Faircloth will face Mayes Middleton in the primary.
District 25 - Republican Rep. Dennis Bonnen will compete against Damon Rambo in the primary. The winner will be unopposed in the general election.
District 27 - Democratic Rep. Ron Reynolds will face Wilvin Carter in the primary.
The winner will be unopposed in the general election.
District 28 - Democrats Durward White and Meghan Scoggins will compete for the primary spot, and the winner will face Republican Rep. John Zerwas in the general election.
District 29 -
Democrats Dylan Wilde Forbis and James Presley will face off in the primary election, and the winner will face Republican Rep. Ed Thompson in the general election.
District 126 - The seat has been vacated by Republican Rep. Kevin Roberts. Three Republicans - Sam Harless, Gail Stanart, and Kevin Fulton - will vie in the primary election, as well as two Democrats - Undrai Fizer and Natali Hurtado.
District 127 - Republican Rep. Dan Huberty will face Reginald "RC" Grant Jr. in the primary election.
District 132 - Two Democrats - Carlos Peña and Gina Calanni - will compete for the Democratic primary spot, and the winner will face Republican Rep. Mike Schofield in the general.
District 133 -
Three Democrats - Martin Schexnayder, Sandra G. Moore, and Sam Tejas
- will face off in the Democratic primary, and the winner will face Republican Rep. Jim Murphy in the general election.
District 134 - Republican Rep. Sarah Davis is set to face Susanna Dokupil in the party primary, while Allison Sawyer and Lloyd Wayne Oliver will compete for the Democratic primary spot.
District 138 - Democrats Adam Milasinec and Jenifer Rene Pool will square off in the primary, and the winner will face Republican Rep. Dwayne Bohac in the general election.
District 139 - Democratic Rep. Jarvis Johnson will face Randy Bates for the Democratic primary position.
District 142 - Democratic Rep. Harold Dutton faces Richard Bonton in the party primary, and the winner will run unopposed in the general election.
District 144 - Two Republicans - Gilbert Peña and Ruben Villareal - will vie for their party's primary spot, and the winner will face Democratic Rep. Mary Ann Perez in the general election.
District 146 - Democratic Rep. Shawn Thierry will face Roy Owens and Ricardo Soliz for the Democratic primary position.
District 147 - Democratic Rep. Garnet Coleman will face Daniel Espinoza in the party primary.
District 150 - Republican Rep. Valoree Swanson will compete against James Wilson in the primary election.
WEST TEXAS AND PANHANDLE REGIONS
District 75 - Democratic Rep. Mary Gonzalez faces Mary Sue Femath in the primary, and the winner will run unopposed in the general election.
District 84 - Democrats Samantha T. Fields and Austin Michael Carrizales will square off in the primary, and the winner will face Republican Rep. John Frullo in the general election.
District 87 - Republican Rep. Four Price will compete against Drew Brassfield in the primary election.
District 88 - Republican Rep. Ken King faces two primary challengers in Jason B. Huddleston and Richard Beyea.
District 31 - Democratic Rep. Ryan Guillen faces Ana Lisa Garza in the party primary election. The winner will run unopposed in the general.
District 37 - Democratic Rep. Rene Oliveira faces two primary challengers in Alex Dominguez and Arturo Alonzo.
The winner will run unopposed in the general.
District 41 - Democratic Rep. Bobby Guerra faces Michael Pinkard, Jr. in the party primary election.
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