June 1, 2018

This week's Capitol Roundup:
 
AGC-TBB political action committee achieves winning results in four Texas House runoffs

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"The results in these runoffs and in the March primaries clearly demonstrate that Republican voters want constructive and pragmatic leadership for our fast-growing state."

Retiring House Speaker Joe Straus made the comment following results from the May 22 runoff elections for the Texas Legislature.  Straus supported business moderate conservatives in the runoffs, including Steve Allison, who won the Republican runoff in the district Straus is leaving. 
Texas Building Branch PAC goes four out of five in runoff elections

Four of the five candidates that Texas Building Branch PAC supported in the May 22 runoff elections won their respective Texas House races.

The four runoff winners backed by TBB PAC now head into general elections in November.  They include three Republicans and one Democrat:

Steve Allison (R-San Antonio) - House District 121
Sheryl Cole (D-Austin) - House District 46
Ben Leman (R-Brenham) - House District 13
Reggie Smith (R-Sherman) - House District 62

Across the state, more than 30 races went to runoff elections, including a Democratic runoff for governor, which resulted in Lupe Valdez (53.3%) defeating Andrew White (46.7%).   The list below includes results from all 15 runoff elections for positions in the Texas Legislature.  The winners will head to the Nov. 6 general elections, where some will run unopposed. 
Click here to see a full listing of runoff results.

Candidates with an asterisk* are incumbents, and candidates in bold red received financial support from AGC-TBB in the runoffs. 

Senate District 17
Rita Lucido (D-Houston) won with 57.76% over Fran Watson (D-Houston) and will face Sen. Joan Huffman* (R-Houston) in the general election. 

House District 4 
Keith Bell (R-Forney) won with 58.89% over Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman) and will face Eston Williams (D-Mabank) in the general election. 

House District 8 
Cody Harris (R-Palestine) won with 56.96% over Thomas McNutt (R-Corsicana) and will face  Wesley Ratcliff (D-Oakwood) in the general election.

House District 13
Ben Leman (R-Brenham) won with 57.33% over Jill Wolfskill (R-Bellville) and will face  Cecil Ray Webster, Sr. (D-Carmine) in the general election. 

House District 37
Alex Dominguez (D-Brownsville) won with 56.71% over Rep. Rene Oliveira* (D-Brownsville) and has no opponent in the general election. 
 
House District 45
Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) won with 51.42% over Rebecca Bell-Metereau (D-San Marcos) and will face Ken Strange (R-Wimberley) in the general election. 

House District 46 
Sheryl Cole (D-Austin) won with 50.88% over Jose Vela (D-Austin) and will face  Gabriela Nila (R-Manor) in the general election. 

House District 47 
Vikki Goodwin (D-Austin) won with 57.99% over Elaina Fowler (D-Austin) and will face Rep. Paul Workman* (R-Austin) in the general election. 

House District 54
Brad Buckley (R-Killeen) won with 58.25% over Rep. Scott Cosper* (R-Killeen) and will face Kathy Richerson (D-Killeen) in the general election.
House District 62
Reggie Smith (R-Sherman) won with 71.19% over Brent Lawson (R-Alstyne) and will face Valerie Hefner (D-Sherman) in the general election.

House District 64
Andrew Morris (D-Argyle) won with 54.02% over Mat Pruneda (D-Denton) and will face Rep. Lynn Stucky* (R-Denton) in the general election. 

House District 107
Deanna Metzger (R-Mesquite) won with 56.10% over Joe Ruzicka (R-Dallas) and will face Rep. Victoria Neave* (D-Dallas) in the general election. 

House District 109
Carl Sherman (D-DeSoto) won with 62.84% over Deshaundra Lockhart Jones (D-DeSoto) and has no opponent in the general election. 

House District 121
Steve Allison (R-San Antonio) won with 57.46% over Matt Beebe (R-San Antonio) and will face C elina Montoya (D-San Antonio) in the general election. 

House District 133
Marty Schexnayder (D-Houston) won with 56.31% over Sandra Moore (D-Houston) and will face Rep. Jim Murphy* (R-Houston) in the general election.

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