Page 1 of 86 Candidates for the 85th Texas House November 14, 2015 Filing Begins December 14, 2015 6:00 pm Filing Ends Feb 16 - 26, 2016 Early Voting for Primary March 1, 2016 Primary March 12, 2016 Libertarian County Conventions March 26, 2016 Libertarian District Conventions April 9, 2016 Libertarian Party Convention May , 2016 Early Voting for Run Off May , 2016 Primary Run Off Oct. 24 – Nov. 4, 2016 Early Voting for General Election November 8, 2016 General Election November 14, 2016 Prefiling Starts Disclaimer: This document has been compiled by from various sources, may not be complete and is for informational purposes only. There is no representation as to accuracy. Demographic numbers are from the 2010 U.S. Census and represent voting age population. As of November 2, 2015 PRIMARY OPPONENTS RUN-OFFS GENERAL BOTH LEAVING NEW MEMBERS RETURNING 1. Burkett 1. Sarah Davis 1. Rinaldi 1. Aycock 1. HD 5 1. 2. Faircloth 2. Burns 2. White 2. Crownover 2. HD 7 3. Clardy 3. Galindo 4. Koop 3. Farias 3. HD 18 4. Cook 5. Krause 4. Fletcher 4. HD 33 5. Cyrier 6. Leach 5. Harless 5. HD 54 6. Flynn 7. Moody 7. Frullo 8. Pena 6. Hughes 6. HD 60 8. Geren 9. Sanford 7. Keffer 7. HD 64 9. Gonzelz 10. Shaheen 8. Susan King 8. HD 71 11. Sheets 10. Isaac 9. Marquez 9. HD 77 12. Wu 11. Kacal 13. Zedler 10. McClendon 10. HD 118 12. Landgraf 11. Otto 11. HD 126 13. Laubenberg 12. Simpson 12. HD 130 14. Doug Miller 13. Scott Turner 13. HD 139 15. Raney 16. Sheffield 14. Sylvester Turner 17. Wayne Smith 18. Spitzer 19. Stickland 20. Straus 21. Tinderholt 22. Van Deaver 23. Villalba 23= 15% 13 = 9% 2 = 1% 14 = 9% 13= 9% = % * have third party challengers TOTAL CHALLENGED 54 = 36% MEMBERS KNOWN Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 18.4% B 58, New Boston George Lavender – 61, Texarkana LAVENDER 1 Van Deaver R TX House - REPUBLICAN 5.8% H 2015 - present Superintendent for Partner in Ellco Distributing and works in 3.1% HCVAP Facebook % New Boston ISD, commercial real estate. % 2.4%O Former Chamber TX House 2007 – 2014 29.5%D Twitter VAN DEAVER President, Region 8 Former board member of the Boys & Girls clubs, DEMOCRAT 69.7% R Announced Regional Director for 0.7%L married with three adult children. % The Equity Center. % Facebook Twitter Married with two grown daughters. Consultant: Chris Turner Announced LIBERTARIAN Consultant: KC Strategies % GREEN % 6.4% B 73, Van Bryan Slaton - Greenville FLYNN 2 Flynn R TX House - REPUBLICAN 10.0% H 2003 – Present Owns local newspaper Manager at Slaton Financial Services. Former Mister for 13 years 5.5 %HCVAP Facebook with a Masters of Divinity. Advocated against the Blacklands Toll Rancher, Former % % 2.4%O Road/Northeast Gateway in 2014. Endorsed by Empower 26.4% D Twitter Banking Texans. Commissioner DEMOCRAT 72.5% R Facebook Twitter Announced SLATON 0.8%L Announced % % LIBERTARIAN % GREEN % Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 9.7% B Cecil Bell Jr R TX House 54, Magnolia BELL 3 REPUBLICAN 20.0% H 2013 - present Owns a company 9.7 %HCVAP Facebook which specializes in % 2.3%O Twitter % water and waste water 27.0% D utility construction; DEMOCRAT 72.3% R ranches in Freestone 0.5%L and Leon Co.s. Former % Magnolia ISD Pres., Chair of the Greater LIBERTARIAN Magnolia Eco Devo Partnership, Dir for TX % Assoc. of Business, Advisory Director of GREEN First Community Bank, Member of SW Cattleman’s % Association, NRA and TSRA. Married to JoAnn with two grown sons. www.cecilbelljr.org 8.8% B Stuart Spitzer TX HOUSE 49, Kaufman Lance Gooden - 34, Risk Management Consultant GOODEN 4 R REPUBLICAN 11.7% H TXHOUSE 2011 - 2014 2015 - present General Surgeon on 6.3 %HCVAP Facebook Former B. Brown staffer from 2003-2005. Former staff at Presbyterian % 2.0%O Twitter Energy Insurance Broker. Endorsed by Athens Mayor % Hospital of Kaufman 29.7% D Jerry Vaught and Kaufman Mayor Jeff Jordan. in private practice for DEMOCRAT 69.6% R Facebook Twitter 10 years. Also treats in SPITZER 0.6%L Athens. Native of Consultant: KC Strategies % Athens. Wife and two Announced % children have lived in LIBERTARIAN Kaufman since 2005. Long distance runner. % Not a TMA member. GREEN Consultant: Luke Macias % Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 11.0% B DAVIS 5 Bryan Hughes - R TX House - 47, Mineola Randall E. Davis – Emory REPUBLICAN 13.2% H 2003-Present Attorney, formerly 5.2 %HCVAP with Sadler Law Firm, Scuba Instructor. Former Security Consultant. Army Vet. Member % % 1.6%O of the Texas State Guard. Member of the Board of Directors for but now solo 28.4% D Running for SD 1 the South Rains Special Utilities District. Married to Cindy with practitioner DEMOCRAT 70.8% R two grown children. Attends Emory Baptist Church. Announced HAYES 0.6%L Consultant: Jordan % Berry % Philip Hayes – 25, Lindale LIBERTARIAN Marketing VP. Former Hideaway Lake City Councilman (’09 - ). Former Staff for Sen. Campbell (84th), 3 time State GOP HEFNER % Delegate. Has support of Lindale Mayor Robert Nelson, and Troup Mayor Joe Carlyle. Facebook Twitter Consultant: Murphy % GREEN Nascia Announced MEISENHEIMER % Cole Hefner – 34, Mount Pleasant Insurance Agent. Former Upshur Co Commissioner (not in % District). Running as Tea Party candidate. Married to Kerri with 6 children. Attend South Jefferson Baptist Church. Facebook Announced PEARCE Jay Misenheimer – Lindale % Owner of JAYMIZE Holdings and ABM Wings (owns UPS Stores). Former Member of the Lindale ISD and President of the Children’s Advocacy Center. Married to Melanie with a grown PENNINGTON son. Member of First United of Lindale. Facebook Twitter Announced % Kenneth Pearce – Mineola CPA. Mayor of Mineola (2013 -2015), Alderman (2009-2013). Former BoD fpr Mineola Civic Center, Eco Devo Corp, Chamber of Comm, Mesquite United Way, VChair Planning and Zoning Comm. Married. Consultant: Eric Bearse RUMORED Shane Pennington – Daingerfield Insurance Agency Owner Rumored 6-16-15 Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 19.0% B 40, Tyler SCHAEFER 6 Schaefer- R TX House - REPUBLICAN 14.9% H Attorney. Former Facebook 2013 - present 6.5 %HCVAP Regional Director for Twitter % 2.4%O US Sen. John Cornyn, % 30.8% D worked for Phill DEMOCRAT 68.4% R Gramm, Neugabauer, 0.5%L and Carl Isett, while he % was Chair of Sunset. Supported by Michael LIBERTARIAN Quinn Sullivan. Consultant: Luke % Macias GREEN % 16.9% B David Simpson 55, Longview DEAN 7 R TX House - Jay Dean – Longview REPUBLICAN 11.2% H Tree Farmer and 2011 - present 3.9 %HCVAP Business Owner Former three-term Mayor (2005- 2015), City Council % % 2.1%O Running for SD 1 Former Mayor of member since 1989. Married to Pokie with three adult 29.3% D Avinger 1993-1998 children. Founding members of St. Matthew’s Catholic DEMOCRAT 70.0% R Tea Party Candidate – Church. Endorsed by TLR, TMA. Facebook Consultant: WATTS 0.5%L campaigning on Murphy Nascia % federal government encroachment on % Announced LIBERTARIAN states’ rights David Watts – Longview % Rancher. Former Minister and author. Ran for KY State Rep in 92 and GLO in ’14. Married to Desiree with three GREEN children. Facebook Twitter Consultant: Axiom % Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 15.9% B Tony Adkins – Fairfield ADKINS 8 Bryon Cook R TX House- 62, Corsicana REPUBLICAN 15.4% H 2003 – present Businessman/Rancher, Works for Rollo Insurance Group 8.8 %HCVAP Facebook software developer 1.5%O Married to Sonoma. % Consultant: Eppstein % 29.7% D Announced Facebook 69.5% R COOK DEMOCRAT 0.7%L % Thomas McNutt – Corsicana % Vice President of Corsicana Bakery (grandson of LIBERTARIAN founder). Member of the Board of the YMCA. Rotarian. MCNUTT Attends First Baptist Church. Dating Julie Martin, a PT % student in Lousiana. Facebook Twitter Endorsed by Empower Texans Consultant: Luke Macias % GREEN % 18.6% B Chris Paddie TX House 42, Marshall PADDIE 9 R REPUBLICAN 6.9% H 2013 - present Former Mayor and 2.5 %HCVAP Facebook former city council 1.4%O Twitter % member.. GM of % 30.4% D Announced KMHT Radio, where 69.0% R he hosts a daily talk DEMOCRAT 0.5%L show. He is a stockholder and % director of Hanszen Broadcast Group Inc., LIBERTARIAN which operates KMHT in Marshall, KGAS % Radio in Carthage and KPXI/KWRD in GREEN Henderson. Married with two kids. Consultant: Chris % Turner Dist Notes on Dist Incumbent R/ Sessions Notes on Incumbent Notes on Republican Challengers Primary Outcomes Notes on Democrat Challengers Primary Outcomes Election Outcomes (using Compt. D served race.) 8.5% B Waxahachie WRAY 10 John Wray R TX House - REPUBLICAN 18.7% H Estate/Probate and 2015- present 13.1 Facebook Banking Attorney in % %HCVAP Wray & Willett. Co- % 1.7%O Twitter owner in Town Square DEMOCRAT 28.6% D Title Company. City 70.6% R Council Member since % 0.7%L 2007. Director of Ellis Co United Way, the LIBERTARIAN Regional Airport, Regional Director for % the Boy Scouts, The Waxahachie Foundation.