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Phil Kurtz

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Phil Kurtz (Libertarian Party) ran for election to theU.S. House to representTexas' 18th Congressional District. He lost in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Texas' 18th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 18

IncumbentSheila Jackson Lee defeatedCarmen Montiel,Vince Duncan, andPhil Kurtz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 18 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee (D)	70.7	110,511
		Carmen Montiel (R)	26.2	40,941
		Vince Duncan (Independent)	1.8	2,766
		Phil Kurtz (L)	1.3	2,050

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,268
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

IncumbentSheila Jackson Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sheila Jackson Lee	100.0	35,194

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cassius Marcellous Evergreen (D)
• Charles Thompson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18

Carmen Montiel advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Montiel	100.0	11,087

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,087
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Huckabee (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18

Phil Kurtz advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 18 on March 12, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Kurtz (L)	90.7	39
		Other/Write-in votes	9.3	4

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43
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2020

See also: Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

Texas' 29th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 29

IncumbentSylvia Garcia defeatedJaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco andPhil Kurtz in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 29 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia (D)	71.4	111,305
		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco (R)	27.5	42,840
		Phil Kurtz (L)	1.1	1,683

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 155,828
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

IncumbentSylvia Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sylvia Garcia	100.0	28,180

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29

Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco defeatedRobert Schafranek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jaimy Annette Zoboulikos-Blanco	56.9	4,336
		Robert Schafranek	43.1	3,286

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,622
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nile Irsan (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29

Phil Kurtz advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 29 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Phil Kurtz (L)

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2018

See also:Texas' 9th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 9

IncumbentAl Green defeatedPhil Kurtz,Benjamin Hernandez, andKesha Rogers in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 9 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Al Green (D)	89.1	136,256
		Phil Kurtz (L)	3.9	5,940
		Benjamin Hernandez (Independent)	3.8	5,774
		Kesha Rogers (Independent)	3.3	5,031

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 153,001
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 9

IncumbentAl Green advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 9 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Al Green	100.0	32,881

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2016

See also:Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theTexas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held onNovember 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.^[1]

IncumbentMike Schofield defeatedPhil Kurtz in the Texas House of Representatives District 132 general election.^[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 132 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike SchofieldIncumbent	80.23%	40,001
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	19.77%	9,854
Total Votes				49,855
Source:Texas Secretary of State

IncumbentMike Schofield ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 132 Republican Primary.^[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 132 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Mike SchofieldIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Texas State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 15 of the 31 seats in theTexas State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013.Rita Lucido was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentJoan Huffman defeatedDerek Anthony in the Republican primary.George Hardy was running as a Libertarian candidate, andDavid Courtney was running as a Green Party candidate.Phil Kurtz filed but did not advance past the Libertarian convention. Huffman defeated Lucido, Hardy and Courtney in the 2014 general election.^[5][6][7][8]

Texas State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joan HuffmanIncumbent	63.3%	113,817
	Democratic	Rita Lucido	33.9%	60,934
	Libertarian	George Hardy	2%	3,642
	Green	David Courtney	0.7%	1,303
Total Votes				179,696

2012

See also:Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Kurtz ran in the2012 election forTexas House of Representatives, District 132. Kurtz ran unopposed in the May 29 primary election and was defeated by incumbentWilliam Callegari (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[9]

Texas House of Representatives, District 132, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	William CallegariIncumbent	80.7%	33,592
	Libertarian	Phil Kurtz	19.3%	8,037
Total Votes				41,629

2010

See also:Texas State Senate elections, 2010

Kurtz was defeated by incumbentJoan Huffman (R) in the November 2, 2010, general election.^[9]

Texas State Senate, District 17 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Joan Huffman (R)		112,595	83.15%
Phil Kurtz (L)		22,802	16.84%

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2022

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2020

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