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Shannon McClendon
Shannon McClendon (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas State Senate to represent District 25. McClendon lost in the Republican primary on March 6, 2018.
McClendon ran in one of 48 contested Republican state legislative primaries in 2018. To read more about the conflict between Republican factions in the primaries, including who the factions were, which races were competitive and who key influencers lined up behind, click here.
Biography
McClendon is an energy attorney and five-time appointee of former Gov. Rick Perry to 3 state agencies: the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, the Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board, and Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.[1]
Elections
2018
- See also: Texas State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Texas State Senate District 25
Incumbent Donna Campbell defeated Steven Kling in the general election for Texas State Senate District 25 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Donna Campbell (R) | 57.7 | 236,753 | |
| Steven Kling (D) | 42.3 | 173,698 | ||
| Total votes: 410,451 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Roxanne Marie Alvarez (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 25
Steven Kling defeated Jack Guerra in the Democratic primary for Texas State Senate District 25 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Steven Kling | 51.0 | 22,846 | |
| Jack Guerra | 49.0 | 21,947 | ||
| Total votes: 44,793 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 25
Incumbent Donna Campbell defeated Shannon McClendon in the Republican primary for Texas State Senate District 25 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Donna Campbell | 73.7 | 58,796 | |
| Shannon McClendon | 26.3 | 20,952 | ||
| Total votes: 79,748 | ||||
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Overview of 2018 Republican primaries
The 2018 Texas state legislative Republican primaries featured conflict between two factions. One group was opposed to House Speaker Joe Straus (R) and his preferred policies on issues like education financing and property taxes. The anti-Straus wing included members of the Texas Freedom Caucus and organizations such as Empower Texans and Texas Right to Life. The other group was supportive of Straus and his policy priorities. The pro-Straus wing included incumbent legislators allied with Straus and organizations such as the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Texas Association of Business. To learn more about these factions and the conflict between them, visit our page on factional conflict among Texas Republicans.
The primaries occurred on March 6, 2018, with runoffs on May 22, 2018. There were 48 contested state legislative Republican primaries, outnumbering contested primaries in 2016 (43) and 2014 (44). To see our full coverage of the state legislative Republican primaries, including who key influencers were backing and what the primaries meant for the 2019 House speaker's race, visit our primary coverage page.
The charts below outline the March 6 primary races for the state Senate and the state House. They show how the factions performed on election night.
| Texas Senate Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 2 | 1 | |
| Anti-Straus | 1 | 3 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| Open seats | 1 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | - | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
| Texas House Republicans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before March 6 primaries | After March 6 primaries | |
| Pro-Straus | 20 | 20 | |
| Anti-Straus | 4 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 5 | |
| Open seats | 15 | - | |
| Runoffs | - | 7 | |
| Too close to call | - | - | |
| Total | 41 | 41 | |
Primary we watched
This primary was one of 48 we tracked for the March 6 elections.
Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?
| Yes. |
What made this a race to watch?
| Shannon McClendon, a donor to House Speaker Straus, challenged incumbent Donna Campbell. In a campaign ad released in January 2018, McClendon said that she is a conservative but is interested in education policy rather than socially conservative legislation that she claimed Campbell supported. Endorsements for Campbell
Endorsements for McClendon
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Campaign advertisements
Shannon McClendon - support
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Donna Campbell - oppose
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Campaign finance
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Texas State Senate elections, 2018
- State legislative special elections, 2018
- Texas State Senate
- Texas State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, February 22, 2018
- ↑ Texas Tribune,"The Blast," March 6, 2018
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