No candidate received 50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Vicente Gonzalez and Juan "Sonny" Palacios Jr., faced a run-off election, which Gonzalez won by the large margin.
No candidate received 50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Tim Westley and Ruben Villarreal, faced a run-off election which Tim Westley won by 29 votes.
No Republican ran for this seat, leaving only Libertarian and Green party opposition.
Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson announced in January 2015 that he was considering running against Neugebauer in the 2016 Republican primary.
He cited unhappiness with what he said was Neugebauer's failure to bolster the cotton industry.
[16] After Neugebauer decided to retire, Robertson entered the congressional race and withdrew from consideration for another term as mayor.
Statewide officials None of the nine candidates obtained a majority in the Republican primary on March 1.
Robertson led the field but had to face a run-off challenge against Arrington.
Arrington had trailed Robertson by fewer than one thousand votes in the first round, but he won the run-off.
No Democrat faced Arrington in the general election, leaving only Libertarian and Green opposition.
He was elected in 2014, when he narrowly unseated the then Democratic incumbent Pete Gallego.
On May 6, 2016, Hurd said, “Until the presumptive nominee shows he can respect women and minorities and presents a clear plan to protect our homeland, I am going to reserve my endorsement.
John Harrington, president and founder of firearms retailer Shield Tactical, announced a primary challenge of Farenthold in May 2015.
[34] The Texas Tribune reported that Harrington had the capacity to self-fund a race.
[35] In August 2015 he announced that he was withdrawing because of lingering effects of a motorcycle crash.
Labor unions Brian Babin Republican Brian Babin Republican Incumbent Republican Brian Babin, who has represented the district since 2015, when Steve Stockman vacated the seat after a failed campaign for the United States Senate, ran for re-election.