2016 PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS SUMMARY

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1 March 1, PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS SUMMARY Turnout was heavy for both parties in yesterday s Texas Primary Elections fueled by the Super Tuesday Presidential elections, which were very much in play in Texas for Republicans and Democrats. Republican Primary Turnout: 2,812,935, which is 19.75% of registered voters. Democratic Primary Turnout: 1,409,641, which is 9.89% of registered voters. Statewide Races US President -Ted Cruz led the Republican Presidential Primary in Texas with 40.6% of the vote, followed by Donald Trump with 28.07% and Marco Rubio at 18.42%. Hillary Clinton carried the Democratic Primary with 65.18% to Bernie Sanders 33.18%. Railroad Commission Races There will be run-offs in both the Republican and Democratic Primaries for Railroad Commission. The Republican Primary Run-off will be between Rosenberg Businessman/rancher Gary Gates and former State Representative Wayne Christian. The Democratic Primary Run-off will be between retired school teacher Grady Yarbrough and Austin political consultant Cody Garrett. Supreme Court Races All three Republican incumbent Supreme Court Justices won their primary contests Debra Lehrmann, Paul Green, and Eva Guzman. Court of Criminal Appeals Races There will be Republican Primary run-offs in two Court of Criminal Appeals races: Place 2 between Harris County Criminal Court Judge Mary Lou Keel and Collin County District Judge Ray Wheless; Place 5 between Dallas attorney Scott Walker and Williamson County assistant district attorney Brent Webster. Incumbent Justice Michael Keasler won the Republican Primary in Place 6. Texas Congressional Races There are 25 Republicans and 11 Democrats in the Texas Congressional Delegation. All 36 members of the Delegation are up for re-election this year. 19 incumbents had Primary Election challengers 14 Republicans and 5 Democrats. All incumbent members of the Texas delegation defeated their Primary Election challengers without a run-off. There will be Democratic and Republican Primary run-offs in the open Congressional District 15; a Republican Primary run-off in the open Congressional District 19; and a Republican Primary run-off in Congressional District 18 to determine who will oppose Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. 2 Incumbent Members of Congress are Not Seeking Re-election: Ruben Hinojosa (District 15) Randy Neugebauer (District 19)

2 Texas Senate Races The Senate currently has 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats. 15 incumbents are not up for re-election until of the 31 Senate districts are up for election in Of those, two incumbents are not seeking re-election; nine incumbent Senate members have no major party opposition in the Primary or the General Election. Only three incumbents had Primary opponents, all were Democrats, and all defeated their Primary opponents. There will be Republican Primary run-offs in both of the open seats. 2 Incumbent Members of the Texas Senate are Not Seeking Re-election: Kevin Eltife (District 1) Troy Fraser (District 24) Texas House Races The Texas House has 99 Republicans and 49 Democrats - two Democrats have resigned and their seats are vacant Representatives Ruth Jones McClendon (District 120) and Sylvester Turner (District 139). The Special Elections will be on May 7, All 150 members of the Texas House are up for re-election in incumbents did not seek re-election. 43 incumbents faced Primary Election challengers 33 Republicans and 10 Democrats. Four of those incumbents were defeated in the Republican Primary; and 3 incumbents will be in run-off elections on May 24, There will be run-offs in 7 of the open seats. 4 Incumbent House Members Were Defeated in the Primary Stuart Spitzer (District 4) Marsha Farney (District 20) Molly White (District 55) Debbie Riddle (District 150) 3 Incumbent House Members Will Be in a Run-off: Ron Reynolds (District 27) Doug Miller (District 73) Wayne Smith (District 128) 13 Incumbent Members of the Texas House are Not Seeking Re-election: Jimmie Don Aycock (District 54) Myra Crownover (District 64) Trey Martinez Fischer (District 116) Allen Fletcher (District 130) Patricia Harless (District 126) Bryan Hughes (District 5) Jim Keffer (District 60) Susan King (District 71) Marisa Marquez (District 77)

3 Elliott Naishtat (District 49) John Otto (District 18) David Simpson (District 7) Scott Turner (District 33) 2 Incumbents Have Resigned (Special Elections Pending) Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (District 120) Representative Sylvester Turner (District 139) RETURNS 2016 Texas Primary Election Results March 1, 2016 Results Not Final (GOP Reporting/ DEM Reporting) PRESIDENTIAL Ted Cruz 43.7% 57 Delegates Donald Trump 26.8% 20 Delegates Marco Rubio 17.8% John Kasich 4.3% Ben Carson 4.1% *155 delegates, those that are apportioned by district have not reported yet. Hillary Clinton 65% 122 Delegates Bernie Sanders 33% 48 Delegates TEXAS SENATE PRIMARY The Texas Senate is currently made up of 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats. At this time insiders are not expecting much change to that composition. This is largely due to the fact that the open seats have candidates that are from the party of the vacating senator. In contrast to the House, the only Senators with primary opposition are the Democrats. 2 Open Seats: District 1 (East Texas - Eltife) GOP Hughes, Bryan 48% (Run-Off) Brown, James Red 21% Lee, Mike 10% Simpson, Davis 21%

4 District 24 (Central Texas - Fraser) GOP (Will go into run-off; only 89% of precincts reporting) Buckingham, Dawn 24% Cobb, John 19% Downton, Ryan 4% King, Susan 29% Mayes, Brent 16% Williams, Reed 8% 3 Contested Incumbents: District 19 (San Antonio) DEM Uresti, Carlos (I) 75% Madla, Helen 25% District 26 (San Antonio) DEM Menendez, Jose (I) 59% Martinez-Fischer, Trey 41% District 27 (Brownsville) DEM Lucio Jr., Eddie (I) 84% Haro III, O. Rodriguez 16% TEXAS HOUSE PRIMARY Currently the Texas House of Representatives is made up of 98 Republicans and 52 Democrats. Overall, 4 Incumbents were defeated in their primary races and 2 are headed into run-off races; 7 of the 16 open seat races are headed into a run-off as well. Members who were defeated in their primary: Rep. Stuart Spitzer-R Rep. Marsha Farney-R Rep. Molly White-R Rep. Debbie Riddle-R Members who are headed into a run-off: Rep. Wayne Smith-R Rep. Doug Miller-R

5 Incumbent Races District 1 VanDeaver, Gary (I) 38% Lavender, George 62% District 2 Flynn, Dan (I) 51% Slaton, Bryan 49% District 4 Spitzer, Stuart (I) 48% Defeated Incumbent Gooden, Lance 52% District 8 Cook, Byron (I) 50.38% McNutt, Thomas 49.61% District 11 Clardy, Travis (I) 86% Sevilla, Tony 14% District 12 Kacal, Kyle (I) 70% Stanford, Michael 19% Delasandro, Timothy 11% District 14 Raney, John (I) 69% Fields, Jess 31% District 17 Cyrier, John (I) 65% Golemon, Brent 35% District 20 Farney, Marsha (I) 46% Defeated Incumbent Wilson, Terry 54% District 36 Munoz, Sergio (I) 60% Padron, Abraham 40% District 37 Oliveira, Rene (I) 68% DeLeon, Don 32% District 47 Workman, Paul (I) 61% Wiley, Jay 39%

6 District 55 White, Molly (I) 49.7% Defeated Incumbent Shine Hugh 50.3% District 58 Burns, DeWayne (I) 54% Eby, Philip 46% District 59 Sheffield, JD (I) 62% Graves, Brent 38% District 65 Simmons, Ron (I) 83% Kissling, Ben 17% District 73 Miller, Doug (I) 43% (Run-off) Byrd, John Chris 17% Biederman, Kyle 40% District 75 Gonzalez, Mary (I) 58% Quintanilla, Chente 42% District 81 Landgraf, Brooks (I) 68% Crawford, Joshua 32% District 84 Frullo, John (I) 55.2% Landtroop, Jim 44.8% District 89 Laubenberg, Jodie (I) 71% Lytle, Dalton 29% District 92 Stickland, Jonathan (I) 58% Fisher, Scott 41% District 94 Tinderholt, Tony (I) 58% Piel, Andrew 41% District 96 Zedler, Bill (I) 72% Nelson, Wesley 28% District 99 Geren, Charlie (I) 58% French, Bo 42%

7 District 106 Fallon, Pat (I) 83% Trubenbach, Trent 17% District 112 Button, Angie Chen (I) 77% DeHart, Chris 23% District 113 Burkett, Cindy (I) 56% Boos, Jonathan 44% District 114 Villalba, Jason (I) 53% Morenoff, Daniel 47% District 115 Rinaldi, Matt (I) 53% Ratliff, Bennett 47% District 121 Straus, Joe (I) 60% Judson, Jeff 29% Bean, Shiela 11% District 124 Minjarez, Ina (I) 71% Contreras, Sergio 29% District 127 Huberty, Dan (I) 78% Bosworth, Mitchell 22% District 128 Smith, Wayne (I) 44% (Run-off) Cain, Briscoe 48% McDaniel, Melody 8% District 131 Allen, Alma (I) 90% Shike, John 10% District 134 Davis, Sarah (I) 60% Palmer, David 40% District 137 Wu, Gene (I) 65% Pollard, Edward 35% District 149 Vo, Hubert (I) 65% Smith, Demetria 35%

8 District 150 Riddle, Debbie (I) 40% Defeated Incumbent Swanson, Valoree 53% Zolli, Al 3% Hearn-Haynes, Theresa 6% 16 Open Seats District 5 Republican Primary (Hughes) (Run-off) Cole Hefner 46% Jay Misenheimer 27% Randy Davis 13% Philip Hayes 8% Holly Hayes 6% District 7 Republican Primary (Simpson) Jay Dean 58% David Watts 42% District 18 Republican Primary (Otto) (Run-off) Keith Strahan 28% Ernest Bailes 26% Van Brookshire 6% Wesley Hinch 21% James Morrison 10% J Turner 9% District 33 Republican Primary (Scott Turner) (Run-off) John Keating 38% Lorne Liechty 29% Justin Holland 33% District 49 Democratic Primary (Naishtat) Gina Hinojosa 57% Heather Way 19% Huey Fischer 14% Blake Rocap 3% Matthew Shrum 2% Kenton Johnson 2% Aspen Dunaway 3% District 54 Republican Primary (Aycock) (Run-off) Scott Cosper 43% Austin Ruiz 40% Larry Smith 17%

9 District 60 Republican Primary (Keffer) Kevin Downing 46% Mike Lang 54% District 64 Republican Primary (Crownover) (Run-off) Read King 30% Lynn Stucky 42% Rick Hagen 28% District 71 Republican Primary (Susan King) Stan Lambert 52% Isaac Castro 22% Chris Carnohan 12% Stacey Scaief 7% Brian Scalf 7% District 77 Democratic Primary (Marquez) Adolfo Lopez 31% Lina Ortega 69% District 116 Democratic Primary (Trey Martines Fischer) Diana Arevalo 53% Martin Golando 29% Ruby Resendez 18% District 118 Democratic and Republican Primaries (Farias) Gabe Farias DEM 59% Tomas Uresti DEM 41% John Luhan REP 73% Robert Casias REP 27% District 120 Democratic Primary (McClendon) (Run-off) Latronda Darnell 12% Barbara Hawkins 26% Art Hall 12% Lou Miller 8% Byron Miller 19% Mario Salas 23% District 126 Republican Primary (Harless) Kevin Roberts is only GOP Candidate running. District 130 Republican Primary (Fletcher) Tom Oliverson 70% Kay Smith 30%

10 District 139 Democratic Primary (Sylvester Turner) (Run-off) Randy Bates 25% Jerry Ford 14% Jarvis Johnson 29% Kimberly Willis 32% Incumbents who voted against the Speaker Of the 19 members who voted against Speaker Straus, 1 is retiring from the House, 2 ran for Texas Senate, 9 had no primary opponents, 2 were defeated by primary opponents, and 5 won their primary races. District 4 Spitzer, Stuart (I) 48% Gooden, Lance 52% District 5 Hughes, Brian (Running for SD 1) District 6 Schaefer, Matt (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 7 Simpson, David (Running for SD 1) District 15 Keough, Mark (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 33 Turner, Scott (Retiring) District 55 White, Molly (I) 46% Shine, Hugh 54% District 66 Shaheen, Matt (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 67 Leach, Jeff (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 70 Sanford, Scott (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 83 Burrows, Dustin (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 91 Klick, Stephanie (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 92 Stickland, Jonathan (I) 58% Fisher, Scott 42% District 93 Krause, Matt (I) (No Primary Opponent)

11 District 94 Tinderholt, Tony (I) 58% Piel, Andrew 42% District 96 Zedler, Bill (I) 72% Nelson, Wesley 28% District 105 Anderson, Rodney (I) (No Primary Opponent) District 106 Fallon, Pat (I) 83% Trubenbach, Trent 17% District 115 Rinaldi, Matt (I) 47% Ratliff, Bennett 53% TEXAS STATEWIDE PRIMARY Supreme Court: Three Justices faced primary opponents and each won their primary races. Justice Debra Lehrmann had the toughest race against Michael Massengale, who was endorsed by Texans for Lawsuit Reform. Supreme Court 3: Lehrmann, Debra (I) 52% Massengale, Michael 48% Supreme Court 5: Green, Paul (I) 52% Green, Rick 48% Supreme Court 9: Guzman, Eva (I) 59% Pool, Joe 41% Railroad Commission: Commissioner David Porter announced his retirement several days before the candidate filing deadline in December. There were a total of seven Republicans and three Democrats running in the Primary. GOP (Run-off) Christian, Wayne 20% Christian, Lance 12% Gates, Gary 28% Greytok, John 7%

12 Hale, Ron 15% Jeffrey, Doug 9% Martinez, Weston 10% DEM (Run-off) Lon Burnam 25% Cody Garrett 35% Grady Yarbrough 40% TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY The Texas Congressional delegation is currently made up of 25 Republicans and 11 Democrats. There could potentially be a gain for the Democrats in CD 23 (Congressman Will Hurd). This seat historically has gone Democratic during presidential election years. Congressmen Gohmert and Weber each voted against Speaker Ryan and won their primary races. In an election cycle in which the biggest issue was being against the establishment, every incumbent won their primary races. U. S. Representative District 1 - GOP Anthony Culler 4% Louie Gohmert - Incumbent 82% Simon Winston 14% U. S. Representative District 3 - GOP David Cornette 6% Sam Johnson - Incumbent 75% John Calvin Slavens 11% Keith L. Thurgood 8% U. S. Representative District 4 - GOP Lou Gigliotti 23% Ray Hall 11% John Ratcliffe - Incumbent 67% U. S. Representative District 6 - GOP Collin Baker 9% Joe Barton - Incumbent 69% Steven Fowler 22%

13 U. S. Representative District 7 - GOP John Culberson - Incumbent 57% Maria Espinoza 18% James Lloyd 25% U. S. Representative District 8 - GOP Kevin Brady - Incumbent 53% Andre Dean 4% Craig McMichael 5% Steve Toth 37% U. S. Representative District 14 - GOP Keith Casey 16% Randy Weber - Incumbent 84% U. S. Representative District 16 - DEM Ben Mendoza 14% Beto O Rourke - Incumbent 86% U. S. Representative District 17 - GOP Bill Flores - Incumbent 73% Ralph Patterson 18% Kaleb Sims 9% U. S. Representative District 21 - GOP Matt McCall 29% John Murphy 5% Todd Phelps 6% Lamar Smith - Incumbent 60% U. S. Representative District 23 - GOP Will Hurd - Incumbent 82% William "Hart" Peterson 18% U. S. Representative District 26 - GOP Micah Beebe 6% Michael C. Burgess - I 79% Joel A. Krause 14% U. S. Representative District 27 - GOP Gregg Deeb 44% Blake Farenthold - I 56%

14 U. S. Representative District 28 - DEM Henry Cuellar - Incumbent 90% William Hayward 10% U. S. Representative District 30 - DEM Barbara Mallory Caraway 24% Eddie Bernice Johnson - I 69% Brandon Vance 7% U. S. Representative District 31 - GOP John Carter - Incumbent 71% Mike Sweeney 29% U. S. Representative District 32 - GOP Paul Brown 12% Russ Ramsland 24% Cherie Myint Roughneen 3% Pete Sessions - Incumbent 61% These are the results in the 2 Open Seats in the Texas Congressional Delegation with the announced retirements of Congressman Ruben Hinojosa and Congressman Randy Neugebauer. U. S. Representative District 15 - DEM (Run-off) Dolly Elizondo 17% Vicente Gonzalez 42% Juan Palacios, Jr 19% Joel Quintanilla 12% Ruben Ramirez 6% Rance Sweeten 4% U. S. Representative District 19 - GOP (Run-off) Jody Arrington 27% Jason Corley 3% Greg Garrett 8% John Key 2% Donald May 9% Don Parrish 2% Glen Robertson 27% Michael Bob Starr 20% DeRenda Warren 2% *Provided by Michael Garcia