Rick Davis
Rick Davis (Republican Party) ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 14. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
Rick Davis lives in College Station, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University and a law degree from the University of Houston in 1992. Davis' career experience includes working as a lawyer. Davis was elected the presiding judge of the 272nd District Court in Brazos County, Texas in 2000.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Paul Dyson defeated Fred Medina in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Dyson (R) | 60.5 | 40,158 |
| Fred Medina (D)  | 39.5 | 26,222 | |
| Total votes: 66,380 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Miller (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Fred Medina advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Fred Medina | 100.0 | 3,007 |
| Total votes: 3,007 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Paul Dyson defeated Rick Davis in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Dyson | 63.7 | 9,754 |
| Rick Davis | 36.3 | 5,564 | |
| Total votes: 15,318 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Larry Hodges (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Jeff Miller advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Miller (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Davis in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Incumbent John Raney defeated Josh Wilkinson in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Raney (R) | 56.4 | 26,906 |
| Josh Wilkinson (D) | 43.6 | 20,817 | |
| Total votes: 47,723 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Josh Wilkinson defeated Alex Vidal in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Wilkinson | 63.2 | 2,429 |
| Alex Vidal | 36.8 | 1,416 | |
| Total votes: 3,845 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14
Incumbent John Raney defeated Sarah Laningham, Rick Davis, and Jeston Texeira in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 14 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Raney | 57.7 | 4,917 |
| Sarah Laningham | 23.5 | 2,005 | |
| Rick Davis | 17.1 | 1,454 | |
| Jeston Texeira | 1.7 | 146 | |
| Total votes: 8,522 | |||
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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?
| Rick Davis, Sarah Laningham, and Jeston Texeira challenged state Rep. John Raney, an ally of Speaker Joe Straus. As of January 31, 2018, all candidates in this race except for Davis signed the form committing to vote for the Republican caucus' choice for speaker on the House floor. Endorsements for Laningham
Endorsements for Raney |
Campaign finance
2010
Davis was defeated by incumbent Fred Brown in the March 2 Republican primary.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rick Davis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Elect Rick Davis for State Representative - District 14," accessed January 29, 2018
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- ↑ Texas Secretary of State "Election Results for March 2, 2010 Primary" accessed on June 4, 2017
