Becky Berger
Becky Berger was a 2015 special election Republican candidate for District 13 of the Texas House of Representatives.[1]
She ran unsuccessfully for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2014 and 2012.
Biography
Berger earned her B.S. in Geology with minors in Engineering and Economics from the University of Oklahoma. Her professional experience includes working as an oil and gas professional and geologist.[2]
Elections
2015
Cecil R. Webster Sr. (D), Becky Berger (R), Carolyn Cerny Bilski (R) and Leighton Schubert (R) faced off in the special election on January 13, 2015.[3] Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Bilski and Schubert, met in a runoff election on February 17, which Schubert won.[1][4]
The seat was vacant following Lois Kolkhorst's (R) election to the Texas State Senate on December 6, 2014.[5]
A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 13 was called for January 13, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 29, 2014.[6]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 13, Special Runoff Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Leighton Schubert |
57.1% | 6,352 | |
| Republican | Carolyn Cerny Bilski | 42.9% | 4,763 | |
| Total Votes | 11,115 | |||
| Texas House of Representatives, District 13, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Carolyn Cerny Bilski |
43.5% | 4,319 | |
| Republican | Leighton Schubert |
32.8% | 3,259 | |
| Democratic | Cecil R. Webster Sr. | 12.9% | 1,285 | |
| Republican | Becky Berger | 10.8% | 1,076 | |
| Total Votes | 9,939 | |||
2014
Berger ran for election to the office of Texas Railroad Commission. Berger lost the Republican nomination in the primary.[7]
- Primäre
| Texas Railroad Commissioner Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Wayne Christian |
42.7% | 503,634 | ||
| Ryan Sitton |
30.5% | 360,125 | ||
| Becky Berger | 16.8% | 198,672 | ||
| Malachi Boyuls | 10% | 117,511 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,179,942 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
2012
Berger ran for Texas Railroad Commission in 2012. She lost against Beryl Burgess, Warren Chisum, Christi Craddick, Roland Sledge and Joe Cotten in the May 29 Republican Primary.
| Texas Railroad Commissioner, Full term, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Christi Craddick |
35.9% | 421,610 | ||
| Warren Chisum |
27.2% | 320,052 | ||
| Becky Berger | 12% | 140,752 | ||
| Joe Cotten | 10.5% | 123,137 | ||
| Roland Sledge | 9.9% | 116,122 | ||
| Beryl Burgess | 4.6% | 53,553 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,175,226 | |||
| Election results via The Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
Dale Henry ran as a Democrat, Vivekananda Wall and Thomas Nance III ran as Libertarians and Chris Kennedy ran for the Green Party. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Buddy Garcia (R) was appointed to serve in the seat until the general election and did not run for election.[8]
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Becky Berger | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 27 |
| State: | Texas |
| Bound to: | Ted Cruz |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Berger was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Berger was one of 104 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[9] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.
Texas primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
| Texas Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.2% | 35,420 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.2% | 117,969 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 3,448 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz |
43.8% | 1,241,118 | 104 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 3,247 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 1,706 | 0 | |
| Elizabeth Gray | 0.2% | 5,449 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 6,226 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.2% | 120,473 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 8,000 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 503,055 | 3 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 2,006 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 26.8% | 758,762 | 48 | |
| Other | 1% | 29,609 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,836,488 | 155 | ||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[10][11]
Recent news
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See also
- Texas Railroad Commission
- Texas House of Representatives
- Texas House of Representatives District 13
- Texas State Legislature
- State legislative special elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Victoria Advocate, "Bilski, Schubert advance to runoff in state House race," January 13, 2015
- ↑ Becky Berger for Texas, "About me," accessed December 12, 2013
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed December 31, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Official election results," accessed February 25, 2015
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Perry sets Jan. 13 special election for Kolkhorst seat," December 22, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Special Election Proclamation," accessed December 24, 2014
- ↑ Texas Civil Justice League PAC, "Geologist Becky Berger To Seek Republican Nomination For Texas Railroad Commissioner," July 2, 2013
- ↑ CBS Dallas/Fort Worth, "Perry Appoints Garcia To Texas Railroad Commission," April 13, 2012
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
