Incumbents win in Tarrant County congressional races. May runoffs expected for CD 30.
Incumbents won the day Tuesday with U.S. Reps. Marc Veasey and Kay Granger of Fort Worth easily defeating primary challengers.
With 98% of the polling locations reporting, Granger received 75.15% of the vote compared to 14.11% for Riverside Middle School principal Ryan Catala and 10.74% for emergency medical technician Alysia Rieg.
Granger will face Democrat Trey Hunt, who ran unopposed, in the Nov. 8 election.
Veasey received 75.63% of the vote in his primary against political activist Carlos Quintanilla, who ended up with 24.37%.
Veasey will face Republican Patrick Gillespie, an entry writer for UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Gillespie won his primary over business consultant Robert MacGlaflin with 66.66% of the vote.
Both Granger and Veasey were riding high in January when the U.S. Army Corps on Engineers announced it would allocate $403 million to build the 1.5 mile Panther Island canal. That funding was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Granger voted against. She stood by the vote explaining at a press conference her vote was against the bill rather than the project.
U.S. Rep. Roger Williams is running unopposed in Congressional District 25.
Here’s a look at the other Tarrant County area congressional races:
Congressional District 6 Republicans
Incumbent Jake Ellzey beat challengers Bill Payne and James Buford with 71.93% of the vote. He does not have a Democratic challenger.
Congressional District 24 Republicans
Incumbent Beth Van Duyne beat challenger Nate Weymouth with 85.39% of the vote. She’ll face the winner of the runoff between Democrats Jan McDowel and Derrik T Gay.
Congressional District 26 Republicans
Incumbent Michael C. Burgess defeated a crowd of challengers with 66.81% of the vote. Vincent Gallo was second with 10.25%, followed by Brian Brazeal with 9.4%, Isaac Smith with 8.09%, and Raven Harrison with 5.45%.
Congressional District 30
Democrats and Republicans are headed to runoffs in the race to replace retiring Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas.
Democrat Jasmine Crockett will face Jane Hope Hamilton in a runoff. Crockett got 48.48% compared to 16.98% for Jane Hope Hamilton. The winner will face James “J Frank” Harris or James Rodgers, who are in a Republican runoff. Harris has 32.89% of the vote compared to 31.28% for Rodgers.
This story was originally published March 1, 2022 at 7:51 PM.
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