# McNutt Seeks Rematch and Other State Election News for April 19 | USLege

> Thomas McNutt seeks rematch in HD8. Analysis of primary rematches since 2002, plus updates on Texas Senate, CD3, CD21, and CD32 races.

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# McNutt Seeks Rematch and Other State Election News for April 19

TXElects April 19, 2017

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**HD8:** Corsicana bakery owner Thomas McNutt intends to seek a rematch against Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana), who defeated McNutt by 225 votes in the 2016 Republican primary. Cook out-raised his opponent, $1.0M to $452K, and outspent him, $1.4M to $472M. Texans for Fiscal Responsibility/Empower Texans and some of its connected donors [accounted for more than half](https://web.archive.org/web/20240617172805/https://txelects.wpengine.com/handful-of-connected-donors-fueling-challengers/) of McNutt’s fundraising during his 2016 challenge.

Since 2002, there have been 35 rematches of primary elections for legislative seats. The loser of the most recent match-up has won 13 of those rematches (37%). Six of those 13 were former legislators seeking to reclaim seats from those who unseated them.

**SEN:** U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-San Antonio) said he would take a few more weeks before deciding whether to run against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R).

**CD3 open:** Allen business owner Adam Bell, who lost the 2016 general election to U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Plano), 61%-35%, announced he would again run for the seat again.

**CD21:** Austin attorney Chris Perri filed paperwork establishing a campaign committee for a potential challenge to U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) as a Democrat. He is at least the seventh person to take a formal step toward running for the seat as a Democrat.

**CD32:** Dallas civil rights attorney and former professional football player Colin Allred filed paperwork establishing a campaign committee for a potential challenge to U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) as a Democrat. Allred served as a special assistant to U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Sec. Julian Castro. Allred is at least the sixth person to take a formal step toward running for the seat as a Democrat.

Meanwhile, Dallas ISD trustee Miguel Solis indicated in a Facebook post that he would not seek the seat.

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