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Jeff Leach
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Republican Party

Texas House of Representatives District 67
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Jeff Leach (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 67. He assumed office on January 8, 2013. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Leach (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 67. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Leach was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Leach was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Leach was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Texas committee assignments, 2017
• Economic & Small Business Development
• Urban Affairs, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Leach served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Leach served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Makala Washington in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach (R)
 
60.4
 
54,246
Image of Makala Washington
Makala Washington (D)
 
39.6
 
35,493

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 89,739
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Makala Washington defeated Jefferson Nunn in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Makala Washington
Makala Washington
 
65.9
 
3,668
Image of Jefferson Nunn
Jefferson Nunn Candidate Connection
 
34.1
 
1,900

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,568
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Daren Meis in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach
 
65.1
 
11,260
Image of Daren Meis
Daren Meis
 
34.9
 
6,031

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,291
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Kevin Morris in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach (R)
 
59.2
 
38,828
Image of Kevin Morris
Kevin Morris (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.8
 
26,760

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,588
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Kevin Morris advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kevin Morris
Kevin Morris Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,204

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,204
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Julia Schmoker in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach
 
76.9
 
10,104
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Julia Schmoker
 
23.1
 
3,040

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,144
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Lorenzo Sanchez in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach (R)
 
51.7
 
49,113
Image of Lorenzo Sanchez
Lorenzo Sanchez (D)
 
48.3
 
45,867

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 94,980
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Lorenzo Sanchez defeated Tom Adair in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on July 14, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lorenzo Sanchez
Lorenzo Sanchez
 
51.0
 
4,924
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Tom Adair
 
49.0
 
4,722

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,646
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Tom Adair and Lorenzo Sanchez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Rocio Gosewehr Hernandez and Anthony Lo in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Tom Adair
 
32.9
 
5,557
✔
Image of Lorenzo Sanchez
Lorenzo Sanchez
 
27.0
 
4,564
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Rocio Gosewehr Hernandez
 
26.7
 
4,506
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Anthony Lo
 
13.4
 
2,260

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 16,887
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach
 
100.0
 
11,817

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,817
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Campaign finance


2018

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Sarah Depew in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach (R)
 
51.1
 
37,268
Image of Sarah Depew
Sarah Depew (D)
 
48.9
 
35,596

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,864
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Sarah Depew advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Depew
Sarah Depew
 
100.0
 
7,015

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,015
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67

Incumbent Jeff Leach advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 67 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Leach
Jeff Leach
 
100.0
 
10,586

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,586
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2016

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[1]

Incumbent Jeff Leach defeated Scott Coleman and Ray Brewer in the Texas House of Representatives District 67 general election.[2]

Texas House of Representatives, District 67 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Leach Incumbent 56.63% 41,440
     Democratic Scott Coleman 39.68% 29,036
     Libertarian Ray Brewer 3.69% 2,704
Total Votes 73,180
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Scott Coleman ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 67 Democratic Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 67 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Scott Coleman  (unopposed)


Incumbent Jeff Leach ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 67 Republican Primary.[3][4]

Texas House of Representatives, District 67 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Leach Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 4, 2014. Those candidates who did not receive 50 percent or more of the vote in their party primary on March 4 faced an additional May 27 primary runoff. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was December 9, 2013. Incumbent Jeff Leach was unopposed in the Republican primary. Leach defeated Patrick Peavy (L) in the general election.[5][6][7]

Texas House of Representatives, District 67 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Leach Incumbent 78.6% 25,432
     Libertarian Patrick Peavy 21.4% 6,941
Total Votes 32,373

2012

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2012

Leach ran in the 2012 election for Texas House of Representatives, District 67. Leach advanced to the July 31 primary runoff where he defeated Jon Cole. Leach was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]

Texas House of Representatives District 67 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJon Cole (advanced to runoff) 32.3% 3,473
Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Leach (advanced to runoff) 30.2% 3,250
Roger Burns 21.8% 2,347
Jeran Akers 11.2% 1,209
John Pitchford 4.4% 476
Total Votes 10,755

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Jeff Leach did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Jeff Leach did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Leach's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Grow and Strengthen our Economy

  • "Taxes should be lowered so that the Texans can keep more of what they earn."
  • "I am committed to removing unnecessary regulations so that businesses can grow and create new jobs. I will also actively work against the creation of any new governmental and bureaucratic red-tape."

Stop Frivolous Lawsuits

  • "This includes working to institute a true loser-pays system, encouraging the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures such as mediation and arbitration, cutting back on wasteful discovery methods and eliminating needless juror profiling."

Uphold the Tenth Amendment

  • "I will fight any efforts to erode the rights granted to the States under the Tenth Amendment. The Federal Government is expanding and intruding on our constitutionally-guaranteed States’ rights at an alarming rate. This must stop."

Balance the State Budget

  • "The budget shortfall expected in 2013 must be addressed head on with clear and bold leadership, without the continued accounting gimmicks designed to mislead taxpayers."
  • "I will fight any effort to increase taxes or tap into the Rainy Day Fund. I will also work to make the system honest and transparent to the taxpayers."

Campaign finance summary

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Jeff Leach campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 67Won general$619,809 $341,831
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 67Won general$1,425,115 $1,471,828
2022Texas House of Representatives District 67Won general$964,368 $739,808
2020Texas House of Representatives District 67Won general$2,956,873 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 67Won general$412,153 N/A**
2014Texas House of Representatives, District 67Won $233,560 N/A**
2012Texas State House, District 67Won $340,298 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
    2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
    5. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current ELECTION HISTORY," accessed December 2, 2014
    6. ↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Texas Representative Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
    7. ↑ Green Party of Texas, "Greens Release Candidate List," accessed July 30, 2014
    8. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History," accessed February 17, 2014
    9. ↑ kten.com, "Texas Lawmakers To Tackle Redistricting In Special Session," May 29, 2013
    10. ↑ Legislative reference Library of Texas, "Texas Legislative Sessions and Years," accessed June 13, 2014

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