Rhetta Andrews Bowers

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Rhetta Andrews Bowers
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Texas House of Representatives District 113
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$7,200/year

Per diem

$221/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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Rhetta Andrews Bowers (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 113. She assumed office on January 8, 2019. Her current term ends on January 14, 2025.

Bowers (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 113. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Bowers also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Biography

Rhetta Andrews Bowers earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications and studied at Spelman College and Texas Southern University.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Bowers was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Bowers was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Bowers was assigned to the following committees:

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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 113

Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Stephen Stanley in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D)
 
62.6
 
33,083
Image of Stephen Stanley
Stephen Stanley (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.4
 
19,798

Total votes: 52,881
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
 
100.0
 
6,299

Total votes: 6,299
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Stephen Stanley advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Stephen Stanley
Stephen Stanley Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,662

Total votes: 5,662
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2024

See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 32

Julie Johnson defeated Darrell Day and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson (D)
 
60.2
 
123,921
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day (R) Candidate Connection
 
37.4
 
76,828
Image of Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
4,937

Total votes: 205,686
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32

Darrell Day defeated David Blewett in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 on May 28, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
64.8
 
3,394
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
35.2
 
1,842

Total votes: 5,236
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson
 
50.4
 
17,633
Image of Brian Williams
Brian Williams Candidate Connection
 
19.2
 
6,704
Image of Justin Moore
Justin Moore
 
7.1
 
2,483
Image of Jan McDowell
Jan McDowell Candidate Connection
 
4.9
 
1,722
Image of Zachariah Manning
Zachariah Manning Candidate Connection
 
4.6
 
1,617
Image of Raja Chaudhry
Raja Chaudhry Candidate Connection
 
3.6
 
1,258
Image of Callie Butcher
Callie Butcher Candidate Connection
 
3.3
 
1,169
Image of Kevin Felder
Kevin Felder Candidate Connection
 
3.1
 
1,101
Image of Alex Cornwallis
Alex Cornwallis Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
909
Image of Christopher Panayiotou
Christopher Panayiotou Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
361

Total votes: 34,957
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32

David Blewett and Darrell Day advanced to a runoff. They defeated Juan Feria and Gulrez Khan in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Blewett
David Blewett Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
10,706
Image of Darrell Day
Darrell Day Candidate Connection
 
38.2
 
9,211
Image of Juan Feria
Juan Feria
 
9.9
 
2,397
Image of Gulrez Khan
Gulrez Khan Candidate Connection
 
7.4
 
1,787

Total votes: 24,101
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32

Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 23, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (L) Candidate Connection

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

The general election was canceled. Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Uduak Nkanga in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
 
77.7
 
5,915
Image of Uduak Nkanga
Uduak Nkanga Candidate Connection
 
22.3
 
1,699

Total votes: 7,614
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Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2020

See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Will Douglas in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D)
 
51.8
 
35,627
Image of Will Douglas
Will Douglas (R) Candidate Connection
 
48.2
 
33,194

Total votes: 68,821
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Incumbent Rhetta Andrews Bowers advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
 
100.0
 
11,707

Total votes: 11,707
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Will Douglas advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Will Douglas
Will Douglas Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
7,181

Total votes: 7,181
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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 113

Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Jonathan Boos in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D)
 
53.5
 
28,170
Image of Jonathan Boos
Jonathan Boos (R)
 
46.5
 
24,500

Total votes: 52,670
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Rhetta Andrews Bowers defeated Billy Ingram in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Rhetta Andrews Bowers
 
64.6
 
4,136
Image of Billy Ingram
Billy Ingram
 
35.4
 
2,265

Total votes: 6,401
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113

Jonathan Boos defeated Charlie Lauersdorf and Jim Phaup in the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 113 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonathan Boos
Jonathan Boos
 
54.4
 
4,578
Image of Charlie Lauersdorf
Charlie Lauersdorf
 
27.5
 
2,316
Image of Jim Phaup
Jim Phaup
 
18.0
 
1,517

Total votes: 8,411
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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.[2]

Incumbent Cindy Burkett defeated Rhetta Andrews Bowers in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 general election.[3]

Texas House of Representatives, District 113 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Cindy Burkett Incumbent 55.16% 30,501
     Democratic Rhetta Andrews Bowers 44.84% 24,795
Total Votes 55,296
Source: Texas Secretary of State


Rhetta Andrews Bowers ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 Democratic Primary.[4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 113 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rhetta Andrews Bowers  (unopposed)


Incumbent Cindy Burkett defeated Jonathan Boos in the Texas House of Representatives District 113 Republican Primary.[4][5]

Texas House of Representatives, District 113 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Cindy Burkett Incumbent 55.95% 7,866
     Republican Jonathan Boos 44.05% 6,194
Total Votes 14,060

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Rhetta Andrews Bowers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Rhetta Andrews Bowers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Rhetta Andrews Bowers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Rhetta Andrews Bowers campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Texas House of Representatives District 113Won general$69,680 $99,555
2024* U.S. House Texas District 32Withdrew primary$24,630 $983
2022Texas House of Representatives District 113Won general$169,763 $232,790
2020Texas House of Representatives District 113Won general$847,834 N/A**
2018Texas House of Representatives District 113Won general$283,696 N/A**
Grand total$1,395,603 $333,327
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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