$64.9K
MAY 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Current roleFormer State Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age64 years old (Jun 7, 1962)
GenderMale
LocationTexas
BackgroundTexas state representative
Notable personal detailsJohn Lujan III is a Republican politician and former public-safety professional from San Antonio, Texas. He has served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 118 and previously worked as a Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy and a San Antonio firefighter. In 2025 he filed as a Republican candidate for U.S. House in Texas’s 35th congressional district for the 2026 cycle.
The candidate emphasizes tax relief—particularly property tax cuts—and supporting policies to reduce the tax burden on homeowners and businesses while promoting economic development and job growth. His public materials and legislative record highlight passage and support of large property tax relief measures and exemptions for business tangible personal property. The focus is on lowering taxes and reducing government waste to help families and small businesses.
Supports reforms to improve healthcare access and transparency while opposing reproductive healthcare such as abortion; specific policy positions are limited and primarily focused on state-level reforms rather than expansions like a public option or Medicare for All.
Supports stronger border enforcement and construction of physical barriers; lists “Secure the Border” as a campaign priority and promotes finishing the border wall and adding barriers and resources for Border Patrol.
Supports Texas’s near-total abortion ban and expressed that, personally, he would not allow a hypothetical daughter to have an abortion after rape; he has said the law should protect the life of the mother and has indicated support for the state ban as written.
The candidate states support for Texas’s oil and gas industry and emphasizes energy as an economic backbone while not presenting a detailed climate policy on his campaign site. Public voter guides show he did not provide a detailed energy response to questionnaires.
John Lujan is a pro-Second Amendment Republican who supports gun rights and has not advocated for new gun-control measures; his campaign and coverage describe him as a supporter of law enforcement and opposed to many gun-safety reforms. He frames public safety around supporting police and community protections rather than expanding firearm restrictions.
Lujan’s nominee contract spiked to 14% after trading much lower earlier, alongside new runoff-day reporting on the attack-ad backlash. That repricing matters in a thin market because it shows late money is still reacting to the controversy even though Carlos De La Cruz remains the clear favorite.
Lujan’s nominee contract surged to 14% after trading near 4% earlier, even as new reporting again highlighted the disability-attack backlash around the runoff. That keeps the race tradable because it signals a late repricing in the underdog side rather than just recycled controversy.
John Lujan’s market fell from 19% a day ago to 10% while fresh reporting says Texas runoff voting is underway; that kind of repricing can matter in a thin nominee market because it signals the race is becoming harder to close.
John Lujan lost the Republican nomination for Texas’s 35th Congressional District to Carlos De La Cruz. The runoff also drew controversy after a mailer backed by Lujan’s allies mocked De La Cruz over his military disability. Lujan had been backed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the race.
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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