Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4]

89 yr. old US Rep. Ralph Hall skydives in honor of those who served in military

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...– Eighty-nine-year-old U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, the nation’s oldest Congressman, went skydiving over Rockwall for the first time Saturday over Memorial Day weekend in honor of all those who have served in the military. From high over Rockwall, at about

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Anti-incumbent fever scarcely in evidence

2012-05-30T21:59:23Z

It spent $240,000 to help Reyes' challenger, Beto O'Rourke, but a $165,000 investment elsewhere in Texas failed to dislodge Republican Rep. Ralph Hall. Nor could it engineer the defeat of Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., or Jo Bonner, R-Ala. "It's so hard

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Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall Defeats Super PAC, Tea Party, Old Age and the Sky

2012-05-30T16:15:47Z

All you need to know about U.S. Representative Ralph Hall's decisive win in the 4th Congressional District Tuesday night is that he went skydiving on Memorial Day. He wore a jumpsuit printed with undulating American flags and fell from the plane ...

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Ralph Hall easily wins District 4 race

2012-05-30T15:47:09Z

U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall of the Fourth Congressional District of Texas easily beat out two opponents in Tuesday's Republican primary. Hall of Rockwall received a total of 38,125 votes, or 58.34 percent. Steve Clark, also of Rockwall, received 13,701 ...

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Texas takeaways

2012-05-30T13:02:31Z

The only remotely close House Republican primary came in the 3rd District, where Rep. Ralph Hall (the oldest member of the House) won renomination with 58 percent. At the state legislative level, it was a different story. A handful of tea party-oriented ..

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More 2012: It's Dewhurst vs. Cruz

2012-05-30T11:00:49Z

In the other race where the PAC spent money, the 4th district GOP primary, 16-term Rep. Ralph Hall won easily,” Roll Call writes. “Reyes was not surprised. Acknowledging the tough primary, his campaign spent more than $460,000 and both ...

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More 2012: It's Dewhurst vs. Cruz

2012-05-30T11:00:49Z

Texas primary results: Silvestre Reyes falls, Ralph Hall wins

2012-05-30T09:27:46Z

Dick Lugar, Illinois Rep. Donald Manzullo and Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Holden — fall to younger challengers. Another veteran member, GOP Ralph Hall, the dean of the Texas congressional delegation who, at 89 years old, is the oldest member of the ...

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Doggett cruises to nomination

2012-05-30T08:30:30Z

State Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth and Dallas attorney Domingo ... A number of Republican incumbents cruised to victory, including U.S. Reps. Sam Johnson of Plano, Ralph Hall of Rockwall, John Culberson of Houston, Mike Conaway of Midland ...

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Ralph Hall gets his 17th term in Texas

2012-05-30T06:00:10Z

On Tuesday night, however, they lost a race, as Rep. Ralph Hall of Texas won the Republican nomination against Tea Party challenger Steve Clark. It is extremely unlikely that Hall will lose the general election, so his seventeenth Congressional term is ...

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Doggett cruises to nomination

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...33 in the Dallas area. A number of Republican incumbents cruised to victory, including U.S. Reps. Sam Johnson of Plano, Ralph Hall of Rockwall, John Culberson of Houston, Mike Conaway of Midland, Kevin Brady of The Woodlands, Kay Granger of Fort Worth,

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Longtime incumbent Rep. Reyes loses in Texas

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...across the district. While Campaign for Primary Accountability helped defeat Reyes, the group failed to push out Republican Rep. Ralph Hall in the 4th district, another longtime incumbent. Hall won his party's nomination even though the group spent six

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16-term US Rep. Ralph Hall easily wins GOP Primary Election

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...– Sixteen-term, 89-year-old US Congressman Ralph Hall is well on his way to winning his seventeenth term in the US House of Representatives after easily defeating two candidates in yesterday’s Republican Primary Election. Rep. Hall, the oldest US Co

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Eddie Bernice Johnson among Dallas-area incumbents breezing to nominations

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...office again.“You have not seen the last of me,” Clayton said. “This campaign has been the best experience of my life.”U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall, fought back the stiffest challenge among area Republicans by defeating two candidates who ha

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Several Texas House Races Headed for Runoffs

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...Silvestre Reyes was behind former El Paso City Councilman Beto O’Rourke in the 16th district Democratic primary. But Rep. Ralph Hall prevailed in the 4th district Republican primary, with the only drama in the other House district primaries centering

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Doggett cruises to nomination

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...reporting. A number of Republican incumbents cruised to primary victories, including U.S. Reps. Sam Johnson of Plano, Ralph Hall of Rockwall, John Culberson of Houston, Mike Conaway of Midland, Kevin Brady of The Woodlands, Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Ma

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Ralph Hall, House's oldest representative, beats Tea Party challenger in Texas GOP primary

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...Ralph Hall, R-Texas, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, won a GOP primary battle Tuesday to tea party challenger Steve Clark. Hall, 89, is best known for his switch of party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in 2004. He had alway

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Ralph Hall cruises to renomination

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...Ralph Hall (R-Texas) has easily bested his primary foes and is all but guaranteed a 17th term in Congress. Hall, who is at 89 the oldest House member, faced a potentially tough primary — he had a rematch with a candidate who'd held him below 60 percen

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Congressional Incumbents From Texas Face Grass-Roots Challengers

2012-05-29T23:55:06Z

while Rep. Ralph Hall, a Republican from northeast Texas, fought off a pair of opponents. Reyes and Hall were targets of an anti-incumbent super PAC, the Campaign for Primary Accountability, which spent more than $360,000 in the final two weeks against the

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Ralph Hall way ahead in District 4 race

2012-05-29T23:47:56Z

United States Rep. Ralph Hall of the Fourth Congressional District of Texas had a strong lead in early voting and results from 174 of 343 precincts counted late Tuesday. Of the votes counted through 9 p.m., Hall of Rockwall had received a total ...

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