Rep. Ralph Hall

Republican  •  4th District, Texas  •  16th Term  •  Sworn In 1981
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05/31/12
89 yr. old US Rep. Ralph Hall skydives in honor of those who served in military

...– 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

Source: Rockwall News
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05/30/12
Anti-incumbent fever scarcely in evidence

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

Source: AP
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05/30/12
Rep. Ralph Hall of Rockwall Defeats Super PAC, Tea Party, Old Age and the Sky

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 ...

Source: Dallas Observer (blog)
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05/30/12
Ralph Hall easily wins District 4 race

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 ...

Source: Frisco Enterprise
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05/30/12
Texas takeaways

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 ..

Source: Politico.com
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05/30/12
More 2012: It's Dewhurst vs. Cruz

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 ...

Source: MSNBC Firstread
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05/30/12
More 2012: It's Dewhurst vs. Cruz

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 ...

Source: MSNBC Firstread
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05/30/12
Texas primary results: Silvestre Reyes falls, Ralph Hall wins

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 ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/30/12
Doggett cruises to nomination

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 ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman
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05/30/12
Ralph Hall gets his 17th term in Texas

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 ...

Source: Human Events (blog)
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05/30/12
Doggett cruises to nomination

...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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05/30/12
Longtime incumbent Rep. Reyes loses in Texas

...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

Source: CBS News
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05/30/12
16-term US Rep. Ralph Hall easily wins GOP Primary Election

...– 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

Source: Rockwall News
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05/30/12
Eddie Bernice Johnson among Dallas-area incumbents breezing to nominations

...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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05/30/12
Several Texas House Races Headed for Runoffs

...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

Source: Roll Call
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05/30/12
Doggett cruises to nomination

...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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05/30/12
Ralph Hall, House's oldest representative, beats Tea Party challenger in Texas GOP primary

...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

Source: FOX News
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05/30/12
Ralph Hall cruises to renomination

...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

Source: The Hill
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05/29/12
Congressional Incumbents From Texas Face Grass-Roots Challengers

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

Source: Oregonian
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05/29/12
Ralph Hall way ahead in District 4 race

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 ...

Source: Frisco Enterprise
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05/29/12
Dewhurst and Cruz headed for runoff in Texas Senate race

Two other incumbents survived primary challenges easily: Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), whom Republicans targeted in redistricting, and Ralph Hall (R-Texas), the oldest member of the House.

Source: Washington Post
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05/29/12
Ralph Hall, House's oldest representative, beats Tea Party challenger in Texas GOP primary

Rep. 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.

Source: FOX News
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05/29/12
AP: Rep. Ralph Hall wins renomination

WASHINGTON - Rep. Ralph Hall fended off two challengers and a "super PAC" to win renomination in his northeast Texas district on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Hall, R-Rockwall, holds a considerable lead and will avoid a runoff against either

Source: Dallas Morning News (blog)
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05/29/12
Texas House Primary Results

[10:07 p.m.] TX-04: 89-year-old GOP Rep. Ralph Hall has won renomination. The Associated Press has called the race; with 14 percent of precincts reporting and significant early voting, Hall led two challengers with 60 percent of the vote. The anti ...

Source: National Journal (blog)
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05/29/12
Private Space Efforts Get Lift

But over the past few months, Rep. Ralph Hall, the Texas Republican who heads the House Science Committee, and Republican Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia, chairman of a NASA appropriations subcommittee, have balked at NASA's requests. During debate ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
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05/29/12
Texas Primary Results: LIVE Ralph Hall and Silvestre Reyes Battle For Their House Seats

The two most anticipated contests are for veteran Rep. Ralph Hall, a 16-term Republican congressman, and Silvestre Reyes, a Democrat. According to Politico, if either loses, "it would be fresh evidence that - after the spring defeats of Indiana Sen.

Source: policymic.com
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05/29/12
6 things to watch in Texas

At least three incumbents face credible challenges: GOP Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest member of the House, and veteran Democratic Reps. Silvestre Reyes and Eddie Bernice Johnson. There are six open-seat races to watch as well, as a result of retirements and

Source: Politico.com
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05/29/12
What's on the ballot & where to vote

Voters across the state will decide who will be on the November ballot for U.S. Senate in a hotly contested race, and longtime local Congressman Ralph Hall faces two challengers in the Republican Primary. Locally, Grayson, Fannin, Cooke, and Lamar counties

Source: KXII.com
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05/29/12
What to Watch in Texas Voting Tuesday

Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest current member of the House, is facing heavy pressure as an anti-incumbent Super PAC that is reminding voters Mr. Hall was elected in 1980. The Campaign for Primary Accountability has spent more than $165,000 in TV ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
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05/29/12
Super PAC Makes Big Media Buys To Soften Up Rep. Ralph Hall For Primary Day

Today, the unalloyed, wedge issue-driven, throbbing heart of the Grand Ol' Party will cast their ballots so that the candidates can stop chest-thumping about who's the real conservative and start running against Obama because, let's face it, this is Texas

Source: Dallas Observer (blog)
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Official website: http://ralphhall.house.gov/
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2405 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6673
Fax: 202-225-3332

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