John Lujan
2021 - Present
2025
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John Lujan (Republican Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 118. He assumed office on November 16, 2021. His current term ends on January 14, 2025.
Lujan (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 118. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.
Biography
John Lujan was born and lives in San Antonio, Texas. He earned an associate degree from San Antonio College in 2005. Lujan's career experience includes owning an IT firm and working as a firefighter with the San Antonio Fire Department and a deputy with the Bexar County Sheriff's Department. He has been affiliated with the nonprofit organization Hope for the Hurting, the NRA, the Southern Baptist Association, and the Retired Firefighters Association.[1][2][3]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Lujan was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
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General election for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Incumbent John Lujan and Kristian Carranza are running in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | John Lujan (R) | |
 | Kristian Carranza (D)  | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Kristian Carranza defeated Carlos Quezada in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristian Carranza | 63.1 | 4,091 |
 | Carlos Quezada | 36.9 | 2,388 | |
| Total votes: 6,479 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Incumbent John Lujan advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan | 100.0 | 8,047 |
| Total votes: 8,047 | |||
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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 118
Incumbent John Lujan defeated Frank Ramirez in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan (R) | 51.8 | 26,357 |
 | Frank Ramirez (D) | 48.2 | 24,488 | |
| Total votes: 50,845 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Frank Ramirez advanced from the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Ramirez | 100.0 | 6,671 |
| Total votes: 6,671 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Incumbent John Lujan advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan | 100.0 | 7,850 |
| Total votes: 7,850 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2021
See also: Texas state legislative special elections, 2021
General runoff election
Special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 118
John Lujan defeated Frank Ramirez in the special general runoff election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan (R) | 51.2 | 5,927 |
| Frank Ramirez (D) | 48.8 | 5,642 | |
| Total votes: 11,569 | |||
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General election
Special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118
John Lujan and Frank Ramirez advanced to a runoff. They defeated Desi Martinez, Katie Farias, and Adam Salyer in the special general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on September 28, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan (R) | 41.5 | 2,944 |
| ✔ | | Frank Ramirez (D) | 20.0 | 1,422 |
| Desi Martinez (D) | 17.6 | 1,249 | |
| Katie Farias (D) | 12.1 | 858 | |
 | Adam Salyer (R) | 8.8 | 623 | |
| Total votes: 7,096 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Leo Pacheco defeated John Lujan in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Leo Pacheco (D) | 58.0 | 24,032 |
| John Lujan (R) | 42.0 | 17,367 | |
| Total votes: 41,399 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
Leo Pacheco defeated incumbent Tomas Uresti in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leo Pacheco | 57.3 | 3,517 |
 | Tomas Uresti | 42.7 | 2,620 | |
| Total votes: 6,137 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118
John Lujan advanced from the Republican primary for Texas House of Representatives District 118 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Lujan | 100.0 | 3,525 |
| Total votes: 3,525 | |||
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2016
General election
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.[4]
Tomas Uresti defeated incumbent John Lujan in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 general election.[5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 118 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tomas Uresti |
55.17% | 25,632 | |
| Republican | John Lujan Incumbent | 44.83% | 20,831 | |
| Total Votes | 46,463 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Tomas Uresti defeated Gabe Farias in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 Democratic Primary.[6][7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 118 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Tomas Uresti |
59.17% | 5,115 | |
| Democratic | Gabe Farias | 40.83% | 3,529 | |
| Total Votes | 8,644 | |||
Incumbent John Lujan defeated Robert Casias in the Texas House of Representatives District 118 Republican Primary.[6][7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 118 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Lujan Incumbent |
72.80% | 5,320 | |
| Republican | Robert Casias | 27.20% | 1,988 | |
| Total Votes | 7,308 | |||
Endorsements
In 2016, Lujan's endorsements included the following:[8]
- San Antonio Express-News
- San Antonio Fire Department
- San Antonio Police Officers Association
Special election
A special election for the position of Texas House of Representatives District 118 was called for November 3, 2015. A special runoff election was held on January 26, 2016.[9][10] The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was September 2.[11]
The seat was vacant following Joe Farias' (D) resignation on August 10, 2015.[12]
Anthony Alcoser (D), Robert A. Casias (R), Gabe Farias (D), Michael Holdman (R), John Lujan (R) and Tomas Uresti (D) faced off in a special election.[13] Since no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters, Lujan and Uresti, met in a runoff election, which Lujan won.[10][14]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 118, Special Election, 2015 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | John Lujan (advanced to the runoff) |
29.2% | 1,904 | |
| Democratic | Tomas Uresti (advanced to the runoff) |
21.7% | 1,415 | |
| Democratic | Gabe Farias | 18% | 1,170 | |
| Republican | Michael Holdman | 14.4% | 938 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Alcoser | 11.4% | 741 | |
| Republican | Robert A. Casias | 5.3% | 346 | |
| Total Votes | 6,514 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | John Lujan |
52.4% | 1,880 | |
| Democratic | Tomas Uresti | 47.6% | 1,709 | |
| Total Votes | 3,589 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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John Lujan is married (38 years) and they have 5 boys. John Lujan started his career of service as a Bexar County Deputy Sheriff for 6 1/2 years. He then served as a San Antonio Firefighter for 25 years. He is currently a partner for a thriving technology company employing over 500 employees. John has coached youth sports for over 30 years and is very active in his Church where he and his wife work with the youth. John is a a board member of Hope for the Hurting, Southside ISD Education Foundation, SJRC Texas and Child & Family Ministries. Among many issues, John is passionate about relieving property tax burdens and bringing economic development with high paying jobs to District 118. Born and raised in District 118, John will have a strong effective voice representing the District in Austin.
- Life experiences - My wife and I have been married over 38 years and we have 5 sons. Serving as a Bexar County Deputy Sheriff (6 1/2 years) and San Antonio Firefighter (25 years), I have seen the good and bad that affect our community. As a small business man, starting a company with 2 other partners in 1999 and today employing over 500 people has been an incredible experience. As a volunteer coach (30+ years) and Youth Sunday School teacher (20+ years), I have seen so many situations, lifestyles, education issues and lack of hope and opportunity impacting our District. I have those experiences and my biblical values providing me wisdom needed to make sound decisions for our community and Texas.
- Property Taxes - this is a critical issue. Too many homeowners are being taxed out of their homes. Many hard working families are struggling to keep their homes. I am committed to working hard to provide solutions to the high appraisal evaluations and the high taxes being imposed.
- Education - I am a firm believer in a strong Public School System - effective, accountable and properly funded. Cycles of poverty are broken when we prepare our students to be successful. Prepping a student to attend a college/university is so important. As important, is prepping students for the high demand, high paying jobs in the Trades industry.
I have several public policy items but one that is very important is figuring a better way (utilizing local Churches) to help children and families within the foster care system. A big part of helping the children and families is to involve the local Church to be involved early in the process to hopefully prevent an escalation of the issue by providing support and life changing experiences for the family. I am currently working on such a program - Child & Family Ministry. I am meeting weekly with Foster, CASA, DFPS, and Church leaders developing a Church program. We have implemented our program in our first Church and have scheduled dates for other Churches in District 118. I am excited at the potential benefits this can provide to struggling families.
I have many role models - SAFD Lt. Emilio DeLeon, Dr. Pachecano from Somerset, TX, Pastor Albert Byrom and a few others.
However, my father John Lujan Jr., is a man I admire and look up to. There was a time when I hated (strong word) my father. Growing up, and up to my 7th grade, my Dad was an abusive husband and father. I witnessed him abuse my Mother and when I intervened I received harsh punishment. He drank too much and would often not come home as he was with other women. I encouraged my Mom to leave him and as the oldest of 5 children, I was very close to my Mother. In my 7th grade year, I became a Christian - dedicating my life to Christ. Although God created heaven and earth, changed my life and the life of my Mother and siblings, there was nothing that could be done for my Father (or so I thought). One evening my Sunday School teacher visited my home and met my Mother and Father. Long story short - by the end of that meeting, my Dad and my Sunday School teacher were talking in the living room and I was with my Sunday School teacher's wife, my Mom, my 3 sisters, and my brother in my sister's room down the hall on our knees praying for my Dad. That night my Dad prayed to have God take over his life and he dedicated his life to serving God. Today, my Dad is a retired Minister and I could write a book of great stories and experiences we witnessed throughout our family's service to God. I have seen the power of God and how my Dad has worked hard to be a man of Faith and always seeking Wisdom and not letting circumstances compromise his convictions. I will not forget or overlook the Power of God and the miracles I have witnessed in my life....
Proverbs (Bible) - Solomon - this is a great book for wisdom and a common sense philosophy.
Golden Bones - Sichan Siv
Battle for the American Mind - Pete Hegseth
Blackout - Candace Owens
Hardworking, ability to listen, honest, and approachable. Must have the ability to effectively network and work with others.
I pray for Wisdom and compassionate solutions.
Knowing the impact legislation will have on the community. Providing great staff to assist constituents in navigating state processes or state agencies, and documenting constituent feedback for making changes.
I worked for positive change in people's lives, community, state and country,
I was 24 years old, a Bexar County Deputy Sheriff, married, and a father to our first son who was 13 months old at this time. In the middle of the night a burglar broke into our apartment as we were all asleep. My son was sleeping in his room (2nd night he was asleep in his crib in his own room) and my wife heard him crying. When she looked in the room she saw a man standing over the crib. When the man looked at her and began walking toward her, she screamed and ran to our room. I heard the hysteria in her scream and I immediately ran out my room and witnessed a man opening our front door and running. Although he was not carrying my son, at that time I believed he had my son so I ran after him. I chased and caught him and we had a brief fight. I held him until police arrived and took him into custody. I quickly learned he had cut my son's throat - 3 slashes and 4 stab wounds requiring a total of 43 stitches. It was a miracle he was alive - although he lost a lot of blood, every cut and stabbing missed major arteries and veins. This incident changed my life and who I am forever. It is a longer story and the power of God and the power of forgiveness can not be overlooked. I would not be servant of God, husband, and father I am today without this incident.
My first job was when I was 16 years old working construction - cement work, roofing, etc... I worked through high school and most of my earnings went to my parents to provide for our family. I worked for this small company for 2 years mostly Saturdays and Sundays and full-time during the summer months.
I just finished re-reading "The Power of Moments" by Chip Heath
Great business book but has great every day life applications.
Buscarte - by Edgar Lira
Not being more involved for children in crisis....
I believe, the Governor sets the tone and boundaries the Legislature works within to create legislation. This provides for a productive session. However, there are times when the will of the people needs to rise above the views of the Governor or Legislature and conflict may arise.
I am worried about the surplus of money available. We need to be wise in how we spend this blessing of extra money. Spending foolishly today can cause major problems in the future. Addressing property taxes, school funding, and allocating money to address needed services is crucial for this session. Funding "nice to have" projects or projects requiring larger future funding to maintain and/or support must be thought about very carefully.
Benefits would include efficiency and the ability to respond quickly to issues and requests.
Drawbacks would include the probability of individuals to gain power and dominate influence.
As you may know, Texas is considered a bicameral state legislature - house and senate.
I believe life experiences to include family, business, community involvement and general life experiences are much more important than government and politics. As an elected official the government and political experience will happen naturally.
Yes. As a former public servant and business owner, I know the power networking and relationships. I am confident in my people skills to persuade and educate others in issues I am passionate to move forward. I am also a great listener and always ready to learn or understand other points-of-view...
I would like to see technology involved in the redistricting process.
I won a special election and inherited my two committees - Higher-ed and Licensing. I was also appointed to a special interim committee on Health Care Reform.
I enjoy working on the current committees. If elected, I would like to work any of the following: Appropriations, Public Education, Higher-Education, Human Services (Foster Care), Insurance (Health Care).
I am not familiar enough with any particular legislatures. None at this time...
I am very impressed with a High School program called P.R.O.M.I.S.E.. This program provides a second chance to high school offenders. This is an awesome program that benefits the student, student's family, and the school's police department. I have heard heart-warming stories from students, parents and officers involved with the program. I am promoting this program throughout my 118 District and I hope to enhance this program throughout the State.
I believe it is the responsibility of the legislature o create a framework where the use of emergency powers can be used. We now have the advantage of viewing the emergency powers being utilized during the pandemic. There will definitely be changes proposed by both house and senate. This next session will be tasked with adjusting the use of emergency powers.
Yes - compromise is necessary because it enables law makers various points-of-views, cultural differences, and community impact the policy will have....
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2021
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2023
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2022
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2017
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2016
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Footnotes
- ↑ Texas House of Representatives, "Representative Lujan, John," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ John Lujan for Texas, "Meet John," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2022
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Vote Lujan, "Endorsements," accessed February 25, 2016
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Candidates for State Representative, District 118 Special Runoff Election," accessed December 2, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Belleville News-Democrat, "The Latest: San Antonio state House race heads to runoff," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas," accessed August 27, 2015
- ↑ trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com, "Rep. Joe Farias resigns Texas House seat, prompting another special election in San Antonio," August 10, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Candidates for State Representative, District 118 Special Election," accessed September 4, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 Special Runoff Election, House District 118," accessed January 27, 2016
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Texas House of Representatives District 118 2021-Present |
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Texas House of Representatives District 118 2016-2017 |
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