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Between January 26 and May 20, 2018, Cosper received $191,400 in contributions from two [[political action committee]]s associated with the retiring [[Moderate Republican]] House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]]: the Texas House Leadership Fund and Associated Republicans of Texas. Buckley reported $54,115 in contributions between February 25 and May 20, 2018, the largest having been payment in three installments of $25,000 from the National Cutting Horse Association Texas Events PAC. Cosper spent $77.49 for each vote received; Buckley, $12.17.<ref name=kdh>{{cite web|url=http://kdhnews.com/news/district-runoff-election-postmortem-what-contributed-to-buckley-upset-of/article_3286264c-6161-11e8-b6ed-b35fe933f1b3.html|title=District 54 runoff election postmortem: What contributed to Buckley upset of Cosper?|author=Kyle Blankenship|publisher=''Killeen Daily Herald''|date=May 26, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>  

Between January 26 and May 20, 2018, Cosper received $191,400 in contributions from two [[political action committee]]s associated with the retiring [[Moderate Republican]] House Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]]: the Texas House Leadership Fund and Associated Republicans of Texas. Buckley reported $54,115 in contributions between February 25 and May 20, 2018, the largest having been payment in three installments of $25,000 from the National Cutting Horse Association Texas Events PAC. Cosper spent $77.49 for each vote received; Buckley, $12.17.<ref name=kdh>{{cite web|url=http://kdhnews.com/news/district-runoff-election-postmortem-what-contributed-to-buckley-upset-of/article_3286264c-6161-11e8-b6ed-b35fe933f1b3.html|title=District 54 runoff election postmortem: What contributed to Buckley upset of Cosper?|author=Kyle Blankenship|publisher=''Killeen Daily Herald''|date=May 26, 2018|accessdate=May 28, 2018}}</ref>  

After the runoff, Cosper quickly endorsed Buckley, who called Cosper "very magnanimous to get behind me and support me.”<ref name=kdh/> With Cosper eliminated, Buckley defeated in the November 6 general election the "[[progressive]]" [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kathy Richerson, 25,924 votes (53.8 percent) to 22,222 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref> Richerson is a retired [[real estate]] agent who raises [[goat]]s in rural Bell County. Coincidentally, Buckley is her veterinarian.<ref name=kdh/>

After the runoff, Cosper quickly endorsed Buckley, who called Cosper "very magnanimous to get behind me and support me.”<ref name=kdh/> With Cosper eliminated, Buckley defeated in the November 6 general election the "[[progressive]]" [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Kathy Richerson, 25,924 votes (53.8 percent) to 22,222 (46.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 10, 2018}}</ref> Richerson is a retired [[real estate]] agent who raises [[goat]]s in rural Bell County. Coincidentally, Buckley is her veterinarian.<ref name=kdh/> The representative before Cosper, Jimmie Don Aycock, was another veterinarian.

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