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'''Jay Allen Carnes''', usually cited as '''J. Allen Carnes''' (born November 23, 1974),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jay-carnes/e102601729722|title=Jay Carnes|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref> is a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man who from 2012 to 2014 served as the mayor of Uvalde, Texas.<ref>{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.texasobserver.org/j-allen-carnes-down-on-the-farm/ | title=Down on the Farm | website=Texas Observer | date=December 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=dallasnews/><ref name"leader_news">{{cite newspaper | url=http://archives.etypeservices.com/Uvalde1/Magazine53419/Publication/Magazine53419.pdf | newspaper=''Uvalde Leader-News'' | date=May 15, 2014 |title=McLaughlin is new mayor}}</ref>​

'''Jay Allen Carnes''', usually cited as '''J. Allen Carnes''' (born November 23, 1974),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jay-carnes/e102601729722|title=Jay Carnes|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 19, 2019}}</ref> is a [[farmer]] and [[business]]man who from 2012 to 2014 served as the mayor of Uvalde, Texas.<ref>{{cite newspaper | url=https://www.texasobserver.org/j-allen-carnes-down-on-the-farm/ | title=Down on the Farm | website=Texas Observer | date=December 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=dallasnews/><ref name"leader_news">{{cite newspaper | url=http://archives.etypeservices.com/Uvalde1/Magazine53419/Publication/Magazine53419.pdf | newspaper=''Uvalde Leader-News'' | date=May 15, 2014 |title=McLaughlin is new mayor}}</ref>​

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On March 4, 2014, he was an unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in the [[primary]] eection for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.​

On March 4, 2014, he was an unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in the [[primary]] eection for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture.

 

==Background==​

==Background==​

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Under Texas election law, one is automatically a "member" of the political party in whose primary and/or runoff election he participates. Only Democrats and Republicans in Texas hold primaries. He remains a "member" of that party for two years until the next regular primary or runoff. The only way he can "change" his party is to wait two years, then skip a primary and become an "unaffiliated" voter or to vote in the other party's primary and in effect "change" his partisan registration. He cannot switch from one party's primary and vote in the other party's immediate runoff election.<ref>Lyle C. Brown et al, ''Practicing Texas Politics'', 13th ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), pp. 192–195.</ref>​

Under Texas election law, one is automatically a "member" of the political party in whose primary and/or runoff election he participates. Only Democrats and Republicans in Texas hold primaries. He remains a "member" of that party for two years until the next regular primary or runoff. The only way he can "change" his party is to wait two years, then skip a primary and become an "unaffiliated" voter or to vote in the other party's primary and in effect "change" his partisan registration. He cannot switch from one party's primary and vote in the other party's immediate runoff election.<ref>Lyle C. Brown et al, ''Practicing Texas Politics'', 13th ed. (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), pp. 192–195.</ref>​

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Carnes donated about $5,000 total to three Democrat members of the [[U.S. Congress]], including former  [[U.S. Representative]] Pete Gallego in the 23rd congressional district,a former state legislator from Alpine in Brewster County. In 2012, Gallego unseated freshman Republican Representative [[Francisco Canseco]] of [[San Antonio]]. Canseco then lost to [[Will Hurd]], a [[Moderate Republican]], in a runoff election for this same seat on May 27, 2014. Carnes contributed to Democrat U.S. Representative Henry Roberto Cuellar in the 28th congressonal distrct and donated as well to Democratic former Representative [[Ciro Rodriguez]] of San Antonio, whom Gallego defeated in the 2012 Democratic primary. In 2004, when Carnes did not vote in either party's primary, Cuellar unseated Rodriguez for the Democratic nomination after a contested recount. Rodriguez subsequently returned in 2006 to claim the neighboring 23rd District, when he unseated the Republican [[Henry Bonilla]] of San Antonio. Carnes has also contributed $5,000 to several political action committees concerned with agriculture.<ref name=carnesquestionedaboutparty/> ​

Carnes donated about $5,000 total to three Democrat members of the [[U.S. Congress]], including former  [[U.S. Representative]] Pete Gallego in the 23rd congressional district,a former state legislator from Alpine in Brewster County. In 2012, Gallego unseated freshman Republican Representative [[Francisco Canseco]], a conservative from [[San Antonio]]. Canseco then lost to [[Will Hurd]], a [[Moderate Republican]], in a runoff election for this same seat on May 27, 2014. Carnes contributed to Democrat U.S. Representative Henry Roberto Cuellar in the 28th congressonal distrct and donated as well to Democratic former Representative [[Ciro Rodriguez]] of San Antonio, whom Gallego defeated in the 2012 Democratic primary. In 2004, when Carnes did not vote in either party's primary, Cuellar unseated Rodriguez for the Democratic nomination after a contested recount. Rodriguez subsequently returned in 2006 to claim the neighboring 23rd District, when he unseated the Republican Henry Bonilla of San Antonio. Carnes has also contributed $5,000 to several political action committees concerned with agriculture.<ref name=carnesquestionedaboutparty/> ​

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In 2012, Carnes voted for the first time in a Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yct.org/with-exception-of-miller-ag-commission-race-full-of-liberals/|title=J. Allen Carnes|publisher=Young Conservatives of Texas|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>​

In 2012, Carnes voted for the first time in a Republican primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yct.org/with-exception-of-miller-ag-commission-race-full-of-liberals/|title=J. Allen Carnes|publisher=Young Conservatives of Texas|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Carnes avoided [[conservative]] rhetoric in his race for agriculture commissioner.<ref name=tobserver/> He won the endorsement of [[baseball]] icon Nolan Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/tx-j-carnes-for-texas-idUSnBw125933a+100+BSW20140212|title=Nolan Ryan Endorses J Allen Carnes for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, February 12, 2014|publisher=reuters.com|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>Ryan's help made little difference, for Carnes finished last in the primary. With 410,273 (34.6 percent) of the ballots cast, Miller led the primary field and then in the runoff contest defeated the runner-up, Tommy Merritt, a former state representative from Longview. The incumbent commissioner, Douglas Todd Staples, vacated the position because he ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the Republican primary. The three losing primary candidates, Eric Opiela, the former executive director of the Texas Republican Party from Karnes City, Joe Cotton of Frisco, and Carnes, held a combined 44 percent of the vote, critical to the outcome of the runoff depending on turnout. Carnes polled 148,222 votes (12.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014 |publisher=team1.sos.state.tx.us |accessdate=April 25, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=November 8, 2006 }}</ref>​

Carnes avoided [[conservative]] rhetoric in his race for agriculture commissioner.<ref name=tobserver/> He won the endorsement of [[baseball]] icon Nolan Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/tx-j-carnes-for-texas-idUSnBw125933a+100+BSW20140212|title=Nolan Ryan Endorses J Allen Carnes for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, February 12, 2014|publisher=reuters.com|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>Ryan's help made little difference, for Carnes finished last in the primary. With 410,273 (34.6 percent) of the ballots cast, Miller led the primary field and then in the runoff contest defeated the runner-up, Tommy Merritt, a former state representative from Longview. The incumbent commissioner, Douglas Todd Staples, vacated the position because he ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in the Republican primary. The three losing primary candidates, Eric Opiela, the former executive director of the Texas Republican Party from Karnes City, Joe Cotton of Frisco, and Carnes, held a combined 44 percent of the vote, critical to the outcome of the runoff depending on turnout. Carnes polled 148,222 votes (12.4 percent) in the primary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |title=Republican primary election returns, March 4, 2014 |publisher=team1.sos.state.tx.us |accessdate=April 25, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108172637/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe |archivedate=November 8, 2006 }}</ref>​

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