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Line 40: − + − − 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 of [[Laredo]] 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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Nevertheless, Carnes considers himself a "lifelong Republican" who as a 17-year-old volunteered in the unsuccessful 1992 campaign to reelect the late [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]: "It killed me when he got beat by [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]], and I couldn't vote."<ref name=carnesquestionedaboutparty>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140204-rivals-make-an-issue-of-gop-ag-race-hopefuls-democratic-votes-donations.ece|author=David Barer|title=Rivals make an issue of GOP ag race hopeful's Democratic votes, donations|date=January 4, 2014|publisher=''Dallas Morning News''|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</ref>
Nevertheless, Carnes considers himself a "lifelong Republican" who as a 17-year-old volunteered in the unsuccessful 1992 campaign to reelect the late [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]: "It killed me when he got beat by [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]], and I couldn't vote."<ref name=carnesquestionedaboutparty>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20140204-rivals-make-an-issue-of-gop-ag-race-hopefuls-democratic-votes-donations.ece|author=David Barer|title=Rivals make an issue of GOP ag race hopeful's Democratic votes, donations|date=January 4, 2014|publisher=''Dallas Morning News''|accessdate=April 25, 2014}}</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>
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>
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 of [[Laredo]] 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/>
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>