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However, Christian rebounded in 2016 to claim the party nomination for the Railroad Commission seat vacated by the one-term member David J. Porter of Lee Cpunty. Christian defeated in a runoff contest the businessman Gary Gates of Richmond, Texas. In the general election, Christian lost the large cities of [[San Antonio]], [[Dallas]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Austin]], and [[El Paso]] but nevertheless defeated the Democrat Grady Yarbrough, an [[African-American]] retired educator and a perennial candidate. Christian polled 4,643,339 votes (53.2 percent) to Yarbrough's 2,484,781 (38.5 percent). The [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, Mark Miller, endorsed by the ''Dallas Morning News'', trailed with 312,952 votes (4.9 percent). The Green Party choice, Martina Salinas, polled 181,314 votes (2.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov08_319_state.htm|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>
However, Christian rebounded in 2016 to claim the party nomination for the Railroad Commission seat vacated by the one-term member David J. Porter of Lee Cpunty. Christian defeated in a runoff contest the businessman Gary Gates of Richmond, Texas. In the general election, Christian lost the large cities of [[San Antonio]], [[Dallas]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Austin]], and [[El Paso]] but nevertheless defeated the Democrat Grady Yarbrough, an [[African-American]] retired educator and a perennial candidate. Christian polled 4,643,339 votes (53.2 percent) to Yarbrough's 2,484,781 (38.5 percent). The [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] nominee, Mark Miller, endorsed by the ''Dallas Morning News'', trailed with 312,952 votes (4.9 percent). The Green Party choice, Martina Salinas, polled 181,314 votes (2.8 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov08_319_state.htm|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 9, 2016}}</ref>
Christian is seeking re-nomination in the Republican primary scheduled for March 1, 2022.
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