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|term_end=January 2007
|term_end=January 2007
|preceded=Robert Ray "Bob" Turner
|preceded=Robert Ray "Bob" Turner
|succeeded=Nathan Macias
|succeeded=[[Nathan Macias]]
|office2=Comal County County Judge
|office2=Comal County County Judge
|term_start2=January 1, 1991
|term_start2=January 1, 1991
In her first legislative race on March 12, 2002, Casteel defeated Diane Sue Dasher (born c. 1954) of Bulverde, 9,290 votes (54 percent) to 7,916 (46 percent) in the Republican [[primary]]. The incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robert Ray "Bob" Turner, did not seek reelection.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 12, 2002.</ref> In the [[general election]], Casteel defeated the Democrat Virgil Yanta, 35,314 votes (79.1 percent) to 9,305 (20.9 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), November 5, 2002.</ref> In May 2003, Castell and John Mabry, Jr., a Democrat from [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], were named "Freshmen Members of the Year" by their colleagues.<ref name=lrl/>
In her first legislative race on March 12, 2002, Casteel defeated Diane Sue Dasher (born c. 1954) of Bulverde, 9,290 votes (54 percent) to 7,916 (46 percent) in the Republican [[primary]]. The incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robert Ray "Bob" Turner, did not seek reelection.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 12, 2002.</ref> In the [[general election]], Casteel defeated the Democrat Virgil Yanta, 35,314 votes (79.1 percent) to 9,305 (20.9 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), November 5, 2002.</ref> In May 2003, Castell and John Mabry, Jr., a Democrat from [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], were named "Freshmen Members of the Year" by their colleagues.<ref name=lrl/>
Casteel ran without primary or general election opposition in 2004, but in the 2006 Republican primary, she lost her bid for a third term by forty-six votes. Her more conservative challenger, Nathan Macias, an [[Hispanic]] [[business]]man and public policy analyst from Bulverde, polled 10,183 votes (50.1 percent) to her 10,137 ballots (49.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 7, 2006.</ref>
Casteel ran without primary or general election opposition in 2004, but in the 2006 Republican primary, she lost her bid for a third term by forty-six votes. Her more conservative challenger, [[Nathan Macias]], an [[Hispanic]] [[business]]man and public policy analyst from Bulverde, polled 10,183 votes (50.1 percent) to her 10,137 ballots (49.9 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 7, 2006.</ref>
In the 2008 Republican primary, [[Moderate Republican]] Douglas Ray Miller, I (born 1954), a former [[mayor]] of New Braunfels, unseated Macias by 17 votes, 14,684 (50.02 percent) to 14,667 (49.97 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 4, 2008.</ref> In a special legislative session on May 15, 2006, after she had been defeated for re-nomination, Casteel voted against a reduction in [[property tax]]es, but the measure passed the House, 89-56. A few weeks earlier she voted to raise [[tobacco]] taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/49891/carter-casteel#.UwjXpcuPIfg|title=Carter Casteel's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
In the 2008 Republican primary, [[Moderate Republican]] Douglas Ray Miller, I (born 1954), a former [[mayor]] of New Braunfels, unseated Macias by 17 votes, 14,684 (50.02 percent) to 14,667 (49.97 percent)<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns (state House of Representatives), March 4, 2008.</ref> In a special legislative session on May 15, 2006, after she had been defeated for re-nomination, Casteel voted against a reduction in [[property tax]]es, but the measure passed the House, 89-56. A few weeks earlier she voted to raise [[tobacco]] taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/49891/carter-casteel#.UwjXpcuPIfg|title=Carter Casteel's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref>