In the 2010 Republican primary in
District 93, Geren defeated
Matt Krause, 8,037 (57.6 percent) to 5,915 (42.4 percent). Krause won the District 93 seat in 2012 and still holds the position. In the
general election in
District 99 held on November 7, 2018, Geren with 37,944 votes (64.3 percent), defeated Democrat Michael Stackhouse, who trailed with 21,053 ballots (35.7 percent). Geren, an ally of
Joe Straus, the moderate Republican former
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, faced unsuccessful
Tea Party movement opposition in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, from Bo French. Geren defeated French again in the March 6, 2018, Republican primary. ==References==