2008 Texas Legislature election

2008 Texas House of Representatives election

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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Rep Dem Party Republican Democratic Last election 81 69 Seats before 79 71 Seats won 76 74 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 3,828,577 2,965,717 Percentage 53.99% 41.82%

2008 Texas State Senate election

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16 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Rep Dem Party Republican Democratic Seats before 20 11 Seats won 19 12 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,608,910 1,203,432 Percentage 53.67% 40.14%

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2008 elections for the Texas Legislature were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Legislature election was conducted concurrently with the election for the 2008 United States presidential race, the United States Senate seat of Republican John Cornyn, and the state's 32 congressional representatives.

Successful candidates served in the 81st Texas Legislature, that convened on January 13, 2009, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin through June 1, 2009.

Texas Senate[]

Race results:^[1]

District	Democratic		Republican		Libertarian		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 4	-	-	203,367	100.00%	-	-	203,367	100.00%	Republican hold
District 6	72,960	70.01%	27,751	26.63%	3,496	3.35%	104,207	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 9	100,509	43.33%	125,443	54.08%	5,991	2.58%	231,943	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	147,832	49.92%	140,737	47.52%	7,591	2.56%	296,160	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
District 11	113,567	41.18%	155,772	56.49%	6,419	2.33%	275,758	100.00%	Republican hold
District 16	89,346	41.06%	122,439	56.27%	5,825	2.86%	217,610	100.00%	Republican hold
District 20	124,456	81.40%	-	-	28,429	18.60%	152,885	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 21	129,802	68.22%	55,480	29.16%	4,980	2.62%	190,262	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 23	176,451	92.40%	-	-	14,503	7.60%	190,954	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 24	-	-	197,125	85.47%	33,518	14.53%	230,643	100.00%	Republican hold
District 26	136,913	81.44%	-	-	31,194	18.56%	168,107	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 27	111,596	100.00%	-	-	-	-	111,596	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 28	-	-	179,059	88.17%	24,022	11.83%	203,081	100.00%	Republican hold
District 30	-	-	221,470	100.00%	-	-	221,470	100.00%	Republican hold
District 31	-	-	180,267	90.21%	19,569	9.79%	199,836	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	1,203,432	40.14%	1,608,910	53.67%	185,537	6.19%	2,997,879	100.00%

There were two new members of the Senate.

District	Outgoing Senator	Party	Reason
10	Kim Brimer	Republican	Defeated in general election
17	Kyle Janek	Republican	Resigned June 2, 2008 [1]

Notable races[]

District 10: The Democratic Party ran City Councilwoman Wendy Davis against Republican and Sunset Advisory Commission chairperson Kim Brimer. The district had been Republican-leaning, having been won by George W. Bush in 2004 and by Governor Rick Perry in 2002 and 2006. Davis won that race with 49.91% of the vote. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for governor to succeed Perry.

District 11: The Democrats ran former Galveston city council member Joseph Jaworski against Republican candidate Mike Jackson. The district encompasses the southeast Houston suburbs and part of Galveston County that has consistently voted for Republicans including George W. Bush in 2004, Governor Perry in 2002 and 2006, and U.S. Senator John Cornyn in 2002. Mike Jackson won that race with 56.48% of the vote.

District 17: The Incumbent Republican Kyle Janek announced he would be resigning from the State Senate effective June 2, 2008 to spend more time with his family, who had moved to Austin. A special election was called and was held concurrently with the general election. 4 Republicans and 2 Democrats ran for the unexpired term, most notably, the Republican Party's Joan Huffman, and Democratic former U.S. Representative Christopher Bell, the party's 2006 nominee for governor. Huffman and Bell advanced to a runoff, held December 16, 2008.^[2] Huffman won that race with 56% of the vote.^[3]

Texas's 17th state senate district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christopher Bell	85,725	38.39%
	Republican	Joan Huffman	58,359	26.14%
	Democratic	Stephanie E. Simmons	30,839	13.81%
	Republican	Austen Furse	22,588	10.12%
	Republican	Ken Sherman	16,728	7.49%
	Republican	Grant Harpold	9,056	4.06%
Total votes			223,295	100.00%

Texas's 17th state senate district special election runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joan Huffman	24,497	56.09%
	Democratic	Christopher Bell	19,176	43.91%
Total votes			43,673	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21: Democratic candidate Judith Zaffirini prevailed in her historically Democratic state Senate seat, which includes Laredo. The seat was held from 1967-1973 by her mentor, , a younger brother of John Connally. Republicans fielded former Webb County administrative judge (born 1949), who switched parties in December 2007 to run against Zaffirini. The district voted for George W. Bush in 2004 and Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2006 but for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell in 2006.

House of Representatives[]

Notable races[]

: A special election was held on November 6, 2007 to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Anna Mowery. Dan Barret, who had lost the seat to Mowery in 2006,^[4] ran against 6 Republicans in the jungle primary, securing a plurality of 31.53% of the vote.^[5] A runoff was held on December 18, 2007 between Barret and second place finisher, Mark M. Shelton in which Barret won an upset victory with 52.19% of the vote.^[6] As the legislative session had already ended, Barret did not spend any time legislating during his term. He was later defeated by Shelton in the 2008 general election, only securing 42.75% of the vote.

Texas's 97th state house district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Barrett	5,575	31.53%
	Republican	Mark M. Shelton	4,049	22.90%
	Republican	Bob Leonard	3,294	18.63%
	Republican	Craig Goldman	2,947	16.67%
	Republican	Jeff Humber	925	5.23%
	Republican	Chris Hatch	515	2.91%
	Republican	James Dean Schull	375	2.12%
Total votes			17,680	100.00%

Texas's 97th state house district special election runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Barrett	5,365	52.19%
	Republican	Mark M. Shelton	4,915	47.81%
Total votes			10,280	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing	19.49%

District 106: Representative Kirk England was re-elected in 2006 as a Republican with 49.16% of the vote.^[4] On September 20, 2007, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Democrat.^[7] He would later go on to win re-election in 2008 with 55.49% of the vote before losing re-election by 204 votes in 2010 to Republican Rodney E. Anderson.^[8]

Results by district[]

Election results:^[9]

District	Democratic		Republican		Libertarian		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	29,598	53.59%	24,853	45.00%	781	1.41%	55,232	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 2	-	-	39,258	85.04%	6,906	14.96%	46,164	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	26,763	51.84%	24,864	48.16%	-	-	51,627	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 4	22,049	35.18%	39,250	62.62%	1,383	2.21%	62,682	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	-	-	47,309	100.00%	-	-	47,309	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 6	-	-	44,476	87.77%	6,196	12.23%	50,672	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	40,671	88.34%	5,368	11.66%	46,039	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	34,524	100.00%	-	-	34,524	100.00%	Republican Hold
	18,448	35.40%	32,704	62.76%	961	1.84%	52,113	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	49,401	85.52%	8,366	14.48%	57,767	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,054	49.29%	25,934	49.06%	875	1.66%	52,863	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	28,760	57.06%	21,647	42.94%	-	-	50,407	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	41,376	100.00%	-	-	41,376	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	37,236	82.20%	8,063	17.80%	45,299	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	69,661	100.00%	-	-	69,661	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	49,263	100.00%	-	-	49,263	100.00%	Republican Hold
	25,583	42.85%	32,238	53.99%	1,889	3.16%	59,710	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	14,901	31.46%	32,465	68.54%	-	-	47,366	100.00%	Republican Hold
	17,306	33.99%	32,545	63.92%	1,064	2.09%	50,915	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,907	30.53%	57,029	64.71%	4,199	4.76%	88,135	100.00%	Republican Hold
	32,208	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,208	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	31,169	94.46%	-	-	1,827	5.54%	32,996	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	31,195	86.80%	-	-	4,743	13.20%	35,938	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	47,378	86.31%	7,515	13.69%	54,893	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,404	85.96%	5,454	14.04%	38,858	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	45,679	100.00%	-	-	45,679	100.00%	Republican Hold
	48,415	65.56%	25,434	34.44%	-	-	73,849	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	32,089	38.02%	50,824	60.22%	1,484	1.76%	84,397	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,433	39.53%	40,439	60.47%	-	-	66,872	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	38,869	100.00%	-	-	38,869	100.00%	Republican Hold
	24,170	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,170	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,994	46.80%	27,844	50.13%	1,705	3.07%	55,543	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	24,582	59.04%	14,792	35.53%	2,261	5.43%	41,635	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,188	53.14%	18,684	46.86%	-	-	39,872	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	29,458	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,458	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	24,598	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,598	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,695	100.00%	-	-	-	-	19,695	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,476	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,476	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	23,879	100.00%	-	-	-	-	23,879	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	24,103	100.00%	-	-	-	-	24,103	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	23,438	64.86%	12,025	33.28%	671	1.86%	36,134	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	31,129	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,129	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,771	87.20%	-	-	3,782	12.80%	29,553	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	46,686	82.42%	9,959	17.58%	56,645	100.00%	Republican Hold
	43,926	59.31%	27,729	37.44%	2,411	3.26%	74,066	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	34,353	86.52%	-	-	5,351	13.48%	39,704	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 47	45,314	51.20%	43,190	48.80%	-	-	88,504	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	39,748	53.75%	31,028	41.96%	3,174	4.29%	73,950	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	54,284	100.00%	-	-	-	-	54,284	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	45,456	62.97%	23,681	32.80%	3,055	4.23%	72,192	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	29,384	89.52%	-	-	3,440	10.48%	32,824	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	34,898	48.61%	34,047	47.42%	2,854	3.97%	71,799	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	-	-	47,847	88.89%	5,983	11.11%	53,830	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,690	78.04%	9,478	21.96%	43,168	100.00%	Republican Hold
	24,290	43.38%	30,189	53.92%	1,509	2.70%	55,988	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	44,067	86.38%	6,946	13.62%	51,013	100.00%	Republican Hold
	28,291	87.83%	-	-	3,920	12.17%	32,211	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	14,749	26.21%	39,697	70.55%	1,825	3.24%	56,271	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,546	35.81%	28,482	61.64%	1,178	2.55%	46,206	100.00%	Republican Hold
	13,195	23.24%	43,588	76.76%	-	-	56,783	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,308	24.20%	48,879	72.53%	2,205	3.27%	67,392	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 62	17,365	31.60%	37,588	68.40%	-	-	54,953	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 63	19,883	22.66%	64,048	72.98%	3,831	4.37%	87,762	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 64	28,195	39.40%	40,758	56.95%	2,613	3.65%	71,566	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 65	-	-	47,471	79.67%	12,114	20.33%	59,585	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 66	-	-	45,421	85.00%	8,015	15.00%	53,436	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 67	-	-	30,558	78.46%	8,390	21.54%	38,948	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	41,543	100.00%	-	-	41,543	100.00%	Republican Hold
	31,925	86.19%	-	-	5,114	13.81%	37,039	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	73,450	86.21%	11,751	13.79%	85,201	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	40,381	88.31%	5,346	11.69%	45,727	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	37,010	86.94%	5,560	13.60%	42,570	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,732	25.97%	58,118	69.44%	3,846	4.60%	83,696	100.00%	Republican Hold
	26,235	64.19%	14,633	35.81%	-	-	40,868	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,806	71.36%	10,758	28.64%	-	-	37,564	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,632	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,632	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,444	100.00%	-	-	-	-	21,444	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	26,176	51.53%	22,918	45.11%	1,706	3.36%	50,800	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	27,604	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,604	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	30,676	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,676	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	32,973	90.15%	3,603	9.85%	36,576	100.00%	Republican Hold
	18,870	35.31%	33,202	62.12%	1,372	2.57%	53,444	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	53,411	100.00%	-	-	53,411	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	32,949	100.00%	-	-	32,949	100.00%	Republican Hold
	22,865	53.38%	19,970	46.62%	-	-	42,835	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	10,917	18.27%	47,031	78.69%	1,820	3.05%	59,768	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	28,546	84.80%	5,115	15.20%	33,661	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	41,053	100.00%	-	-	41,053	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	69,628	100.00%	-	-	69,628	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,984	70.29%	7,180	29.71%	-	-	24,164	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,567	35.91%	33,383	61.27%	1,535	2.82%	54,485	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,038	36.28%	36,955	63.72%	-	-	57,993	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,538	57.21%	19,582	40.68%	1,011	2.10%	48,131	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	39,915	84.81%	7,147	15.19%	47,602	100.00%	Republican Hold
	39,150	95.52%	-	-	1,838	4.48%	40,988	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	41,977	51.30%	38,108	46.57%	1,737	2.12%	81,822	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	29,206	42.75%	37,800	55.33%	1,306	1.91%	68,312	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	25,855	26.64%	68,345	70.43%	2,845	2.93%	97,045	100.00%	Republican Hold
	23,135	32.41%	46,254	64.80%	1,993	2.79%	71,382	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,903	93.44%	-	-	1,958	6.56%	29,861	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	23,713	50.56%	23,192	49.44%	-	-	46,905	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	21,675	53.01%	19,210	46.99%	-	-	40,885	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	14,825	88.31%	-	-	1,963	11.69%	16,788	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	16,655	100.00%	-	-	-	-	16,655	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,838	48.68%	19,857	48.72%	1,061	2.60%	40,756	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 106	21,484	55.49%	16,362	42.26%	869	2.24%	38,715	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,374	50.45%	23,616	46.95%	1,309	2.60%	50,299	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,737	39.39%	33,442	60.61%	-	-	55,179	100.00%	Republican Hold
	59,472	94.15%	-	-	3,692	5.85%	63,164	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	30,869	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,869	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	43,685	79.05%	10,685	19.32%	901	1.63%	55,260	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,919	39.64%	30,998	56.07%	2,372	4.29%	55,289	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,232	41.49%	29,938	58.51%	-	-	51,170	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	31,393	100.00%	-	-	31,393	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	35,635	81.18%	8,262	18.82%	43,897	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,540	85.53%	-	-	4,661	14.47%	32,201	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	28,675	57.03%	21,607	42.97%	-	-	50,282	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	24,169	59.93%	14,747	36.57%	1,414	3.51%	40,330	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	29,867	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,867	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	32,601	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,601	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	44,471	79.62%	11,380	20.38%	55,852	100.00%	Republican Hold
	30,953	29.90%	68,371	66.04%	4,212	4.07%	103,536	100.00%	Republican Hold
	27,040	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,040	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	36,557	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,557	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	36,003	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,003	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,179	38.42%	32,748	59.40%	1,204	2.18%	55,131	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,987	32.29%	44,698	65.65%	1,402	2.06%	68,087	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	28,439	100.00%	-	-	28,439	100.00%	Republican Hold
	23,722	41.48%	33,462	58.52%	-	-	57,184	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	63,945	87.62%	9,301	12.38%	72,976	100.00%	Republican Hold
	35,026	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,026	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	43,817	82.44%	9,334	17.56%	53,151	100.00%	Republican Hold
	20,219	50.62%	19,722	49.38%	-	-	39,941	100.00%	Democratic GAIN
	37,892	55.46%	28,843	42.22%	1,585	2.32%	68,320	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	18,733	39.95%	27,382	58.39%	778	1.66%	46,893	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	41,117	87.10%	6,087	12.90%	47,204	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 137	12,233	89.25%	-	-	1,473	10.75%	13,706	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	15,052	40.99%	21,666	59.01%	-	-	36,718	100.00%	Republican Hold
	35,220	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,220	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	13,348	100.00%	-	-	-	-	13,348	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	32,747	87.72%	8,197	19.70%	656	1.58%	41,600	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	35,159	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,159	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	11,881	70.69%	4,647	27.65%	278	1.65%	16,806	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,078	48.85%	19,980	51.15%	-	-	39,058	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,946	70.35%	5,877	29.65%	-	-	19.823	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	41,669	100.00%	-	-	-	-	41,669	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	35,951	92.23%	-	-	3,030	7.77%	38,981	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,535	66.24%	10,975	33.76%	-	-	32,510	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,562	56.34%	19,806	43.66%	-	-	45,371	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 150	22,916	33.53%	43,916	64.35%	1,449	2.12%	68,337	100.00%	Republican Hold
Total	2,965,717	41.82%	3,828,577	53.99%	319,020	4.50%	7,090,830	100.00%

House race summary, Districts 1–25[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
1		Democratic	Stephen Frost (Texarkana)	Running		Democratic	Stephen Frost	29,598	53.59%
						Republican	George Lavender	24,853	45.00%
						Libertarian	Tim Eason	781	1.41%
2		Republican	Dan Flynn (Greenville)	Running		Republican	Dan Flynn	39,258	85.03%
						Libertarian	Michael French	6,906	14.96%
3		Democratic	(Paris)	Running		Democratic	Mark Homer	26,763	51.84%
						Republican	Kirby Hollingsworth	24,864	48.16%
4		Republican	Betty Brown (Athens/Terrell)	Running		Republican	Betty Brown	39,209	62.61%
						Democratic	Victor Morales	22,027	35.17%
						Libertarian	James C. Yow	1,381	2.20%
5		Republican	Bryan Hughes (Marshall)	Running		Republican	Bryan Hughes	Unknown	100%
6		Republican	Leo Berman (Tyler)	Running		Republican	Leo Berman	44,411	87.77%
						Libertarian	Gene Moody	6,188	12.22%
		Republican	Tommy Merritt (Longview)	Running		Republican	Tommy Merritt	40,629	88.34%
						Libertarian	Joey Stroman	5,359	11.65%
		Republican	Byron Cook (Corsicana/Palestine)	Running		Republican	Byron Cook	Unknown	100%
		Republican	Wayne Christian (Nacogdoches)	Running		Republican	Wayne Christian	32,650	62.74%
						Democratic	Kenneth D. Franks	18,425	35.40%
						Libertarian	Joe Allport	961	1.84%
		Republican	Jim Pitts (Hillsboro/Waxahachie)	Running		Republican	Jim Pitts	49,323	85.51%
						Libertarian	Phil Smart	8,353	14.48%
		Democratic	(Jacksonville)	Running		Democratic	Chuck Hopson	26,030	49.27%
						Republican	Brian K. Walker	25,928	49.07%
						Libertarian	Paul Bryan	872	1.65%
		Democratic	Jim McReynolds (Lufkin)	Running		Democratic	Jim McReynolds	28,746	57.05%
						Republican	Van Brookshire	21,637	42.94%
		Republican	Lois Kolkhorst (Brenham/Huntsville)	Running		Republican	Lois Kolkhorst	Unknown	100%
		Republican	(Bryan/College Station)	Running		Republican	Fred Brown	37,187	82.20%
						Libertarian	Ron Darby	8,052	17.79%
		Republican	(The Woodlands)	Running		Republican	Rob Eissler	Unknown	100%
		Republican	Brandon Creighton (Conroe)	Running		Republican	Brandon Creighton	Unknown	100%
		Democratic	(Bastrop/La Grange)	Retiring		Democratic	Donnie Dippel	25,561	42.84%
						Republican		32,208	53.98%
						Libertarian	Alan Duesterhoft	1,888	3.16%
		Republican	(Liberty/Livingston)	Running		Republican	John Otto	32,415	68.54%
						Democratic	Arlan Foster	14,872	31.45%
		Republican	(Lumberton/Vidor)	Running		Republican	Mike Hamilton	32,531	63.91%
						Democratic	Larry Hunter	17,304	33.99%
						Libertarian	William Galvin
						Libertarian	Richard Ramsey
		Republican	Dan Gattis (Cedar Park/Georgetown)	Running		Republican	Dan Gattis
						Democratic	Jim Dillon
						Libertarian	Craig C. Weems
		Democratic	(Western Beaumont/rural Jefferson County)	Running		Democratic	Allan Ritter
		Democratic	Joe Deshotel (Beaumont/Port Arthur)	Running		Democratic	Joe Deshotel
		Democratic	Craig Eiland (Galveston/Texas City)	Running		Democratic	Craig Eiland
						Libertarian	Charles L. Earley
		Republican	Larry Taylor (Hitchcock/League City)	Running		Republican	Larry Taylor
						Libertarian	Rafael E. Ramos
		Republican	Dennis Bonnen (Angleton/Lake Jackson)	Running		Republican	Dennis Bonnen
						Libertarian	Richard Cole

House race summary, Districts 26–50[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
		Republican	Charlie Howard (Sugar Land)	Running		Republican	Charlie Howard
		Democratic	Dora Olivo (Missouri City/Rosenberg)	Running		Democratic	Dora Olivo
						Republican	Steve Host
		Republican	John Zerwas (Hempstead/Wharton)	Running		Republican	John Zerwas
						Democratic	Dorothy Bottos
						Libertarian	M. Stephen Lucas
		Republican	(Bay City/Pearland)	Retiring		Republican	Randy Weber
						Democratic	Kevin Murphy
		Republican	Geanie Morrison (Victoria)	Running		Republican	Geanie Morrison
		Democratic	Ryan Guillen (rural areas outside Laredo)	Running		Democratic	Ryan Guillen
		Democratic	Juan Garcia (Corpus Christi/Port Lavaca)	Running		Democratic	Juan Garcia
						Republican	Todd Hunter
						Libertarian	Lenard Nelson
		Democratic	Solomon Ortiz Jr. (Corpus Christi)	Running		Democratic	Solomon Ortiz Jr.
						Republican	Raul Torres
						Libertarian	Justin Garrett
		Democratic	Abel Herrero (rural Nueces County)	Running		Democratic	Abel Herrero
						Republican	Connie Scott
		Democratic	(Alice/Beeville/Jourdanton)	Running		Democratic	Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles
		Democratic	(southern edge of Hidalgo County)	Running		Democratic	Kino Flores
		Democratic	Rene Oliveira (Brownsville)	Running		Democratic	Rene Oliveira
		Democratic	Eddie Lucio III (Brownsville/Harlingen)	Running		Democratic	Eddie Lucio III
		Democratic	Mando Martinez (Weslaco)	Running		Democratic	Mando Martinez
		Democratic	Aaron Peña (Edinburg)	Running		Democratic	Aaron Peña
		Democratic	(McAllen)	Running		Democratic	Veronica Gonzales
						Republican	Javier Villalobos
						Libertarian	Charles W. Snelling
		Democratic	Richard Raymond (Laredo)	Running		Democratic	Richard Raymond
						Libertarian	Francisco Javier Estrada
		Democratic	Juan Escobar (rural South Texas)	Defeated in primary		Democratic	Tara Rios Ybarra
						Libertarian	Richard W. Shuey
		Republican	(Seguin)	Running		Republican	Edmund Kuempel
						Libertarian	John Lynch
		Democratic	Patrick Rose (San Marcos)	Running		Democratic	Patrick Rose
						Republican	Matt Young
						Libertarian	Tom Gleinser
		Democratic	Dawnna Dukes (east Austin)	Running		Democratic	Dawnna Dukes
47		Democratic	(southwest Travis County)	Running		Democratic	Valinda Bolton
						Republican	Donna Keel
						Libertarian	Alan Hultgren
		Democratic	Donna Howard (western portions of Austin and Travis County)	Running		Democratic	Donna Howard
						Republican	Pamela Waggoner
						Libertarian	Ben Easton
		Democratic	Elliott Naishtat (downtown Austin)	Running		Democratic	Elliott Naishtat
						Republican	Jim Hasik
		Democratic	Mark Strama (north Austin)	Running		Democratic	Mark Strama
						Republican	Jerry Mikus
						Libertarian	Jerry Chandler

House race summary, Districts 51–75[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
		Democratic	Eddie Rodriguez (southeast Austin)	Running		Democratic	Eddie Rodriguez
						Libertarian	Arthur DiBianca
		Republican	(Round Rock/Taylor)	Retiring		Republican	Bryan Daniel
						Democratic	Diana Maldonado
						Libertarian	Lillian Simmons
		Republican	Harvey Hilderbran (Kerrville, rural areas near Abilene and San Angelo)	Running		Republican	Harvey Hilderbran
						Libertarian	Brian W. Holk
		Republican	Jimmie Don Aycock (Burnet/Killeen)	Running		Republican	Jimmie Don Aycock
						Libertarian	Nicolaas J. Kramer
		Republican	(Temple)	Retiring		Republican
						Democratic	Sam Murphey
						Libertarian	Chris Lane
		Republican	Charles “Doc” Anderson (Waco)	Running		Republican	Charles "Doc" Anderson
						Libertarian	David Meine
		Democratic	Jim Dunnam (Waco/Madisonville)	Running		Democratic	Jim Dunnam
						Libertarian	Neill Snider
		Republican	(Burleson)	Running		Republican	Rob Orr
						Democratic	Greg Allen Kauffman
						Libertarian	Tom Stewart
		Republican	Sid Miller (Stephenville)	Running		Republican	Sid Miller
						Democratic	Ernie Casbeer
						Libertarian	Coy Reynolds
		Republican	Jim Keffer (Brownwood/Mineral Wells)	Running		Republican	Jim Keffer
						Democratic	David Shupp
		Republican	Phil King (Weatherford)	Running		Republican	Phil King
						Democratic	Charles William Randolph
						Libertarian	Richard W. Forsythe Jr.
62		Republican	Larry Phillips (Sherman)	Running		Republican	Larry Phillips
						Democratic	Pete Veeck
63		Republican	Tan Parker (northern and western Denton County)	Running		Republican	Tan Parker
						Democratic	Jesus Carrillo
						Libertarian	John Turner
64		Republican	Myra Crownover (Denton)	Running		Republican	Myra Crownover
						Democratic	John McClelland
						Libertarian	Jason Jordan
65		Republican	Burt Solomons (Carrollton/Lewisville)	Running		Republican	Burt Solomons
						Libertarian	Lee Hooper
66		Republican	(west Plano)	Running		Republican	Brian McCall
						Libertarian	Benjamin Westfried
67		Republican	(east Plano, Collin County portions of Dallas and Richardson)	Running		Republican	Jerry Madden
						Libertarian	Jeffrey Joyner
		Republican	Rick Hardcastle (Rural areas outside Wichita Falls)	Running		Republican	Rick Hardcastle
						Libertarian	Ryan Galloway
		Democratic	David Farabee (Wichita Falls)	Running		Democratic	David Farabee
						Libertarian	Richard Brown
		Republican	Ken Paxton (McKinney)	Running		Republican	Ken Paxton
						Libertarian	Robert R. Virasin
		Republican	(Abilene)	Running		Republican	Susan Lewis King
						Libertarian	Michael Walton
		Republican	Drew Darby (San Angelo)	Running		Republican	Drew Darby
						Libertarian	Dennis Higgins
		Republican	(New Braunfels)	Defeated in primary		Republican	Doug Miller
						Democratic	Daniel Boone
						Libertarian	Shannon Beckett McCracken
		Democratic	Pete Gallego (Del Rio)	Running		Democratic	Pete Gallego
						Republican	T. C. Kincaid Jr.
		Democratic	(eastern El Paso County)	Running		Democratic	Chente Quintanilla
						Republican	Charlie Garza

House race summary, Districts 76–100[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
		Democratic	Norma Chavez (southeastern El Paso)	Running		Democratic	Norma Chavez
		Democratic	Paul Moreno (central El Paso)	Defeated in primary		Democratic	Marisa Marquez
		Republican	(northern El Paso)	Defeated in primary		Republican	Dee Margo
						Democratic	Joseph E. Moody
						Libertarian	Bill Collins
		Democratic	Joe Pickett (northeastern El Paso, Fort Bliss)	Running		Democratic	Joe Pickett
		Democratic	Tracy O. King (Eagle Pass/Hondo)	Running		Democratic	Tracy O. King
		Republican	(Odessa)	Defeated in primary runoff		Republican
						Libertarian	Elmo Hockman
		Republican	Tom Craddick (Midland)	Running		Republican	Tom Craddick
						Democratic	Bill Dingus
						Libertarian	Sherry Phillips
83		Republican	Delwin Jones (rural areas outside Lubbock)	Running		Republican	Delwin Jones
						Libertarian	Jerry Hix
		Republican	(Lubbock)	Running		Republican	Carl Isett
		Democratic	(rural West Texas)	Running		Democratic	Joe Heflin
						Republican	Isaac Castro
		Republican	John T. Smithee (south Amarillo)	Running		Republican	John Smithee
						Democratic	James H. Wood
						Libertarian	Kevin Howell
		Republican	(north Amarillo)	Running		Republican	David Swinford
						Libertarian	L. Blake Bailey
		Republican	(rural Texas Panhandle)	Running		Republican	Warren Chisum
		Republican	Jodie Anne Laubenberg (Rockwall/Parker)	Running		Republican	Jodie Laubenberg
		Democratic	Lon Burnam (central Fort Worth)	Running		Democratic	Lon Burnam
						Republican	Larry Keilberg
		Republican	Kelly Hancock (North Richland Hills)	Running		Republican	Kelly Hancock
						Democratic	Chris Utchell
						Libertarian	Paul Mastin
		Republican	(Hurst/Euless/Bedford)	Running		Republican	Todd Smith
						Democratic	Kalandra N. Wheeler
						Libertarian	Trey Hines
		Democratic	(eastern portions of Arlington and Mansfield)	Running		Democratic	Paula Pierson
						Republican	Bill Burch
						Libertarian	Colin F. Sewards
		Republican	Diane Patrick (west Arlington)	Running		Republican	Diane Patrick
						Libertarian	Geoffrey A. Adams
		Democratic	Marc Veasey (eastern Fort Worth)	Running		Democratic	Marc Veasey
						Libertarian	Hy Siegel
		Republican	Bill Zedler (south Arlington)	Running		Republican	Bill Zedler
						Democratic	Chris Turner
						Libertarian	Todd Litteken
		Democratic	(southwest Fort Worth)	Running		Democratic	Dan Barrett
						Republican	Mark Shelton
						Libertarian	Rodney Wingo
		Republican	Vicki Truitt (north Fort Worth/Grapevine/Southlake)	Running		Republican	Vicki Truitt
						Democratic	Nancy Moffat
						Libertarian	Stephen M. Smith
		Republican	Charlie Geren (northwest Fort Worth)	Running		Republican	Charlie Geren
						Democratic	Sheila Ford
						Libertarian	Robin Chester
		Democratic	(south central Dallas)	Running		Democratic	Terri Hodge
						Libertarian	Robert M. Pritchett

House race summary, Districts 101–125[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
		Republican	(Mesquite)	Defeated in primary		Republican	Mike Anderson
						Democratic	Robert Miklos
		Republican	Tony Goolsby (far northeast Dallas)	Running		Republican	Tony Goolsby
						Democratic	Carol Kent
		Democratic	Rafael Anchia (northwest Dallas)	Running		Democratic	Rafael Anchia		55.27
						Libertarian	David R. Mason		44.73
		Democratic	Roberto Alonzo (west Dallas)	Running		Democratic	Roberto Alonzo
		Republican	(Irving)	Running		Republican	Linda Harper-Brown
						Democratic	Bob Romano
						Libertarian	James G. Baird
106		Democratic	(Grand Prairie, south Irving)	Running		Democratic	Kirk England		39.28
						Republican	Karen Wiegman		21.5
						Libertarian	Gene Freeman		39.22
		Democratic	(northeast Dallas)	Running		Democratic	Allen Vaught		50.46
						Republican	Bill Keffer		46.92
						Libertarian	Claudia Nelson		.02
						Libertarian	Brandon Parsons		2.6
		Republican	Dan Branch (downtown Dallas/Park Cities)	Running		Republican	Dan Branch
						Democratic	Emil Reichstadt
						Libertarian	Paul Petersen
		Democratic	Helen Giddings (Cedar Hill/Lancaster)	Running		Democratic	Helen Giddings
						Libertarian	Kevin Jackson
		Democratic	Barbara Mallory Caraway (southeast Dallas/Seagoville)	Running		Democratic	Barbara Mallory Caraway
		Democratic	Yvonne Davis (southwest Dallas/Duncanville)	Running		Democratic	Yvonne Davis
						Republican	Homer Fincannon
						Libertarian	Tim Miles
		Republican	(north Garland/Richardson)	Retiring		Republican	Angie Chen Button
						Democratic	Sandra Phuong Vule
						Libertarian	Philip M. White
		Republican	Joe Driver (eastern Garland)	Running		Republican	Joe Driver
						Democratic	Eric Brandler
						Libertarian	Amy Wilson
		Republican	Will Ford Hartnett (north Dallas)	Running		Republican	Will Hartnett
						Libertarian	Bob Busha
		Republican	(Carrollton/Coppell)	Running		Republican	Jim Jackson
						Libertarian	Preston Poulter
		Democratic	Trey Martinez Fischer (northwest San Antonio, including Balcones Heights)	Running		Democratic	Trey Martinez Fischer
						Libertarian	William T. Armstrong V
		Democratic	(western Bexar County/Lackland AFB)	Running		Democratic	David McQuade Leibowitz
						Republican	John Garza
		Democratic	(south San Antonio)	Running		Democratic	Joe Farias
						Republican	Don Green
						Libertarian	James L. Thompson
		Democratic	(southeast San Antonio)	Retiring		Democratic	Roland Gutierrez
		Democratic	Ruth Jones McClendon (east San Antonio)	Running		Democratic	Ruth Jones McClendon
		Republican	Joe Straus (northeast San Antonio including Alamo Heights)	Running		Republican	Joe Straus
						Libertarian	Arthur M. Thomas IV
		Republican	Frank Corte Jr. (north San Antonio and Bexar County)	Running		Republican	Frank Corte Jr.
						Democratic	Frances Carnot
						Libertarian	Sally Baynton
		Democratic	Mike Villarreal (north central San Antonio)	Running		Democratic	Mike Villarreal
		Democratic	Jose Menendez (west San Antonio)	Running		Democratic	José Menendez
		Democratic	Joaquin Castro (northwest San Antonio, including Leon Valley)	Running		Democratic	Joaquin Castro

House race summary, Districts 126–150[]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change from 2006
		Republican	Patricia Harless (northwest Harris County	Running		Republican	Patricia Harless
						Democratic	Chad Khan
						Libertarian	Oscar J. Palma Jr.
		Republican	(northeast Houston - Kingwood)	Running		Republican	Joe Crabb
						Democratic	Joe Montemayor
						Libertarian	Justo Perez
		Republican	Wayne Smith (Baytown/Deer Park)	Running		Republican	Wayne Smith
		Republican	John Davis (southeast Houston - Clear Lake City)	Running		Republican	John Davis
						Democratic	Sherrie Matula
		Republican	(Tomball)	Defeated in primary		Republican	Allen Fletcher
						Libertarian	William B. Gray Jr.
		Democratic	Alma Allen (southwest Houston)	Running		Democratic	Alma Allen
		Republican	Bill Callegari (Greater Katy)	Running		Republican	Bill Callegari
						Libertarian	Phil Kurtz
		Republican	Jim Murphy (west Houston)	Running		Republican	Jim Murphy
						Democratic	Kristi Thibaut
		Democratic	Ellen Cohen (southwest Houston, including Bellaire)	Running		Democratic	Ellen Cohen
						Republican	Joe Agris
						Libertarian	Mhair S. Dekmezian
						Libertarian	Darcey Kobs
		Republican	Gary Elkins (Jersey Village)	Running		Republican	Gary Elkins
						Democratic	Trey Fleming
						Libertarian	Alfred N. Montestruc
		Republican	Beverly Woolley (west Houston (Memorial area))	Running		Republican	Beverly Woolley	41,007	87.1%
						Libertarian	Gerald W. "Jerry" LaFleur	6,066	12.9%
137		Democratic	Scott Hochberg (southwest Houston)	Running		Democratic	Scott Hochberg	12,198	89.2%
						Libertarian	Alex Cresswell	1,472	10.8%
		Republican	Dwayne Bohac (west and northwest Houston)	Running		Republican	Dwayne Bohac
						Democratic	Virginia McDavid
						Libertarian	Patrick Warren
		Democratic	Sylvester Turner (north Houston)	Running		Democratic	Sylvester Turner
		Democratic	Kevin Bailey (north Houston)	Defeated in primary		Democratic	Armando Walle
		Democratic	Senfronia Thompson (north Houston, including Bush IAH)	Running		Democratic	Senfronia Thompson
						Republican	Michael Bunch
						Libertarian	Richard Brown
		Democratic	(northeast Houston)	Running		Democratic	Harold Dutton
		Democratic	Ana Hernandez (east Houston/Galena Park)	Running		Democratic	Ana Hernandez
						Republican	Dorothy Olmos
						Libertarian	Joe O. Marcom
		Republican	Robert Talton (Pasadena)	Unsuccessful bid for United States House District 22		Republican	Ken Legler
						Democratic	Joel Redmond
		Democratic	Rick Noriega (southeast Houston)	Running for U.S. Senate		Democratic	Carol Alvarado
						Republican	Patricia Rodriguez
		Democratic	Borris Miles (southwest Houston)	Defeated in primary		Democratic	Al Edwards
		Democratic	Garnet Coleman (downtown and southeast Houston, including Hobby Airport)	Running		Democratic	Garnet Coleman
						Libertarian	Joe Tirado
		Democratic	Jessica Farrar (northwest Houston, including Houston Heights)	Running		Democratic	Jessica Farrar
						Republican	Howard H. Gano Jr.
						Libertarian	Walter Dawes
		Democratic	Hubert Vo (west and southwest Houston, including Alief area)	Running		Democratic	Hubert Vo
						Republican	Greg Meyers
150		Republican	Debbie Riddle (Spring)	Running		Republican	Debbie Riddle
						Democratic	Brad Neal
						Libertarian	Ken Petty

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