2010 Texas House of Representatives election

2010 Texas House of Representatives election
All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives; 76 seats needed for a majority
	House results by district; Republican hold Democratic hold; Republican gain

The 2010 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. State representatives serve for two-year terms.

Following the 2008 Texas State House of Representatives elections, the Democrats nearly gained control of the House with 74 members to the Republicans' 76.

As one member of the Democratic Party had switched his party affiliation to Republican, in order to claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain three seats. In the end, they ended up losing twenty two seats in the midst of a nationwide Republican wave election. On December 14, 2010, Democrat Allan Ritter announced he would be changing his party affiliation to Republican.^[1] On the same day, Democrat Aaron Peña announced he would be switching to the Republican Party as well, claiming that the Democratic Party no longer aligned with his conservative values.^[2] This left the party balance at 101 Republicans and 49 Democrats at the start of the Eighty-second Texas Legislature when it convened on January 11, 2011.

Results[]

Statewide[]

Summary of the November 2, 2010 Texas House of Representatives election results
Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Republican Party	112	2,795,975	64.71%	99	22
	Democratic Party	93	1,357,943	31.43%	51	22
	Libertarian Party	50	155,144	3.59%	0	–
	Green Party	2	1,848	0.04%	0	–
	Independent	2	9,473	0.22%	0	–
	Write-in	1	357	0.01%	0	–
Total				100.00%	150	–

Popular vote

Republican			64.71%
Democratic			31.43%
Libertarian			3.59%
Green			0.04%
Independent			0.22%
Write-in			0.01%

House seats won

Republican			66.67%
Democratic			33.33%

Close races[]

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 48, 0.02%
District 106, 0.94% (gain)
District 134, 1.36% (gain)
District 93, 1.69% (gain)
District 47, 3.49% (gain)
District 101, 3.62% (gain)
District 117, 3.78% (gain)
District 149, 4.76%
District 96, 4.78% (gain)
District 78, 4.82% (gain)
District 107, 4.89% (gain)
District 33, 5.02% (gain)
District 35, 5.62% (gain)
District 57, 5.92% (gain)
District 23, 6.32%
District 105, 6.81%
District 45, 7.82% (gain)
District 34, 7.92% (gain)
District 102, 9.28% (gain)
District 74, 9.64%

Notable races[]

District 11: Representative Chuck Hopson (D-Jacksonville) was re-elected as a Democrat in 2008 with 49.29% of the vote. On November 6, 2009, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican. He would later go on to win re-election in 2010 with 75.82% of the vote

Results by district[]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	14,717	40.81%	18,575	51.51%	2,766	7.67%	36,058	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 2	-	-	26,604	100.00%	-	-	26,604	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 3	14,645	41.51%	19,974	56.61%	665	1.88%	35,284	100.00%	Republican GAIN
District 4	-	-	14,904	100.00%	-	-	14,904	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 5	-	-	33,980	100.00%	-	-	33,980	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 6	-	-	30,610	86.85%	4,634	13.15%	35,244	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	27,069	91.27%	2,589	8.73%	29,658	100.00%	Republican Hold
	7,906	25.61%	22,969	74.39%	-	-	30,875	100.00%	Republican Hold
	9,169	27.85%	23,754	72.15%	-	-	32,923	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	31,797	100.00%	-	-	31,797	100.00%	Republican Hold
	8,635	24.18%	27,074	75.82%	-	-	35,709	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,405	42.36%	20,958	57.64%	-	-	36,363	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	31,741	100.00%	-	-	31,741	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	27,938	100.00%	-	-	27,938	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	52,550	90.45%	5,546	9.55%	58,096	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	38,959	100.00%	-	-	38,959	100.00%	Republican Hold
	13,868	31.94%	28,266	65.09%	1,291	2.97%	43,425	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	26,862	89.57%	3,128	10.43%	29,990	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	28,261	100.00%	-	-	28,261	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	44,901	82.55%	9,490	17.45%	54,391	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,432	100.00%	-	-	-	-	19,432	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	16,552	100.00%	-	-	-	-	16,552	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	17,631	53.16%	15,534	46.84%	-	-	33,165	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	39,193	88.71%	4,989	11.29%	44,182	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	25,368	100.00%	-	-	25,368	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,344	33.37%	29,721	64.63%	922	2.00%	45,987	100.00%	Republican Hold
	32,030	84.64%	-	-	5,812	15.36%	37,842	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	17,628	28.56%	44,094	71.44%			61,722	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,011	84.69%	5,969	15.31%	38,980	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	29,045	100.00%	-	-	29,045	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,724	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,724	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	28,215	100.00%	-	-	28,215	100.00%	Republican Hold
	11,306	47.49%	12,499	52.51%	-	-	23,805	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	11,855	46.04%	13,892	53.96%	-	-	25,747	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	13,692	47.19%	15,324	52.81%	-	-	29,016	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	9,640	100.00%	-	-	-	-	9,640	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	12,466	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,466	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	10,612	56.98%	8,012	43.02%	-	-	18,624	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	18,798	100.00%	-	-	-	-	18,798	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	12,351	77.90%	-	-	3,503	22.10%	15,854	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	37,037	100.00%	-	-	37,037	100.00%	Republican Hold
	23,691	46.09%	27,715	53.91%	-	-	51,406	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	18,430	84.19%	-	-	3,462	15.81%	21,892	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 47	27,773	46.19%	29,873	49.68%	2,485	4.13%	60,131	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	25,023	48.54%	25,011	48.52%	1,519	2.95%	51,553	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	30,423	85.29%	-	-	5,249	14.71%	35,672	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	23,720	54.85%	18,041	41.72%	1,486	3.44%	43,247	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	12,981	75.94%	3,412	19.96%	701	4.10%	17,094	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	16,823	38.01%	25,430	57.45%	2,012	4.55%	44,265	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	36,424	89.90%	4,093	10.10%	40,517	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	22,111	100.00%	-	-	22,111	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	24,041	81.11%	5,600	18.89%	29,641	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,554	37.88%	25,554	58.48%	15,91	3.64%	43,669	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,743	45.76%	14,391	51.68%	712	2.56%	27,846	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	7,408	20.37%	27,537	75.73%	1,418	3.90%	36,363	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	19,985	74.87%	6,707	25.13%	26,692	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,425	100.00%	-	-	33,425	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	34,513	86.24%	5,508	13.76%	40,021	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 62	-	-	26,133	87.72%	3,657	12.28%	29,790	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 63	-	-	43,477	100.00%	-	-	43,477	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 64	-	-	26,057	80.72%	6,224	19.28%	32,281	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 65	-	-	27,585	82.43%	5,878	17.57%	33,463	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 66	-	-	25,279	100.00%	-	-	25,279	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 67	-	-	19,070	100.00%	-	-	19,070	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	29,140	100.00%	-	-	29,140	100.00%	Republican Hold
	7,268	25.83%	20,872	74.17%	-	-	28,140	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	43,006	100.00%	-	-	43,006	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	24,467	88.07%	3,313	11.93%	27,780	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	23,933	100.00%	-	-	23,933	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	49,846	85.51%	8,446	14.49%	58,282	100.00%	Republican Hold
	15,720	54.82%	12,957	45.18%	-	-	28,677	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	11,545	100.00%	-	-	-	-	11,545	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	11,318	100.00%	-	-	-	-	11,318	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	9,508	100.00%	-	-	-	-	9,508	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	13,927	47.59%	15,337	52.41%	-	-	29,264	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	10,591	84.34%	-	-	1,967	15.66%	12,558	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	18,652	100.00%	-	-	-	-	18,652	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	21,048	100.00%	-	-	21,048	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	28,006	100.00%	-	-	28,006	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,824	100.00%	-	-	33,824	100.00%	Republican Hold
	7,248	31.80%	15,541	68.20%	-	-	22,789	100.00%	Republican Hold
	10,713	38.09%	17,416	61.91%	-	-	28,129	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	32,375	100.00%	-	-	32,375	100.00%	Republican Hold
	4,148	18.89%	16,979	77.33%	830	3.78%	21,957	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	25,263	100.00%	-	-	25,263	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	43,947	100.00%	-	-	43,947	100.00%	Republican Hold
	7,759	65.32%	4,120	34.68%	-	-	11,879	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	22,445	100.00%	-	-	22,445	100.00%	Republican Hold
	9,307	28.52%	23,330	71.48%	-	-	32,637	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,132	47.59%	12,563	49.28%	799	3.13%	25,494	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	24,565	84.53%	4,496	15.47%	29,061	100.00%	Republican Hold
	19,835	100.00%	-	-	-	-	19,835	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,583	47.61%	23,747	52.39%	-	-	45,330	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	28,275	86.41%	4,448	13.59%	32,723	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	46,750	100.00%	-	-	46,750	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	31,931	100.00%	-	-	31,931	100.00%	Republican Hold
	14,469	100.00%	-	-	-	-	14,469	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	12,338	48.19%	13,266	51.81%	-	-	25,604	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	11,791	45.36%	14,202	54.64%	-	-	25,993	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	7,626	100.00%	-	-	-	-	7,626	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	7,936	100.00%	-	-	-	-	7,936	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	9,799	44.90%	11,286	51.71%	740	3.39%	21,825	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 106	10,444	48.50%	10,648	49.44%	444	2.06%	51,536	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	14,683	46.48%	16,226	51.37%	648	2.15%	31,587	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	10,793	32.71%	21,420	64.92%	783	2.37%	32,996	100.00%	Republican Hold
	34,911	98.99%	-	-	357	1.01%	35,268	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	15,866	100.00%	-	-	-	-	15,866	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,783	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,783	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	22,206	83.22%	4,478	16.78%	26,684	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,430	42.85%	16,579	57.15%	-	-	29,009	100.00%	Republican Hold
	11,000	34.89%	20,529	65.11%	-	-	31,529	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	22,946	83.09%	4,669	16.91%	27,615	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,889	100.00%	-	-	-	-	16,889	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	13,635	48.11%	14,705	51.89%	-	-	28,340	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	13,824	100.00%	-	-	-	-	13,824	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	13,390	61.39%	8,422	38.61%	-	-	21,812	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	14,700	100.00%	-	-	-	-	14,700	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	-	-	32,713	100.00%	-	-	32,713	100.00%	Republican Hold
	16,576	22.62%	56,702	77.38%	-	-	73,278	100.00%	Republican Hold
	14,454	100.00%	-	-	-	-	14,454	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	15,260	79.23%	-	-	4,001	20.77%	19,621	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	16,590	78.50%	-	-	4,545	21.50%	21,135	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	11,938	31.86%	25,534	68.14%	-	-	37,472	100.00%	Republican Hold
	12,406	24.75%	37,725	75.25%	-	-	50,131	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	21,121	100.00%	-	-	21,121	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	31,526	100.00%	-	-	31,526	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	50,389	88.93%	6,275	11.07%	56,664	100.00%	Republican Hold
	21,797	100.00%	-	-	-	-	21,797	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	14,764	31.70%	30,828	66.19%	985	2.11%	46,577	100.00%	Republican Hold
	11,403	42.43%	15,120	56.27%	349	1.30%	26,872	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	25,254	49.32%	25,955	50.68%	-	-	51,209	100.00%	Republican GAIN
	-	-	22,390	100.00%	-	-	22,390	100.00%	Republican Hold
	-	-	33,130	88.58%	4,270	11.42%	37,400	100.00%	Republican Hold
District 137	6,151	58.72%	4,325	41.28%	-	-	10,476	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	9,646	35.49%	17,002	62.55%	532	1.96%	27,180	100.00%	Republican Hold
	20,842	100.00%	-	-	-	-	20,842	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	7,871	100.00%	-	-	-	-	7,871	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	19,592	76.32%	6,078	23.68%	-	-	25,670	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	21,147	100.00%	-	-	-	-	21,147	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	7,409	68.30%	3,438	31.70%	-	-	10,847	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	9,931	38.28%	15,425	59.45%	588	2.27%	25,944	100.00%	Republican Hold
	9,395	100.00%	-	-	-	-	9,395	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	25,098	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,098	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	22,312	100.00%	-	-	-	-	22,312	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	13,903	58.68%	9,790	41.32%	-	-	23,693	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	15,641	52.23%	14,304	47.77%	-	-	29,945	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 150	13,027	26.84%	34,607	71.30%	904	1.86%	48,538	100.00%	Republican Hold
Total	1,357,943	31.43%	2,795,975	64.71%	166,882	3.86%	4,320,800	100.00%	Source:^[3]

References[]

^ Ramsey, Ross (2010-12-12). "TribBlog: Ritter Confirms He's Switching Parties". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
^ Hamilton, Reeve (2010-12-14). "TribBlog: Peña on Party Switching". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^ "Race Summary Report – 2010 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[1] Ramsey, Ross (2010-12-12). "TribBlog: Ritter Confirms He's Switching Parties". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

[2] Hamilton, Reeve (2010-12-14). "TribBlog: Peña on Party Switching". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

[3] "Race Summary Report – 2010 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2021-12-30.

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