2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
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The 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4, 2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no one challenged incumbent Ron Paul. Since Representatives are elected for two-year terms, those elected will serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 4, 2009, until January 3, 2011.
The 2008 presidential election, 2008 Senate election, and elections to the Texas House and Texas Senate occurred on the same date, as well as many local elections and ballot initiatives.
Overview
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[1] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | |
Republican | 4,203,917 | 55.84% | 19 | 20 | +1 | |
Democratic | 2,979,398 | 39.57% | 13 | 12 | -1 | |
Libertarian | 302,145 | 4.01% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent
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43,162 | 0.57% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 7,528,622 | 100.00% | 32 | 32 | — |
District 1
Sophomore Republican Louie Gohmert of Tyler was elected in 2004 following a controversial redistricting in 2003 by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay that moved the district of incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin into a strongly Republican constituency. Sandlin was defeated by a 24-point margin in 2004, and Gohmert won in 2006 with 68% of the vote. The district is a purely East Texas one stretching from the Tyler and Longview–Marshall areas in the north to the Lufkin–Nacogdoches area due south. Gohmert was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Louie Gohmert (incumbent) | 189,012 | 87.58 | |
Independent
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Roger L. Owen | 26,814 | 12.42 | |
Total votes | 215,826 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 2
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ted Poe (incumbent) | 175,101 | 88.92 | |
Libertarian | Craig Wolfe | 21,813 | 11.08 | |
Total votes | 196,914 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3
Longtime Republican Sam Johnson of Plano was 78 in 2008 but chose not to retire. He won the Republican nomination. Tom Daley was the Democratic nominee and Christopher J. Claytor was the Libertarian nominee.
This district includes several northern and northeastern suburbs of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sam Johnson (incumbent) | 170,742 | 59.75 | |
Democratic | Tom Daley | 108,693 | 38.03 | |
Libertarian | Christopher J. Claytor | 6,348 | 2.22 | |
Total votes | 285,783 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
Republican Ralph Hall of Rockwall, the oldest living member of the House of Representatives at the time, faced Democratic nominee Glenn Melancon. CQ Politics considered the race 'Safe Republican'.
Hall has represented the district since 1980, first elected as an "old-time" conservative Democrat before becoming a Republican in 2004. He won the 2008 primary election, defeating foreign relations expert Joshua Kowert; businessman and NASCAR team owner Gene Christensen; and former Frisco mayor Kathy Seei.
This Northeast Texas district encompasses the Ark-La-Tex, the Rockwall County suburbs of Dallas, and the Sherman–Denison area.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ralph M. Hall (incumbent)
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206,906 | 68.80 | |
Democratic | Glenn Melancon | 88,067 | 29.28 | |
Libertarian | Fred Annett | 5,771 | 1.92 | |
Total votes | 300,744 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 5
Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Dallas, was first elected in 2002 to a heavily Republican district comprising east Dallas and its neighboring suburbs, and stretching to the south and east to a number of small East Texas counties. A favorite among fiscal conservatives in Texas, Hensarling is a potential challenger for the U.S. Senate in 2012 should the incumbent Republican, Kay Bailey Hutchison, retire. In 2008, Hensarling is expected to win another term in this district despite recent Democratic gains in Dallas County. Hensarling was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeb Hensarling (incumbent) | 162,894 | 83.59 | |
Libertarian | Ken Ashby | 31,967 | 16.41 | |
Total votes | 194,861 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 6
Twelve-term Republican Joe Barton of Ennis was the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee until Democrats took over the House in 2006. The district stretches from Arlington southward to several east central Texas counties all the way to Trinity County, which is west of Lufkin and is heavily Republican. Barton won the 2008 primary, and faced Democratic winner Ludwig Otto in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 174,008 | 62.02 | |
Democratic | Ludwig Otto | 99,919 | 35.61 | |
Libertarian | Max Koch | 6,655 | 2.37 | |
Total votes | 280,582 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
Incumbent Republican
Culberson won a surprisingly modest 59% of the vote in 2006 in what is otherwise a normally strong Republican district. He was still favored to win in 2008, given the 2006 anti-Republican trend and the normally Republican voting trend of this mainly suburban district, which is among the most affluent in the nation. Skelly, a former executive of
The district, which was once represented by former President George H. W. Bush, includes much of heavily Republican west Houston—such as River Oaks, Uptown and Upper Kirby, Memorial/Spring Branch area, and the island cities of Bellaire, West University Place, and Jersey Village, as well as many unincorporated areas of northwest Harris County including a large chunk of the Cypress-Fairbanks area. The district also includes the heavily Democratic Neartown area. No Democrat has served this district since 1966, before the district was based in its current location.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Culberson (incumbent) | 162,635 | 55.90 | |
Democratic | Michael Skelly
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123,242 | 42.36 | |
Libertarian | Drew Parks | 5,057 | 1.74 | |
Total votes | 290,934 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 8
Republican Kevin Brady of The Woodlands represents a strongly GOP district centered on the northern suburbs and exurbs of Houston and Beaumont as well as the Huntsville and Lake Livingston areas, winning two thirds of the vote in 2004 and 2006. The district was expected to remain in Republican hands; no Democrat has won this district 1978. Brady won the 2008 primary and faced Democrat Kent Hargett.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kevin Brady (incumbent) | 207,128 | 72.56 | |
Democratic | Kent Hargett | 70,758 | 24.79 | |
Libertarian | Brian Stevens | 7,565 | 2.65 | |
Total votes | 285,451 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 9
Sophomore Democrat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Al Green (incumbent) | 143,868 | 93.65 | |
Libertarian | Brad Walters | 9,760 | 6.35 | |
Total votes | 153,628 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 10
Incumbent Republican nominee Michael McCaul of Austin was challenged by Democratic nominee Larry Joe Doherty, a legal ethics attorney and former TV courtroom judge, who had defeated Dan Grant in the primary. CQ Politics considered this race 'Republican Favored'. In 2006, McCaul won only 55% of the vote against Democratic challenger, Ted Ankrum, and Libertarian Michael Badnarik.
This Republican-leaning district stretches from north Austin into
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael McCaul (incumbent) | 179,493 | 53.89 | |
Democratic | Larry Joe Doherty | 143,719 | 43.15 | |
Libertarian | Matt Finkel | 9,871 | 2.96 | |
Total votes | 333,083 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 11
Midland Republican Mike Conaway represents George W. Bush's strongest district in the 2004 election. He won 77% of the vote in 2004 and was one of only a handful of Republicans who ran unopposed in 2006. Conaway's district stretches from the Midland and San Angelo areas to several mostly rural areas northwest of Austin. No Democrat ran in the 2008 primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Conaway (incumbent) | 189,625 | 88.33 | |
Libertarian | John Strohm | 25,051 | 11.67 | |
Total votes | 214,676 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 12
Republican Kay Granger, who is considered a moderate by Texas Republican standards, won two thirds of the vote in 2006, outperforming most of her fellow Texas Republican colleagues. The popular Fort Worth-based Granger was expected to win re-election in 2008 in this district comprising western areas of Fort Worth and surrounding areas.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kay Granger (incumbent) | 181,662 | 67.59 | |
Democratic | Tracey Smith | 82,250 | 30.60 | |
Libertarian | Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh | 4,842 | 1.80 | |
Total votes | 268,754 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 13
Republican won by a 3 to 1 margin in 2006 and faced only a Libertarian candidate in 2004.Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mac Thornberry (incumbent) | 180,078 | 77.65 | |
Democratic | Roger James Waun | 51,847 | 22.35 | |
Total votes | 231,919 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 14
Republican
The 73-year-old physician is a resident of Surfside. Paul was a Republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election (his second, following his run as Libertarian Party nominee in 1988), and ran un-opposed for re-election.
In 2006, Ron Paul won 60% of the vote against Democratic opponent Shane Sklar, a young rancher and Executive Director of the Independent Cattlemen's Association of Texas (ICA) who ran on a promise to serve as a fiscally conservative
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ron Paul (incumbent) | 191,293 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 191,293 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 15
Democrat Rubén Hinojosa of Mercedes won 62% of the vote in 2004 in a South Texas district that had to be realigned following a Supreme Court decision that made the neighboring 23rd District unconstitutional. Hinojosa, who was 68 in 2008, won the Democrat nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ruben Hinojosa (Incumbent)
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107,578 | 65.71 | |
Republican | Eddie Zamora | 52,303 | 31.95 | |
Libertarian | Gricha Raether | 3,827 | 2.634 | |
Total votes | 163,708 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 16
Democrat Silvestre Reyes represents El Paso and is the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which could make him a target of some conservative Republicans over issues relating to immigration in spite of the fact that Reyes was a former border patrol agent. Still, the district remains overwhelmingly Democratic due to its large Hispanic population, and Reyes is popular with his constituents. He won two thirds of the 2004 vote in a district that swung strongly in favor of John Kerry, and won with no Republican challenger in 2006. Reyes was renominated, while no Republican ran in the 2008 primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Silvestre Reyes (Incumbent) | 130,375 | 82.14 | |
Independent
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Benjamin Mendoza | 16,348 | 10.30 | |
Libertarian | Mette Baker | 12,000 | 7.56 | |
Total votes | 158,723 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 17
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County results Edwards: 50–60% 60–70% Curnock: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democrat Chet Edwards has been targeted for defeat in many recent elections. His district is widely seen as arguably the most heavily Republican district held by a Democrat, and won a close election in 2004, but recovered in 2006 with a strong eighteen point win. The district, which includes the official residence of George W. Bush, stretches from several rural areas south of Fort Worth to Edwards' hometown of Waco and the Brazos Valley region, which comprises the Bryan–College Station area. This district gave George W. Bush 70% of the vote in 2004. Edwards won the 2008 Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Chet Edwards (Incumbent) | 134,592 | 52.98 | |
Republican | Rob Curnock | 115,581 | 45.50 | |
Libertarian | Gardner Osborne | 3,849 | 1.52 | |
Total votes | 254,022 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 18
Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee represents one of the most heavily Democratic areas in the state, covering several largely poor and African-American areas of Houston (including downtown Houston) and whose three previous representatives (Barbara Jordan, Mickey Leland, and Craig Washington) were all African-Americans and took staunch liberal stances.
A regular during C-SPAN's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the House while it is in session, Jackson Lee has also been seen as controversial, and is considered by some to be one of the "meanest" members of the House, as she is known to have one of the highest turnover rates of any congressional staff.[citation needed] Still, she is a well-respected figure in the district, and has been re-elected with at least 80% of the vote many times. Jackson Lee won the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sheila Jackson Lee (Incumbent) | 148,617 | 77.32 | |
Republican | John Faulk | 39,095 | 20.34 | |
Libertarian | Mike Taylor | 4,486 | 2.33 | |
Total votes | 192,198 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19
Republican Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock won re-election in 2006 with 68% of the vote. His district is heavily Republican and stretches from Lubbock to Big Spring and Abilene and was created in the controversial 2003 Texas redistricting, which in 2004 led to the defeat of Neugebauer's challenger, conservative Democrat Charles Stenholm.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Neugebauer (incumbent) | 168,501 | 72.44 | |
Democratic | Dwight Fullingim | 58,030 | 24.95 | |
Libertarian | Richard Peterson | 6,080 | 2.61 | |
Total votes | 232,611 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 20
Democrat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles A. Gonzalez (Incumbent)
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127,298 | 71.90 | |
Republican | Robert Litoff | 44,585 | 25.18 | |
Libertarian | Michael Idrogo | 5,172 | 2.92 | |
Total votes | 177,055 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 21
Longtime representative
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lamar Smith (incumbent) | 243,471 | 80.00 | |
Libertarian | James Arthur Strohm | 60,879 | 20.00 | |
Total votes | 304,350 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 22
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County results Olson: 50–60% Lampson: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 election for Texas's 22nd congressional district was held on November 4, 2008, as part of the United States House of Representatives elections for the 111th United States Congress. Pete Olson defeated the incumbent Nick Lampson.[4]
This race was considered a key race because the seat was previously held by former
Olson clearly led the race in the weeks leading up to election day. On October 22, 2008, poll by
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete Olson | 161,996 | 52.43 | |
Democratic | Nick Lampson (incumbent) | 140,160 | 45.36 | |
Libertarian | John Wieder | 6,839 | 2.21 | |
Total votes | 308,995 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Results by county
2008 results in Texas' 22nd congressional district (by county)[10] | |||||||
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County | Pete Olson
Republican |
Nick Lampson
Democratic |
John Wieder
Libertarian |
Total
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Brazoria | 21,802 | 53.8% | 17,787 | 43.9% | 956 | 2.3% | 40,545 |
Fort Bend
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68,779 | 51.4% | 62,670 | 46.8% | 2,450 | 1.8% | 133,899 |
Galveston | 8,898 | 39.5% | 13,088 | 58.0% | 566 | 2.5% | 22,552 |
Harris | 62,517 | 55.8% | 46,615 | 41.6% | 2,867 | 2.6% | 111,999 |
District 23
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County results Rodriguez: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Larson: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Ciro Rodriguez, a former Democratic congressman from San Antonio, faced Republican nominee Bexar County Commissioner Lyle Larson and Libertarian Lani Connolly in this majority-Hispanic district. CQ Politics considered this race 'Leans Democratic'.
Rodriguez defeated incumbent Republican
Larson is a public official and businessman in San Antonio. A graduate of Texas A&M University, he worked as a salesman for Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. In 1991 and 1993, Larson was elected to the San Antonio City Council. In 1996, he was elected as one of the four Bexar County commissioners.[citation needed] He defeated attorney and banker Quico Canseco in the Republican primary for the U.S. House in 2008.
In addition to southern San Antonio and Bexar County, the district also includes several northwestern areas of San Antonio. Other areas represented in the district include the border towns of Del Rio and Eagle Pass, as well as Big Bend National Park and eastern El Paso County. It includes more than 600 miles of the Texas–Mexico border.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ciro Rodriguez (Incumbent) | 134,090 | 55.76 | |
Republican | Lyle Larson | 100,799 | 41.92 | |
Libertarian | Lani Connolly | 5,581 | 2.32 | |
Total votes | 240,470 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 24
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kenny Marchant (incumbent) | 151,434 | 55.98 | |
Democratic | Tom Love | 111,089 | 41.07 | |
Libertarian | David Casey | 7,972 | 2.95 | |
Total votes | 270,495 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 25
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County results Doggett: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Morovich: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Austin Democrat Lloyd Doggett represents a Democratic-leaning constituency that is centered on the Austin area and several smaller rural areas to the south and east which either lean Republican or strongly favor Republicans. Doggett won 67% of the vote against a largely unknown Republican opponent who initially ran as a Libertarian until the previous 25th district was thrown out in a Supreme Court ruling that declared the nearby 23rd District of Henry Bonilla unconstitutional; this district was realigned as a result of the controversial mid-decade redistricting engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, which realigned Doggett's district into a linear form that was derisively referred to as the "fajita strip".
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lloyd Doggett (Incumbent) | 191,755 | 65.83 | |
Republican | George Morovich | 88,693 | 30.45 | |
Libertarian | Jim Stutsman | 10,848 | 3.72 | |
Total votes | 291,296 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 26
Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael Burgess (incumbent) | 195,181 | 60.17 | |
Democratic | Ken Leach | 118,167 | 36.43 | |
Libertarian | Stephanie Weiss | 11,028 | 3.40 | |
Total votes | 324,376 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 27
The District is represented by Moderate Democrat Solomon Ortiz, the Dean of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Ortiz received 57% of the vote in 2006, a six-point decline from his 2004 performance, which was somewhat of an anomaly given the strong anti-Republican voting mood of 2006, where Democrats either performed above their 2004 performance or ran without opposition. In 2004, George W. Bush carried this South Texas district, which includes Corpus Christi as well as Brownsville and South Padre Island.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Solomon Ortiz (Incumbent) | 104,864 | 57.95 | |
Republican | William Willie Vaden | 69,458 | 38.38 | |
Libertarian | Robert E. Powell | 6,629 | 3.66 | |
Total votes | 180,951 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 28
Conservative Democrat Henry Cuellar won 68% of the vote in 2006 against another Democrat who received 20% of the vote. Even though Cuellar is becoming a rising star in the Democratic Party, and has even been seen by some as a potential Democratic challenger to Senator John Cornyn, Cuellar could face a challenge for his seat, which includes Laredo (where Cuellar resides) and areas south of San Antonio, due to his somewhat conservative voting record. For instance, Cuellar received the backing of the conservative Club for Growth during his 2006 primary campaign against Ciro Rodriguez, his predecessor, who later went on to win the 23rd District held by Republican Henry Bonilla, whom Cuellar nearly defeated in 2002. Cuellar won the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Henry Cuellar (Incumbent) | 123,494 | 68.71 | |
Republican | Jim Fish | 52,524 | 29.22 | |
Libertarian | Ross Lynn Leone | 3,722 | 2.07 | |
Total votes | 179,470 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 29
Democrat Gene Green of Houston has won re-election easily without facing a primary challenge in this strongly Latino, heavily Democratic district, which covers eastern portions of Houston as well as some of its suburbs.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gene Green (Incumbent) | 79,718 | 74.65 | |
Republican | Eric Story | 25,512 | 23.89 | |
Libertarian | Joel Grace | 1,564 | 1.46 | |
Total votes | 106,794 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 30
Incumbent Democratic nominee Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas defeated Republican nominee Fred Wood 82.6–15.8%. This district includes the inner city areas of Dallas, including its downtown areas, as well as several southern Dallas County suburbs south of the city which boast a large African-American population.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eddie Bernice Johnson (Incumbent) | 168,249 | 82.48 | |
Republican | Fred Wood | 32,361 | 15.87 | |
Libertarian | Jarrett Woods | 3,366 | 1.65 | |
Total votes | 203,976 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 31
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Carter (incumbent) | 175,563 | 60.27 | |
Democratic | Brian Ruiz | 106,559 | 36.58 | |
Libertarian | Barry Cooper | 9,182 | 3.15 | |
Total votes | 291,304 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
District 32
Six-term incumbent and conservative Republican Pete Sessions faced Democrat Eric Roberson in this Dallas district. CQ Politics considered the race 'Safe Republican'.
Sessions was considered to be a vulnerable candidate for a number of reasons. First, he is known to have close ties to disgraced lobbyist
Roberson won against Steve Love in the April 8 party runoff election to determine the Democratic nominee.[11]
This Republican-leaning district includes several northern affluent areas of
.Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Pete Sessions (incumbent) | 116,283 | 57.25 | |
Democratic | Eric Roberson | 82,406 | 40.57 | |
Libertarian | Alex Bischoff | 4,421 | 2.18 | |
Total votes | 203,110 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
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External links
- Elections Division from the Texas Secretary of State
- U.S. Congress candidates for Texas at Project Vote Smart
- Texas U.S. House Races from 2008 Race Tracker
- Campaign contributions for Texas congressional races from OpenSecrets
- Election Results from The New York Times