2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas


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The 2010 U.S. congressional elections in Texas were held on November 2, 2010, to determine who will represent the state of Texas in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 112th Congress from January 2011 until January 2013.

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
← 2008 November 2, 2010 2012 →
All 32 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout4,745,613 - 25%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 20 12
Seats won 23 9
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 3,058,228 1,450,197
Percentage 64.4% 30.6%
Swing Increase 8.6% Decrease 9.0%

Republican

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

Democratic

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

With 27% of the voting age public turning out, the Republican Party won 23 seats and the Democratic Party won 9 seats. Three house seats changed parties this election, with the 17th, 23rd, and 27th districts all flipping from Democratic to Republican seats.

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas by district:[1]

 

Republican incumbent Louie Gohmert ran for reelection.

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Republican incumbent Ted Poe ran for reelection.

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Republican candidate Sam Johnson had been the incumbent since 1991. In 2010, Johnson faced Independent Emma Berry, Democrat John Lingenfelder and Libertarian Christopher J. Claytor.

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Republican Ralph Hall, at the time the oldest living member of the House of Representatives, had represented the district since 1980. In 2008, Hall won re-election with 68.8%. In 2010, he won the primary with 57% of the vote, and faced a re-election campaign against Democrat attorney VaLinda Hathcox.[3]

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Republican Jeb Hensarling was first elected in 2002 to a heavily Republican district. A favorite among fiscal conservatives in Texas, Hensarling was considered a potential challenger for the U.S. Senate in 2012 when the incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison retired. In 2008, Hensarling was re-elected with 83.6% of the vote. In 2010, he went unopposed in the primary and faced Democrat activist Tom Berry in the general election.[4]

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Twelve-term Republican Joe Barton was the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee until Democrats took over the House in 2006. In 2008, Barton won re-election with 62.0%. He faced Democratic activist David Cozad in the general election.[5]

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Republican John Culberson was unopposed in the general election.

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Republican Kevin Brady represented a strongly GOP district. He won re-election in 2008 with 72.6%. In 2010, he faced Libertarian Bruce West, a design engineer and 2-time Democratic congressional candidate Kent Hargett in the general election.

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Democrat Al Green was re-elected with 94% in 2008. Republican activist Steve Mueller faced Green in the general election.[6]

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Republican Michael McCaul ran for reelection in 2010.[7] He defeated Democratic nominee, war veteran Ted Ankrum in the general election.[8]

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Republican Mike Conaway represented 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. In 2008, he won re-election with 88.3%. In 2010, he faced Democrat activist James Quillian in the general election.[9]

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Republican Kay Granger won re-election in 2008 with 67.6%. In 2010, she won the primary with 70%, and faced Democrat activist Tracey Smith in the general election.[10]

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Republican Mac Thornberry ran for re-election.

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Republican Ron Paul is best known for his strong libertarian views. In 2010, he won the primary with 80% of the vote. In the Democratic primary, Robert Pruett won the run off election with just 52% of the vote, and faced Paul in the general election.[11]

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Campaign finance report

Candidate (party)[12] Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt
Ron Paul (R) $851,353 $1,154,112 $2,197,619 $0
Robert Pruett (D) $19,421 $18,255 $1,166 $4,531
Eugene Flynn (L) Unreported
 

Democrat Rubén Hinojosa was re-elected with 62% in 2004 and 66% in 2008. In 2010, the Republican primary had a run off between Eddie Zamora and Paul Haring. Zamora won the run off with 57% of the vote and faced Hinojosa in the general election.[13]

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Democrat Silvestre Reyes was the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Reyes won re-election in 2008 with 82%. In 2010, he faced Republican navy veteran Tim Besco.[14]

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2010 Texas's 17th congressional district election
 

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Nominee Bill Flores Chet Edwards
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 106,696 63,138
Percentage 61.8% 36.6%
 

County results
Flores:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Edwards:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Chet Edwards
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Pete Flores
Republican

 

Democratic incumbent Chet Edwards was challenged by Republican nominee Bill Flores and Libertarian nominee Richard B. Kelly.

In 2008, Edwards was reelected with 53% to Republican small business owner Rob Curnock, who was overwhelmingly outspent. Edwards was a moderate Democrat, who represented one of the most conservative districts in the nation. In 2010, he went uncontested in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Curnock qualified for a run off election against Flores.[15] Flores won the run off with 64% of the vote.[16]

Endorsements

The Dallas Morning News[17] and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram[18] both endorsed Edwards prior to the 2010 general election.

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Chet Edwards (D) Bill Flores (R)
OnMessage, Inc. May, 2010[19] 41% 53%
Bennett, Petts & Normington October 4–5, 2010[20] 42% 46%
Penn, Schoen & Berland October 19–21, 2010[21] 40% 52%

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Edwards's loss was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent Democrat in the 2010 cycle.

 

Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee represented one of the most heavily Democratic areas in the state. In 2008, she won re-election with 77% of the vote. Jackson Lee faced a challenge in the Democratic primary from Houston city councilor Jarvis Johnson, whom she defeated with 67% of the vote.[22]

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Republican Randy Neugebauer won re-election in 2006 with 68% and in 2008 with 72.5%. In 2010, he faced Democrat Andy Wilson and Libertarian Chip Peterson in the general election.[23]

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Democrat Joaquin Castro represented much of heavily Democratic, largely Hispanic inner San Antonio.

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Longtime Republican Lamar S. Smith won re-election with 60% in 2006 and 80% in 2008. In 2010, he won the primary with 80% and faced Democratic real estate broker Lainey Melnick in the general election.[24]

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2010 Texas's 22nd congressional district election
 

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Nominee Pete Olson Kesha Rogers
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 140,537 62,082
Percentage 67.5% 29.8%
 

County results
Olson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Pete Olson
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Pete Olson
Republican

 

Freshman Pete Olson won the 2008 election with 53% in a heavily Republican district. In 2010, he faced Democrat Kesha Rogers, a LaRouche Movement supporter, and Libertarian Steve Susman, a small business owner in the general election.[25]

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2010 Texas's 23rd congressional district election
 

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Nominee Quico Canseco Ciro Rodriguez
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 74,853 67,348
Percentage 49.4% 44.4%
 

County results
Canseco:      40–50%     50–60%      60–70%
Rodriguez:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Ciro Rodriguez
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Quico Canseco
Republican

 

Democratic incumbent Ciro Rodriguez was challenged by Republican nominee Quico Canseco, Libertarian nominee Martin Nitschke campaign site,[26][27] Green Party nominee Ed Scharf campaign site,[28][29] and Independent Craig T. Stephens campaign site.[30][31]

In the 2010 Republican primary, Canseco won the run off election against former CIA officer Will Hurd with 56% of the vote. In the Democratic primary, Rodriguez won with 83% against Iraq war veteran Miguel Ortiz.[32]

In 2008, Rodriguez was re-elected with 56% of the vote. Obama carried the district with 51% of the vote. The district is 55% Hispanic, but has a Republican tilt as George Bush carried the district by a 15% margin.

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Republican Kenny Marchant faced write-in Democratic candidate Alex Dunaj in the general election.

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2010 Texas's 25th congressional district election
 

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2012 →

     
Nominee Lloyd Doggett Donna Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 99,967 84,849
Percentage 52.8% 44.8%
 

County results
Doggett:      60–70%
Campbell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Lloyd Doggett
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lloyd Doggett
Democratic

 

Democrat Lloyd Doggett faced Republican physician Donna Campbell in the general election.

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Republican Michael Burgess won re-election in 2008 with 60.2%. In 2010, he faced Democrat attorney Neil Durrance and Libertarian Mark Boler.[3] Except for the district's first election, the 26th District has been held by the GOP and is considered one of its safe seats.

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2010 Texas's 27th congressional district election
 

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2012 →

     
Nominee Blake Farenthold Solomon Ortiz
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 51,001 50,226
Percentage 47.8% 47.1%
 

County results
Farenthold:      50–60%      70–80%
Ortiz:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Solomon Ortiz
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Blake Farenthold
Republican

 

Democratic incumbent Solomon Ortiz was challenged by Republican nominee attorney Blake Farenthold and Libertarian nominee Ed Mishou.

The Republican primary ended in a run off which Farenthold won with 51.3% against conservative activist James Duerr.[33][34] Mishou, of Cameron County, was the 2010 Libertarian Party nominee and came in a close second to Farenthold in a 2010 27th District Tea Party poll.[35]

Ortiz was re-elected in 2008 with 58% of the vote, although Barack Obama carried the district with just 53% of the vote. The district is nearly 70% Hispanic.

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Democrat Henry Cuellar was re-elected in 2008 with 69% of the vote, but Barack Obama only carried the district with 56% of the vote. In 2010, he faced Republican businessman Bryan Underwood in the general election.[36]

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Democrat Gene Green won re-election with 75% in 2008. In 2010, he faced Republican air force veteran Roy Morales.[37]

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Incumbent Democratic nominee Eddie Bernice Johnson won re-election in 2008 with 83%. In the Republican primary Stephen Broden almost avoided a runoff in the first round,[38] but he won the second round with 67.5% of the vote.[39]

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John Carter was opposed by Libertarian Bill Oliver in the general election.

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Six-term incumbent Pete Sessions held a Republican-leaning district. In 2010, he faced Democrat Grier Raggio in the general election.[40]

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