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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
← 2010 November 6, 2012 2014 →
All 36 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout7,993,851 - 58%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 23 9
Seats won 24 12
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 4,429,270 2,949,900
Percentage 57.8% 38.5%
Swing Decrease 6.6% Increase 7.9%
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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas—an increase of four seats in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the U.S. Senate. The primary election had been scheduled to be held on March 6, 2012, with a runoff election on May 22; because of problems arising from redistricting, the primary was postponed to May 29, and the run-off to July 31.[1]

With 58% of voting age people turning out, all existing seats were held by their respective parties with one exception, the Democrats picking up the 23rd District. Of the four new seats, two were won by the Republican Party for a total of 24 seats, and two were won by the Democratic Party for a total of 12 seats.

Redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Texas

In March 2011, The Texas Tribune conducted a poll of Texas "insiders" which found 54 per cent to believe three of the state's four new congressional districts would be drawn to favor the Republican Party, with one district drawn to favor the Democratic Party; while 37 per cent of those polled felt two districts would favor Republicans while two would favor Democrats.[2] In April, Republican U.S. Representative Lamar Smith argued that the seats should be evenly split between the parties in order to reflect Texas's growing Hispanic population and abide by the Voting Rights Act. Joe Barton, also a Republican U.S. Representative, disagreed, arguing that three or four of the districts should favor Republicans.[3]

Also in April, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus filed a lawsuit against Governor Rick Perry and the state of Texas, seeking to halt redistricting based on Census data which allegedly failed to count up to 250,000 Hispanic residents of colonias.[4] Later in April, Democratic U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett released a map which he alleged had been submitted by Republican members of Congress to leaders of the Texas Legislature. The map would divide Travis County between four districts, three of which would favor Republicans and one of which would favor Democrats.[5]

In May, state representative Burt Solomons, a Republican, expressed concern that the legislature would not produce a congressional redistricting map by May 30, when it was scheduled to adjourn, and that a special session would be necessary.[6] State senator Kel Seliger, the chair of the Senate's Select Committee on Redistricting, also downplayed the likelihood that redistricting legislation would be passed but emphasized the importance of creating a "credible instrument for the court to consider."[7] Joe Barton later filed a lawsuit in response to perceived "inaction" by the legislature on redistricting.[8] On May 25, Seliger confirmed that the legislature would not pass redistricting legislation, and that a congressional map would be drawn either by a federal court or in a special session.[9] The same day, Rick Perry reiterated his position that the Legislature rather than the courts should draw the map,[10] and three days later said he would call a special session on the condition that legislators decide on a map in advance.[11]

On May 30, Perry called a special session.[12] On May 31, the first day of the special session, redistricting was added to the list of matters to be addressed and Seliger and Solomons released a proposed congressional map. In Seliger and Solomons' map, African Americans and Hispanic Americans form majorities in two of the new districts, while the other two new districts gave Perry more than 56 per cent of their vote in the 2010 gubernatorial election. The districts represented by Doggett and Republicans Quico Canseco and Blake Farenthold would be made more favorable to Republicans. Democratic state representative Marc Veasey and Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund criticized the plan, which they said failed to increase the number of minority opportunity districts.[13] Democratic U.S. Representative Gene Green filed a lawsuit against the map, alleging that it would neglect Hispanic population growth primarily in Harris County.[14] On June 2, Solomons acknowledged that the map was likely to undergo significant changes.[15]

A new map was proposed by Seliger on June 2, under which Republican U.S. Representative Ron Paul's district would be significantly modified and a district which linked urban Houston to rural East Texas counties would be redrawn. The map was passed by the State Senate's redistricting committee,[16] and by the full Senate on party lines on June 6.[17] A slightly different map from that passed by the Senate was passed by the House of Representatives' Redistricting Committee. The House map would lower the Hispanic population of Canseco's district by concentrating Hispanics in Democrat Charlie Gonzalez's district.[18] The map was passed by the full House of Representatives on June 14.[19] On June 20, the Senate voted to accept the House's amendments.[20] The map was signed into law by Perry on July 18.[21]

On September 13, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice said that, based on a preliminary investigation, the map appeared to have been "adopted, at least in part, for the purpose of diminishing the ability of citizens of the United States, on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group, to elect their preferred candidates of choice to Congress" and would have a discriminatory effect.[22]

On November 8, a federal court refused to approve the Legislature's proposed map, thereby necessitating lengthy legal proceedings and the implementation of an interim map for the 2012 elections, to be drawn by a panel of federal judges.[23] On November 23, a panel of three federal judges drew a map in which three of the four new districts would favor Democrats.[24] However, three days later Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General, announced that the state would file for an emergency stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.[25] On December 9, the Supreme Court blocked the use of the map drawn by federal judges. This was expected to necessitate delaying the state's filing deadline and primary elections.[26]

On January 20, 2012, the Supreme Court rejected the map drawn by the federal court, holding that the court had not paid enough attention to the maps drawn by the legislature, and sent the case back to the lower court.[27]

Overview

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[28][29]
Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/–
Republican 4,429,270 57.79% 23 24 +1
Democratic 2,949,900 38.49% 9 12 +3
Libertarian 246,587 3.22% 0 0 -
Green 32,872 0.43% 0 0 -
Independent 5,354 0.07% 0 0 -
Write-In 255 0.00% 0 0 -
Totals 7,664,208 100.00% 32 36 +4

District 1

Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louie Gohmert (incumbent) 67,705 100.0
Total votes 67,705 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dr. Shirley McKellar, Army veteran and non-profit businesswoman[32]

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shirley McKellar 8,207 100.0
Total votes 8,207 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Clark Patterson, photographer

General election

Results

Texas 1st congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louie Gohmert (incumbent) 178,322 71.43
Democratic Shirley J. McKellar 67,222 26.93
Libertarian Clark Patterson 4,114 1.65
Total votes 249,658 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

Republican Ted Poe, who had represented Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Poe (incumbent) 39,336 100.0
Total votes 39,336 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jim Dougherty, attorney and CPA[32]

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Dougherty 6,676 100.0
Total votes 6,676 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kenneth Duncan

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Roberts, teacher

General election

Results

Texas 2nd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Poe (incumbent) 159,664 64.82
Democratic Jim Dougherty 80,512 32.68
Libertarian Kenneth Duncan 4,140 1.68
Green Mark A. Roberts 2,012 0.82
Total votes 246,328 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

Republican Sam Johnson, who had represented Texas's 3rd congressional district since 1991, ran for re-election[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Josh Caesar, software engineer
  • Harry Pierce, Air Force veteran

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Johnson (incumbent) 33,592 83.06
Republican Harry Pierce 4,848 11.98
Republican Josh Caesar 2,002 4.95
Total votes 40,442 100.0

General election

Results

Texas 3rd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Johnson (incumbent) 187,180 100.00
Total votes 187,180 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

Republican Ralph Hall, who had represented Texas's 4th congressional district since 1981 (as a Democrat from 1981 to 2004), sought re-election.[30]

Republican primary

There was speculation that Hall might retire due to his age - Hall was 89 years old - and a closer than usual primary in 2010 (though he still won with 57% of the vote).[34] Hall faced two opponents in his party's May primary: businessman and 2010 primary candidate Steve Clark,[35] and businessman Lou Gigliotti.[36]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Steve Clark, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2010
  • Lou Gigliotti, businessman
Withdrawn
  • John Cooper

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Hall (incumbent) 38,202 58.4
Republican Steve Clark 13,719 21.0
Republican Lou Gigliotti 13,532 20.7
Total votes 65,453 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • VaLinda Hathcox, attorney and nominee for this seat in 2010[32]

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic VaLinda Hathcox 7,389 100.0
Total votes 7,389 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Thomas Griffing

General election

Endorsements

Ralph Hall (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 4th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ralph Hall (incumbent) 182,679 72.97
Democratic VaLinda Hathcox 60,214 24.05
Libertarian Thomas Griffing 7,262 2.90
Write-In Fred Rostek 188 0.08
Total votes 250,343 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

Republican Jeb Hensarling, who had represented Texas's 5th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Hensarling (incumbent) 41,348 100.0
Total votes 41,348 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Tom Berry, U.S. Navy veteran, retired train conductor, nominee for Illinois 6th in 1994 & 2002 and nominee for this seat in 2010
  • Pat Wallace

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Mrosko 2,778 39.15
Democratic Tom Berry 2,219 31.27
Democratic Pat Wallace 2,097 29.56
Total votes 7,094 100.00
Runoff election
Democratic Linda Mrosko 1,848 60.82
Democratic Tom Berry 1,190 39.18
Total votes 3,038 100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ken Ashby, teacher, engineer and nominee for this seat in 2010

General election

Endorsements

Jeb Hensarling (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 5th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeb Hensarling (incumbent) 134,091 64.40
Democratic Linda Mrosko 69,178 33.22
Libertarian Ken Ashby 4,961 2.38
Total votes 208,230 100.0
Republican hold

District 6

2012 Texas's 6th congressional district election
← 2010
2014 →
 
Nominee Joe Barton Kenneth Sanders
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 145,019 98,053
Percentage 58.0% 39.2%
County results
Barton:      50–60%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Joe Barton
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Barton
Republican

Republican Joe Barton, who had represented Texas's 6th congressional district since 1985, ran for re-election.[30][39]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Joe Chow, former Mayor of Addison[40]
  • Itamar Gelbman, Israeli-American security consultant[40]
  • Frank Kuchar, accountant[41]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Barton (incumbent) 26,192 63.22
Republican Joe Chow 8,154 19.68
Republican Frank C. Kuchar 4,725 11.40
Republican Itamar Gelbman 2,356 5.68
Total votes 41,427 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kenneth Sanders, manufacturing consultant[32]
Eliminated in primary
  • Brianna Hinojosa-Flores, attorney
  • Don Jaquess, businessman
Withdrawn
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenneth Sanders 6,609 61.25
Democratic Brianna Hinojosa-Flores 3,483 32.27
Democratic Don Jaquess 698 6.46
Total votes 10,790 100

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Hugh Chavin, construction manager and former U.S. Air Force Staff sergeant

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Brandon Parmer

General election

Endorsements

Joe Barton (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 6th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Barton (incumbent) 145,019 58.02
Democratic Kenneth Sanders 98,053 39.23
Libertarian Hugh Chavin 4,847 1.94
Green Brandon Parmer 2,017 0.81
Total votes 249,936 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

Republican John Culberson, who had represented Texas's 7th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Bill Tofte

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Culberson (incumbent) 37,590 86.3
Republican Bill Tofte 5,971 13.7
Total votes 43,561 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Phillip Andrews, accountant and nominee for the State House in 2010
  • Lissa Squiers, activist

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lissa Squiers 2,848 39.9
Democratic James Cargas 2,410 33.8
Democratic Phillip Andrews 1,876 26.3
Total votes 7,134 100.0
Runoff election
Democratic James Cargas 2,121 57.9
Democratic Lissa Squiers 1,545 42.1
Total votes 3,666 100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Drew Parks

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lance Findley

General election

Results

Texas 7th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Culberson (incumbent) 142,793 60.81
Democratic James Cargas 85,553 36.43
Libertarian Drew Parks 4,669 1.99
Green Lance Findley 1,822 0.78
Total votes 234,837 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

Republican Kevin Brady, who had represented Texas's 8th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.[44]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Larry Youngblood, computer consultant[45]
Withdrawn
  • Chris Irish, health care consultant for Pfizer and founder of the North Houston Tea Party Patriots[46]
Declined
  • Scott Baker, businessman[47]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Brady (incumbent) 48,366 76.1
Republican Larry Youngblood 15,181 23.9
Total votes 63,547 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Neil Burns 5,789 100.0
Total votes 5,789 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Roy Hall

General election

Results

Texas 8th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Brady (incumbent) 194,043 77.29
Democratic Neil Burns 51,051 20.33
Libertarian Roy Hall 5,958 2.37
Total votes 251,052 100.0
Republican hold

District 9

Democrat Al Green, who had represented Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.[32]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Green (incumbent) 20,917 100.0
Total votes 20,917 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Steve Mueller, business analyst, activist and nominee for this seat in 2010[30]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Mueller 7,255 100.0
Total votes 7,255 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Wieder, clergy

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Vanessa Foster

General election

Results

Texas 9th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al Green (incumbent) 144,075 78.49
Republican Steve Mueller 36,139 19.69
Green Vanessa Foster 1,743 0.95
Libertarian John Wieder 1,609 0.88
Total votes 183,566 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

Republican Michael McCaul, who had represented Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election. He did not seek the open U.S. Senate seat.[50]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Eddie Traylor, pilot

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael McCaul (incumbent) 39,543 83.8
Republican Eddie Traylor 7,664 16.2
Total votes 47,207 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA Surgery supervisor and quality assurance director
Eliminated in primary
  • William Miller, Jr.
Withdrawn
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tawana Walter-Cadien 8,061 56.65
Democratic William E. Miller, Jr. 6,169 43.35
Total votes 14,230 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Richard Priest

General election

Endorsements

Tawana Walter-Cadien (D)
Newspapers

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[53] Safe R November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54] Safe R November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55] Safe R November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56] Safe R November 5, 2012
NY Times[57] Safe R November 4, 2012
RCP[58] Safe R November 4, 2012
The Hill[59] Likely R November 4, 2012

Results

Texas 10th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael McCaul (incumbent) 159,783 60.52
Democratic Tawana Walter-Cadien 95,710 36.25
Libertarian Richard Priest 8,526 3.23
Total votes 264,019 100.0
Republican hold

District 11

Republican Mike Conaway, who had represented Texas's 11th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Conaway (incumbent) 48,581 70.4
Republican Chris Younts 12,917 18.7
Republican Wade Brown 7,547 10.9
Total votes 69,045 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jim Riley, businessman[62]

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Riley 4,322 100.0
Total votes 4,322 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Scott Ballard

General election

Results

Texas 11th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Conaway (incumbent) 177,742 78.64
Democratic Jim Riley 41,970 18.57
Libertarian Scott J. Ballard 6,311 2.79
Total votes 226,023 100.0
Republican hold

District 12

Republican Kay Granger, who had represented Texas's 12th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.[30]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay Granger (incumbent) 34,828 80.2
Republican Bill Lawrence 8,611 19.8
Total votes 43,439 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dave Robinson, retired schoolteacher and veteran[32]

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Robinson 6,530 100.0
Total votes 6,530 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Matthew Solodow, senior project manager

General election

Endorsements

Kay Granger (R)
Organizations

Results

Texas 12th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay Granger (incumbent) 175,649 70.91
Democratic Dave Robinson 66,080 26.68
Libertarian Matthew Solodow 5,983 2.42
Total votes 247,712 100.0
Republican hold

District 13

Republican Mac Thornberry, who had represented Texas's 13th congressional district since 1995, sought re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Thornberry (incumbent) 47,051 77.5
Republican Pam Barlow 13,637 22.5
Total votes 60,688 100.0

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Deek

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Keith Houston

General election

Results

Texas 13th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mac Thornberry (incumbent) 187,775 90.98
Libertarian John Robert Deek 12,701 6.15
Green Keith F. Houston 5,912 2.86
Total votes 206,388 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

2012 Texas's 14th congressional district election
← 2010
2014 →
 
Nominee Randy Weber Nick Lampson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 131,460 109,697
Percentage 53.5% 44.6%
U.S. Representative before election

Ron Paul
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Randy Weber
Republican

Republican Ron Paul, who had represented Texas's 14th congressional district since 1997 and ran for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination, did not seek re-election to the House of Representatives.[65]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • John Faulk[66]
  • Paul Hawes
Declined

Endorsements

Felicia Harris
Organizations

Results

Texas's 14th congressional district – Republican primary, 2012[77]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Weber 12,088 27.60
Republican Felicia Harris 8,287 18.92
Republican Michael J. Truncale 6,212 14.18
Republican Jay Old 6,143 14.02
Republican Robert Gonzalez 4,302 9.82
Republican Bill Sargent 3,328 7.60
Republican John Gay 2,075 4.74
Republican George Harper 813 1.86
Republican Mark A. Mansius 554 1.26
Total votes 43,802 100.00
Plurality 3,801 8.68
Runoff election
Republican Randy Weber 23,212 62.77
Republican Felicia Harris 13,765 37.23
Total votes 36,977 100.00
Majority 9,447 25.54

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Linda Dailey, veteran[32]
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nick Lampson 18,500 83.2
Democratic Linda Dailey 3,724 16.8
Total votes 22,224 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Eugene Flynn, lawyer
  • Amy Jacobellis, real estate agent
  • Bob Smither, engineering consultant

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Rhett Rosenquest Smith[80]

General election

Endorsements

Randy Weber (R)
Organizations
Nick Lampson (D)
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll
source 		Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Randy
Weber (R) 		Nick
Lampson (D) 		Undecided
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson) August 14–19, 2012 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 46% 43% 11%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson) May 14–17, 2012 502 (LV) ± 4.4% 40% 44% 16%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Lean R November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54] Lean R November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55] Lean R November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56] Likely R November 5, 2012
NY Times[57] Safe R November 4, 2012
RCP[58] Lean R November 4, 2012
The Hill[59] Lean R November 4, 2012

Results

Texas 14th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Weber 131,460 53.47
Democratic Nick Lampson 109,697 44.62
Libertarian Zach Grady 3,619 1.47
Green Rhett Rosenquest Smith 1,063 0.43
Total votes 245,839 100.0
Republican hold

District 15

Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, who had represented Texas's 15th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • David Cantu, farmer and rancher
  • Jane Cross, businesswoman
  • Johnny Partain
  • Ruben Ramirez, attorney and educator

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent) 29,397 71.2
Democratic David Cantu 5,008 12.1
Democratic Jane Cross 4,208 10.2
Democratic Ruben Ramon Ramirez 2,012 4.9
Democratic Johnny Partain 687 1.7
Total votes 41,312 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dale Brueggemann, businessman[85]
Eliminated in primary
  • Rebecca Cervera
  • Jim Kuiken, Marine Corps veteran
  • Eddie Zamora, sales consultant

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eddie Zamora 4,749 33.1
Republican Dale Brueggemann 4,551 31.7
Republican Rebecca Cervera 2,942 20.5
Republican Jim Kuiken 2,124 14.8
Total votes 14,366 100.0
Runoff election
Republican Dale Brueggemann 6,403 57.3
Republican Eddie Zamora 4,771 42.7
Total votes 11,174 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ron Finch

General election

Results

Texas 15th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent) 89,296 60.89
Republican Dale Brueggemann 54,056 36.86
Libertarian Ron Finch 3,309 2.26
Total votes 146,661 100.0
Democratic hold

District 16

Democrat Silvestre Reyes, who had represented Texas's 16th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Paul Johnson, Jr.
  • Ben Mendoza
  • Silvestre Reyes, incumbent U.S. Representative
  • Jerome Tilghman

Results

Democratic primary results[87]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 23,261 50.5
Democratic Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) 20,440 44.4
Democratic Jerome Tilghman 1,270 2.8
Democratic Ben E. (Buddy) Mendoza 701 1.5
Democratic Paul Johnson, Jr. 419 0.9
Total votes 46,091 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Barbara Carrasco, small business owner
Eliminated in primary
  • Corey Dean Roen, Army Lieutenant Colonel and business owner

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barbara Carrasco 5,268 58.9
Republican Corey Dean Roen 3,681 41.1
Total votes 8,949 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Junart Sodoy

General election

Results

Texas 16th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Beto O'Rourke 101,403 65.42
Republican Barbara Carrasco 51,043 32.93
Libertarian Junart Sodoy 2,559 1.65
Total votes 155,005 100.0
Democratic hold

District 17

2012 Texas's 17th congressional district election
← 2010
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Nominee Bill Flores Ben Easton
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 143,284 35,978
Percentage 79.9% 20.1%
County results
Flores:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
U.S. Representative before election

Bill Flores
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bill Flores
Republican

Republican Bill Flores, who was elected to represent Texas's 17th congressional district in 2011, ran for reelection.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • George Hindman, business owner

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Flores (incumbent) 41,449 82.5
Republican George W. Hindman 8,790 17.5
Total votes 50,239 100.0

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ben Easton, former teacher and freelance author

General election

Endorsements

Ben Easton (L)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 17th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Flores (incumbent) 143,284 79.93
Libertarian Ben Easton 35,978 20.07
Total votes 179,262 100.0
Republican hold

District 18

Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented Texas's 18th congressional district since 1995, ran for reelection.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent) 21,171 100.0
Total votes 21,171 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sean Seibert, Afghanistan veteran

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sean Seibert 7,493 100.0
Total votes 7,493 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Christopher Barber

General election

Endorsements

Sean Seibert (R)
Organizations

Results

Texas 18th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent) 146,223 75.01
Republican Sean Seibert 44,015 22.58
Libertarian Christopher Barber 4,694 2.41
Total votes 194,932 100.0
Democratic hold

District 19

Republican Randy Neugebauer, who had represented Texas's 19th congressional district since 2003, ran for reelection.

Republican primary

Neugebauer, considered perhaps "the most conservative" of all House members, faced opposition in his primary from Chris Winn, the former Lubbock County GOP chairman.[88]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Neugebauer (incumbent) 45,444 74.3
Republican Chris Winn 15,707 25.7
Total votes 61,151 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

Texas 19th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Neugebauer (incumbent) 163,239 84.99
Libertarian Richard (Chip) Peterson 28,824 15.01
Total votes 192,063 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

Democrat Charlie Gonzalez, who had represented Texas's 20th congressional district since 1999, retired rather than run for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn
  • Ezra Johnson, attorney
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquín Castro 16,562 100.0
Total votes 16,562 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Rosa, independent insurance agent[30]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Rosa 9,582 100.0
Total votes 9,582 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • A. E. Potts

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Antonio Diaz, small business owner

General election

Endorsements

Joaquín Castro (D)
Organizations

Results

Texas 20th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquín Castro 119,032 63.93
Republican David Rosa 62,376 33.50
Libertarian A. E. (Tracy) Potts 3,143 1.69
Green Antonio Diaz 1,626 0.87
Total votes 186,177 100.0
Democratic hold

District 21

Republican Lamar Smith, who had represented Texas's 21st congressional district since 1987, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lamar Smith (incumbent) 52,404 76.6
Republican Richard Mack 10,111 14.8
Republican Richard Morgan 5,868 8.6
Total votes 68,383 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Candace Duvál, business owner[91]
Eliminated in primary
  • Daniel Boone, small business owner

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Candace Duvál 9,522 61.1
Democratic Daniel Boone 6,070 38.9
Total votes 15,592 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John-Henry Liberty

Green primary

Candidates

Withdrawn
  • Fidel Castillo
  • Bill Stout

General election

Endorsements

Candace Duvál (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 21st congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lamar Smith (incumbent) 187,015 60.55
Democratic Candace Duvál 109,326 35.40
Libertarian John-Henry Liberty 12,524 4.05
Total votes 308,865 100.0
Republican hold

District 22

Republican incumbent Pete Olson, who had represented Texas's 22nd congressional district since 2009, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Barbara Carlson, conservative newspaper columnist[92]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Olson (incumbent) 35,838 76.5
Republican Barbara Carlson 11,019 23.5
Total votes 46,857 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • KP George, financial planner
Withdrawn
  • Doug Blatt, candidate for this seat in 2010

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kesha Rogers 3,666 50.7
Democratic KP George 3,563 49.3
Total votes 7,229 100.0

Libertarian primary

  • Steven Susman

Green primary

  • Don Cook

General election

Campaign

Rogers was disavowed by some local Democrats for her controversial platform,[94] which included impeaching President Obama and colonizing outer space.[95] She was frequently seen on the campaign trail singing, "25th Amendment now--he is nuts! Obama is nuts!"[96] referring to LaRouche's call to have Obama removed from office on the grounds of insanity.[97]

Results

Texas 22nd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Olson (incumbent) 160,668 64.03
Democratic Kesha Rogers 80,203 31.96
Libertarian Steven Susman 5,986 2.39
Green Don Cook 4,054 1.62
Total votes 250,911 100.0
Republican hold

District 23

2012 Texas's 23rd congressional district election
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Nominee Pete Gallego Quico Canseco
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 96,676 87,547
Percentage 50.3% 45.6%
County results
Gallego:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Canseco:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Quico Canseco
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Pete Gallego
Democratic

Republican Quico Canseco, who had represented Texas's 23rd congressional district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Quico Canseco (incumbent) 17,438 100.0
Total votes 17,438 100.0

Democratic primary

Former U.S. Representative Ciro Rodriguez, who represented the 23rd district from 2007 until 2011, had initially planned to seek the Democratic nomination in the 23rd district;[98] however in November 2011 he announced he would instead run in the new 35th district[99] and later said he would run in whichever district contained his home (which transpired to be the 22nd).[100]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Gallego won the primary run-off against Rodriguez.[102]

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ciro Rodriguez 18,237 46.0
Democratic Pete Gallego 16,202 40.8
Democratic John Bustamante 5,240 13.2
Total votes 39,679 100.0
Runoff election
Democratic Pete Gallego 15,815 54.8
Democratic Ciro Rodriguez 13,038 45.2
Total votes 28,853 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jeffrey Blunt, engineer

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ed Scharf, retired federal employee[80]

General election

Endorsements

Quico Canseco (R)
Organizations
Pete Gallego (D)
Organizations

Polling

Poll
source 		Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Quico
Canseco (R) 		Pete
Gallego (D) 		Other Undecided
OnMessage (R-Canseco) September 23–25, 2012 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 47% 37% 8% 8%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-LCV/Sierra Club) September 12–17, 2012 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 38% 43% – 19%

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Tossup November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54] Tilts R November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55] Tossup November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2012
NY Times[57] Lean R November 4, 2012
RCP[58] Tossup November 4, 2012
The Hill[59] Tossup November 4, 2012

Results

Texas 23rd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Gallego 96,676 50.31
Republican Quico Canseco (incumbent) 87,547 45.56
Libertarian Jeffrey C. Blunt 5,841 3.04
Green Ed Scharf 2,105 1.10
Total votes 192,169 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Republican Kenny Marchant, who had represented Texas's 24th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Grant Stinchfield, former television reporter for KXAS-TV[104]

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenny Marchant (incumbent) 27,926 67.9
Republican Grant Stinchfield 13,184 32.1
Total votes 41,110 100.0

Democratic primary

On March 5, 2012, Patrick McGehearty, a computer scientist, dropped out of the Democratic primary to support his wife through a medical problem. McGehearty endorsed Tim Rusk, an attorney from Euless.[105]

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tim Rusk, attorney
Withdrawn
  • Patrick McGehearty, computer scientist

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Rusk 5,267 100.0
Total votes 5,267 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Stathas

General election

Endorsements

Kenny Marchant (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 24th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenny Marchant (incumbent) 148,586 61.02
Democratic Tim Rusk 87,645 36.00
Libertarian John Stathas 7,258 2.98
Total votes 243,489 100.0
Republican hold

District 25

2012 Texas's 25th congressional district election
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Nominee Roger Williams Elaine Henderson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 154,245 98,827
Percentage 58.4% 37.4%
County results
Williams:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Henderson:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

None
(New district)

 Elected U.S. Representative

Roger Williams
Republican

Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who had represented Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, had intended to seek re-election in the new 35th district;[106] however the November 2011 interim map would allow him to instead run in the 25th district.[107] In the event he ran in the 35th district as the final version of the 25th was almost entirely a new, and much more Republican leaning seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • Ralph Pruyn, businessman[104]
Declined

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Williams 12,894 25.1
Republican Wes Riddle 7,481 14.6
Republican Justin Hewlett 6,178 12.0
Republican Dave Garrison 6,133 12.0
Republican Michael Williams 5,392 10.5
Republican Dianne Costa 4,810 9.4
Republican Brian Matthews 1,824 3.6
Republican Charlie Holcomb 1,690 3.3
Republican Chad Wilbanks 1,593 3.1
Republican Bill Burch 1,575 3.1
Republican James Dillon 1,174 2.3
Republican Ernie Beltz, Jr. 596 1.2
Total votes 51,340 100.0
Runoff election
Republican Roger Williams 26,495 58.0
Republican Wes Riddle 19,210 42.0
Total votes 45,705 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Elaine Henderson, retired Airport Operations Supervisor
Declined
  • Lloyd Doggett, incumbent U.S. Representative (running in the 35th)

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elaine Henderson 13,465 100.0
Total votes 13,465 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Betsy Dewey

General election

Endorsements

Roger Williams (R)
Organizations
Elaine Henderson (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 25th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Williams 154,245 58.44
Democratic Elaine M. Henderson 98,827 37.44
Libertarian Betsy Dewey 10,860 4.11
Total votes 263,932 100.0
Republican win (new seat)

District 26

Republican Michael Burgess, who had represented Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Burgess (incumbent) 33,605 100.0
Total votes 33,605 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Sanchez, former Diversity Chair of the Denton County Democratic Party

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Sanchez 3,682 100.0
Total votes 3,682 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Boler, computer scientist

General election

Endorsements

Michael Burgess (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 26th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Burgess (incumbent) 176,642 68.27
Democratic David Sanchez 74,237 28.69
Libertarian Mark Boler 7,844 3.03
Total votes 258,723 100.0
Republican hold

District 27

Republican Blake Farenthold, who had represented Texas's 27th congressional district since 2011, ran for re-election in the redrawn 27th district having considered running in the new 34th district.[117]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • John Grunwald, accountant
  • Don Al Middlebrook, business owner
  • Trey Roberts, attorney
Declined

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Farenthold (incumbent) 28,058 70.8
Republican Trey Roberts 4,653 11.7
Republican Don Al Middlebrook 3,676 9.3
Republican John Grunwald 3,256 8.2
Total votes 39,643 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Murphy Alade Junaid
  • Ronnie McDonald, former judge for the Bastrop County Court[120]
  • Jerry Trevino, attorney and business owner
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry Trevino 8,231 39.8
Democratic Rose Meza Harrison 6,354 30.7
Democratic Ronnie McDonald 5,682 27.5
Democratic Murphy Alade Junaid 432 2.1
Total votes 20,699 100.0
Runoff election
Democratic Rose Meza Harrison 7,024 60.6
Democratic Jerry Trevino 4,565 39.4
Total votes 11,589 100.00

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Corrie Byrd, assistant manager at Walmart

Independents

Businessman Bret Baldwin, a conservative Republican from Victoria, ran as an Independent.

General election

Results

Texas 27th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Farenthold (incumbent) 120,684 56.75
Democratic Rose Meza Harrison 83,395 39.22
Independent Bret Baldwin 5,354 2.52
Libertarian Corrie Byrd 3,218 1.51
Total votes 212,651 100.0
Republican hold

District 28

Democrat Henry Cuellar, who had represented Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Guadalupe County, a Republican stronghold, was removed from the reconfigured District 28.[123] Cuellar lost four counties and was held to 56 percent of the general election vote in 2010, when he defeated the Republican Bryan Keith Underwood.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Cuellar (incumbent) 35,350 100.0
Total votes 35,350 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • William Hayward, ostrich rancher

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Hayward 9,710 100.0
Total votes 9,710 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael D. Cary

General election

Endorsements

Henry Cuellar (D)
Organizations

Results

Texas 28th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Henry Cuellar (incumbent) 112,456 67.89
Republican William R. Hayward 49,309 29.77
Libertarian Patrick Hisel 2,473 1.49
Green Michael D. Cary 1,407 0.85
Total votes 165,645 100.0
Democratic hold

District 29

Democrat Gene Green, who had represented Texas's 29th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 10,667 100.0
Total votes 10,667 100.0

Republican primary

No Republican filed

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • James Stanczak

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Maria Selva

General election

Results

Texas 29th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 86,053 90.00
Libertarian James Stanczak 4,996 5.23
Green Maria Selva 4,562 4.77
Total votes 95,611 100.0
Democratic hold

District 30

Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who had represented Texas's 30th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent) 23,346 70.1
Democratic Barbara Mallory Caraway 5,996 18.0
Democratic Taj Clayton 3,981 12.0
Total votes 33,323 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Travis Washington, Jr., U.S. Air Force veteran

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Travis Washington, Jr. 6,260 100.0
Total votes 6,260 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ed Rankin, leadership development consultant

General election

Endorsements

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 30th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent) 171,059 78.82
Republican Travis Washington Jr. 41,222 19.00
Libertarian Ed Rankin 4,733 2.18
Total votes 217,014 100.0
Democratic hold

District 31

Republican John Carter who had represented Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Eric Klingemann, small business owner

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Carter (incumbent) 32,917 76.0
Republican Eric Klingemann 10,400 24.0
Total votes 43,317 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Stephen Wyman, technician

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephen Wyman 5,864 100.0
Total votes 5,864 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ethan Garofolo

General election

Results

Texas 31st congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John R. Carter (incumbent) 145,348 61.28
Democratic Stephen M. Wyman 82,977 34.98
Libertarian Ethan Garofolo 8,862 3.74
Total votes 237,187 100.0
Republican hold

District 32

Republican Pete Sessions had represented Texas's 32nd congressional district since 2002, and had represented district 5 from 1996 to 2002. He ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Sessions (incumbent) 29,523 100.0
Total votes 29,523 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Katherine Savers McGovern, former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division[128]
Eliminated in primary
  • Walter Hofheinz, attorney

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Katherine Savers McGovern 7,301 84.2
Democratic Walter Hofheinz 1,370 15.8
Total votes 8,671 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Seth Hollist, political columnist[129]

General election

Endorsements

Pete Sessions (R)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 32nd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Sessions (incumbent) 146,653 58.28
Democratic Katherine Savers McGovern 99,288 39.46
Libertarian Seth Hollist 5,695 2.26
Total votes 251,636 100.0
Republican hold

District 33

The new Texas's 33rd Congressional District parts of Dallas County and Tarrant County. In Dallas County, the district covers parts of Dallas, Irving, and Grand Prairie, and all of Cockrell Hill. In Tarrant County, the district includes parts of Arlington, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Haltom City, Saginaw and Sansom Park, and all of Everman. It was expected to be a safe seat for the Democrats.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • David De La Paz, businessman[135]
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marc Veasey 6,938 36.77
Democratic Domingo Garcia 4,715 24.98
Democratic Kathleen Hicks 2,372 12.57
Democratic David Alameel 2,064 10.93
Democratic Manuel Valdez 884 4.68
Democratic Steve Salazar 482 2.55
Democratic Chrysta Castañeda 395 2.09
Democratic Jason E. Roberts 342 1.81
Democratic Carlos Quintanilla 286 1.51
Democratic Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. 201 1.06
Democratic J. R. Molina 189 1.00
Total votes 18,868 100.00
Runoff election
Democratic Marc Veasey 10,766 52.72
Democratic Domingo Garcia 9,653 47.27
Total votes 20,419 100.00

Republican primary

Though his hometown of Arlington is contained entirely within the 33rd district, Republican Joe Barton, who had represented the 6th district since 1985, ran again in the 6th district.[135] During redistricting, Republicans Bill Lawrence, former mayor of Highland Village, former Secretary of State Roger Williams and former Railroad Commissioner Michael L. Williams had all at one point considered running in a district numbered the 33rd. After the district map was finalized, Lawrence ran for the 12th district, and both Williams switched to the 25th.[114]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Charles King, SMU graduate and carwash manager
Withdrawn
  • Al Lee, retired systems consultant[135]
  • Monte Mitchell

Results

Republican Party Primary Results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chuck Bradley 3,706 63.78
Republican Charles King 2,104 36.21
Total votes 5,810 100.00

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ed Lindsay

General election

Endorsements

Marc Veasey (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 33rd congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marc Veasey 85,114 72.51
Republican Chuck Bradley 30,252 25.77
Green Ed Lindsay 2,009 1.71
Total votes 117,375 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

District 34

The 34th is a newly numbered district, half of the voters came from the 27th district once held by both Solomon Ortiz and Blake Farenthold, and most of the remainder came from the 15th. It contains all of Cameron, Willacy, Kleberg, Kenedy, Jim Wells, Bee, Goliad and DeWitt Counties, and parts of Gonzales, San Patricio and Hidalgo Counties. It is 73.1% Hispanic by Citizen Voting Population, and voted for President Obama 60–39 in 2008.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Elmo Aycock, U.S. Marine
  • Denise Saenz Blanchard, former Chief of Staff to Solomon Ortiz
  • Ramiro Garza Jr., former Edinburg City Manager
  • Juan Angel Guerra, attorney [32]
  • Salomon Torres, former Rubén Hinojosa district director
  • Anthony Troiani, Brownsville City Commissioner
  • Armando Villalobos, Cameron County District Attorney

Results

Vela and Blanchard advanced to the July 31 runoff, with Vela easily winning.[136]

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. 18,233 40.5
Democratic Denise Blanchard 5,810 12.9
Democratic Ramiro Garza Jr. 5,575 12.4
Democratic Salomon Torres 4,745 10.5
Democratic Armando Villalobos 3,926 8.7
Democratic Anthony Troiani 3,638 8.1
Democratic Juan Angel Guerra 2,200 4.9
Democratic Elmo Aycock 935 2.1
Total votes 45,062 100.0
Runoff election
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. 15,628 66.6
Democratic Denise Blanchard 7,824 33.4
Total votes 23,452 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jessica Bradshaw, political news commentator[30]
Eliminated in primary
  • Adela Garza, small business owner
  • Paul Harding, attorney
Withdrawn
  • Marc Young

Results

Garza and Bradshaw advanced to the July 31 runoff.[136]

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adela Garza 4,632 36.3
Republican Jessica Bradshaw 4,409 34.6
Republican Paul Haring 3,710 29.1
Total votes 12,751 100.0
Runoff election
Republican Jessica Bradshaw 5,309 55.3
Republican Adela Garza 4,287 44.7
Total votes 9,596 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Steven Shanklin

General election

Endorsements

Filemon Vela Jr. (D)
Organizations

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Safe D November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54] Safe D November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55] Safe D November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56] Safe D November 5, 2012
NY Times[57] Safe D November 4, 2012
RCP[58] Safe D November 4, 2012
The Hill[59] Likely D November 4, 2012

Results

Texas 34th congressional district, 2012 [28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. 89,606 61.89
Republican Jessica Puente Bradshaw 52,448 36.23
Libertarian Steven (Ziggy) Shanklin 2,724 1.88
Total votes 144,778 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

District 35

2012 Texas's 35th congressional district election
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Nominee Lloyd Doggett Susan Narvaiz
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 105,626 52,894
Percentage 64.0% 32.0%
County results
Doggett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Narvaiz:      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Lloyd Doggett
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lloyd Doggett
Democratic

Texas's 35th Congressional District includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area, including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays, and all of Caldwell and Atascosa counties, as well as portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County largely from the 25th.[137]

Democratic U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, who had represented Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election in the 35th district[107]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • Patrick Shearer
Declined

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 14,559 73.3
Democratic Sylvia Romo 4,212 21.2
Democratic Maria Alvarado 1,105 5.6
Total votes 19,876 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Rob Roark, conservative activist
  • John Yoggerst[141]

Results

In the Republican primary, conducted May 29, 2012, Narvaiz won and avoided a runoff by obtaining 51.78% of the votes cast.[142]

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Narvaiz 6,040 51.8
Republican Rob Roark 3,454 29.6
Republican John Yoggerst 2,171 18.6
Total votes 11,665 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ross Leone

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Meghan Owen, activist, musician, engineer, former military contractor and HVAC technician

General election

Endorsements

Lloyd Doggett (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 35th congressional district, 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 105,626 63.95
Republican Susan Narvaiz 52,894 32.02
Libertarian Ross Lynn Leone 4,082 2.47
Green Meghan Owen 2,540 1.54
Total votes 165,179 100.0
Democratic hold

District 36

Texas's 36th congressional district is one of four new districts, including all or part of Chambers County, Hardin County, Harris County, Jasper County, Liberty County, Newton County, Orange County, Polk County and Tyler County.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Republican Party primary results[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Takach 12,208 22.4
Republican Steve Stockman 11,858 21.8
Republican Mike Jackson 10,786 19.8
Republican Jim Engstrand 5,114 9.4
Republican Ky Griffin 4,025 7.4
Republican Charles Meyer 2,156 4.0
Republican Kim Morrell 1,930 3.6
Republican Lois Myers 1,558 2.9
Republican Jerry Doyle 1,479 2.7
Republican Keith Casey 1,225 2.3
Republican Daniel Whitton 1,110 2.0
Republican Tim Wintill 984 1.8
Total votes 54,433 100.0
Runoff election
Republican Steve Stockman 21,472 55.3
Republican Stephen Takach 17,378 44.7
Total votes 38,850 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Max Martin, businessman and pilot

Results

Democratic Party primary results[33]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Max Martin 9,869 100.0
Total votes 9,869 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael Cole, educator

General election

Endorsements

Steve Stockman (R)
Organizations
Max Martin (D)
Newspapers

Results

Texas 36th congressional district 2012[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Stockman 165,405 70.74
Democratic Max Martin 62,143 26.58
Libertarian Michael K. Cole 6,284 2.69
Total votes 233,832 100.0
Republican win (new seat)

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