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Elections were held in Texas on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on March 2, 2010. The Republican Party continued its dominance over Texas politics, maintaining control of all statewide offices and increasing its majorities in both chambers of the Texas Legislature .
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 2010 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 82nd Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.
In the primary election, the party's winning candidate must garner a majority (over 50%) of votes cast; otherwise, the top two candidates face each other in a runoff election. However, in the general election, the winning candidate needs only a plurality of votes to be elected governor (as was the case with the 2006 election and the 1990 ...
While some primary runoff races held wide margins throughout election day, others were neck and neck, coming down to less than 100 votes. Off to the races: Texas Republicans, Democrats set ...
Texas gubernatorial elections, as well as other state office races, are held every four years on the nationwide Election Day, which is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. They are held on years that are even-numbered, but not multiples of four, also known as a midterm , so they do not coincide with the presidential elections.
The District 77 race for the Texas House sees three well-known El Paso politicos and one political newcomer facing off to fill the shoes of longtime, beloved state Rep. Lina Ortega, who announced ...
The Texas governor had $6 million to spend backing school vouchers, and spent it sweeping incumbents out of the Legislature. | Opinion