The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:30(6.90% of 435)
2002 Representatives:32(7.36% of 435)
1990 Census: 16,986,335(6.83% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 20,903,994(7.41% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 9,582,505
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 14,299,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7 PM CST (0100 UTC) and 7 PM MST (0200 UTC) - The only the area surrounding El Paso is in MST- so the vast majority of the polls have closed in TX by 7 pm CST.
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year term, Current Governors  
 Republican  Governor Rick Perry
Lt. Gov. Rick Perry became Governor 21 December 2000 when George W. Bush resigned to take the office of President of the United States.
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Republican  Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1 May 1993- and necessary subsequent Runoff: 5 June 1993 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat): 20 January 1993- which Robert Krueger had been appointed by Governor Ann W. Richards (Democrat) to fill, 21 January 1993]; elected to full term: 1994; re-elected 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 2Republican  Senator Phil Gramm
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Candidates: 2001 November 26 Rep. Ken Bentsen, a four-term congressman from the Houston area.
 4 September 2001: Senator Gramm announced he is retiring and will not seek re-election in 2002.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 17 Democrats, 13 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Max Sandlin
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Jim Turner
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Sam Johnson
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Ralph M. Hall
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Republican  Congressman Pete Sessions
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Joe Barton
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Republican  Congressman John Culberson
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Kevin Brady
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Democrat  Congressman Nick Lampson
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 10Democrat  Congressman Lloyd Doggett
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 11Democrat  Congressman Chet Edwards
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 12Republican  Congressman Kay Granger
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 13Republican  Congressman Mac Thornberry
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 14Republican  Congressman Ron Paul
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 15Democrat  Congressman Ruben Hinojosa
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 16Democrat  Congressman Silvestre Reyes
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 17Democrat  Congressman Charlie Stenholm
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 18Democrat  Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 19Republican  Congressman Larry Combest
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 20Democrat  Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 21Republican  Congressman Lamar Smith
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 22Republican  Congressman Tom DeLay
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 23Republican  Congressman Henry Bonilla
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 24Democrat  Congressman Martin Frost
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 25Democrat  Congressman Ken Bentsen
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Running for Senate in 2002.
CD 26Republican  Congressman Dick Armey
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 27Democrat  Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 28Democrat  Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 29Democrat  Congressman Gene Green
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 30Democrat  Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Texas has 254 counties and 30 congressional districts: 220 counties are each wholly within a given congressional district; 34 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES: (those wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Harrison, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur and Wood.
  • CD # 2: Angelina, Cherokee, Grimes, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler and Walker.
  • CD # 4: Fannin, Grayson, Rains, Rockwall and Van Zandt.
  • CD # 5: Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Limestone, Madison and Robertson.
  • CD # 8: Washington.
  • CD # 9: Chambers, Galveston and Jefferson.
  • CD # 11: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan, Milam, Mills and San Saba.
  • CD # 13: Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lynn, Montague, Motley, Potter, Roberts, Swisher, Wheeler, Wichita and Wilbarger.
  • CD # 14: Aransas, Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, Fayette, Gonzales, Hays, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria and Wharton.
  • CD # 15: Bee, Brooks, DeWitt, Goliad, Hidalgo, Karnes, Live Oak and San Patricio.
  • CD # 17: Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Hood, Howard, Jack, Jones, Kent, Martin, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Runnels, Scurry, Shackleford, Somervell, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Wise and Young.
  • CD # 19: Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gaines, Hansford, Hartley, Hockley, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Randall, Sherman, Terry and Yoakum.
  • CD # 21: Bandera, Burnet, Gillespie, Glasscock, Irion, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher and Sterling.
  • CD # 23: Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Edwards, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Winkler and Zavala.
  • CD # 24: Navarro.
  • CD # 27: Cameron, Kenedy and Nueces.
  • CD # 28: Atascosa, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, LaSalle, McMullen, Starr, Wilson and Zapata.

DIVIDED COUNTIES (those split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Austin: CDs 8 & 14
  • Bexar: CDs 20, 21, 23 & 28
  • Brazoria: CDs 14 & 22
  • Brazos: CDs 5 & 8
  • Collin: 3, 4, 26 & 30
  • Comal: CDs 21 & 28
  • Cooke: CDs 4 & 13
  • Dallas: CDs 3, 4, 5, 6, 24, 26 & 30
  • Denton: CDs 4, 13 & 26
  • Ector: CDs 19 & 23
  • Ellis: CDs 6 & 24
  • El Paso: CDs 16 & 23
  • Fort Bend: CDs 22 & 25
  • Gregg: CDs 1 & 4
  • Guadelupe: CDs 21 & 28
  • Harris: CDs 7, 8, 9, 18, 22, 25 & 29
  • Hunt: CDs 1 & 4
  • Jim Wells: CDs 15 & 28
  • Johnson: CDs 6 & 12
  • Kaufman: CDs 4 & 5
  • Kleberg: CDs 15 & 27
  • Lubbock: CDs 13 & 19
  • McCulloch: CDs 11 & 21
  • Midland: CDs 19, 21 & 23
  • Montgomery: CDs 2 & 8
  • Nacogdoches: CDs 1 & 2
  • Parker: CDs 6 & 12
  • Smith: CDs 4 & 5
  • Tarrant: CDs 6, 12, 24 & 26
  • Tom Green: CDs 17 & 21
  • Travis: CDs 10 & 14
  • Waller: CDs 8 & 14
  • Willacy: CDs 15 & 27
  • Williamson: CDs 14 & 21

CD # 20 is wholly within Bexar County.
CD # 16 is wholly within El Paso County.
CDs # 7, #18 & # 29 are wholly within Harris County.
CD # 10 is wholly within Travis County.