| The Green Papers: Texas 2007 Off Year Election |
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Texas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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Texas RedistrictingOn 4 August 2006, a three judge U.S. District Court panel redrew 5 Texas Congressional Districts: 15, 21, 23, 25, and 28. The U.S. Supreme Court found that the existing District 23 (2003, Plan 1374C) violated section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and remanded the panel to redraw CD 23. References
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Republican | 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, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - 15 October 2007: Announced she would not seek re-election and may step down before the end of her current term. |
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| Class 2 | Republican | Senator John Cornyn • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All 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. First elected to a full term: 2002, re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 19 Republican (19 Undetermined); 13 Democratic (13 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Louis B. "Louie" Gohmert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Lloyd "Ted" Poe • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 3 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 4 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Ralph Moody Hall • First elected (as a Democrat) 1980; re-elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002; filed to run for re-election as a Republican: 2 January 2004. Switched party affiliation to Republican 5 January 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 5 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Jeb Hensarling • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 6 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Joe Linus Barton • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 7 {map} |
Republican | Congressman John Culberson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 8 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Kevin Patrick Brady • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 9 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Alexander "Al" Green • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 10 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Michael T. McCaul • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 11 {map} |
Republican | Congressman K. Michael "Mike" Conaway • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 12 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Kay N. Granger • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 13 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Mac Thornberry • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 14 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Ronald E. "Ron" Paul • First elected in a special election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Congressman Robert R. Casey: 3 April 1976; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 1976; elected again: 1978; did not run for re-election: 1984; unsuccessful candidate for the Senate: 1984; unsuccessful Libertarian Presidential nominee: 1988; elected again: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 15 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Rubén E. Hinojosa • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 16 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Silvestre Reyes • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 17 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Chet Edwards • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 18 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 19 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Randy Neugebauer • First elected in a special election: 3 June 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 20 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 21 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Lamar Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 22 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Nicholas V. "Nick" Lampson • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 23 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez • First elected: April 1997 in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Frank Tejeda; re-elected: 1998, 2000, 2002; unsuccessful candidate in 2004; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 24 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Kenny Ewell Marchant • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 25 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Lloyd A. Doggett • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 26 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Michael C. Burgess • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 27 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 28 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Henry R. Cuellar • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 29 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Raymond E. "Gene" Green • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 30 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 31 {map} |
Republican | Congressman John R. Carter • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 32 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Pete Sessions • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Greg Abbott • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Comptroller of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of General Land Office 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Railroad Commissioner 1 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Railroad Commissioner Victor G. Carrillo • First appointed 2003 (to fill the unexpired term of Tony Garza); first elected to a full term: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Railroad Commissioner 2 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2012 | |||||
| Republican | Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones • Appointed: February 2005; first elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Railroad Commissioner 3 6 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Railroad Commissioner Michael L. Williams • First appointed: 1998; First elected: 2000 (to fill the unexpired term of Carole Keeton Rylander); re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |