The Green Papers: Texas 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:34(6.32% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:32(7.36% of 435)
2000 Census:20,903,994 (7.41% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):14,850,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):10,267,639
Capital:Austin
 

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Texas State and Local Government


Where no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in any Primary, a runoff between the two top vote-getters will be held.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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 - Candidate for Governor in 2010. On 29 July 2009, she announced that she would resign her Senate Seat in the October/November 2009 timeframe. On 13 November 2009, reports state she will not resign until after the Gubernatorial primary.

Class 2 Republican Senator John Cornyn
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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

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

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
20 Republican (20 Undetermined);
12 Democratic (12 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Louis B. "Louie" Gohmert
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Lloyd "Ted" Poe
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Republican Congressman Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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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 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman Jeb Hensarling
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Joe Linus Barton
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Republican Congressman John Culberson
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Republican Congressman Kevin Patrick Brady
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9
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Democratic Congressman Alexander "Al" Green
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 10
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Republican Congressman Michael T. McCaul
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 11
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Republican Congressman K. Michael "Mike" Conaway
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 12
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Republican Congressman Kay N. Granger
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 13
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Republican Congressman Mac Thornberry
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 14
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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 2 November 2010

CD 15
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Democratic Congressman Rubén E. Hinojosa
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 16
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Democratic Congressman Silvestre Reyes
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 17
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Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 18
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Democratic Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 19
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Republican Congressman Randy Neugebauer
First elected in a special election: 3 June 2003
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 20
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Democratic Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 21
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Republican Congressman Lamar Smith
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 22
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Republican Congressman Peter Graham "Pete" Olson
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 23
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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 2 November 2010

CD 24
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Republican Congressman Kenny Ewell Marchant
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 25
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Democratic Congressman Lloyd A. Doggett
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 26
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Republican Congressman Michael C. Burgess
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 27
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Democratic Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 28
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Democratic Congressman Henry R. Cuellar
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 29
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Democratic Congressman Raymond E. "Gene" Green
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 30
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Democratic Congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 31
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Republican Congressman John Rice Carter
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 32
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Republican Congressman Pete Sessions
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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
Open Seat - Possible candidate for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Class 1 Seat in 2012

Railroad Commissioner 3  6 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2014

  Republican Railroad Commissioner Michael Lawrence Williams
First appointed: 1998; First elected: 2000 (to fill the unexpired term of Carole Keeton Rylander); re-elected: 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Possible candidate for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Class 1 Seat in 2009

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.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents
  Republican: 31 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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