2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

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]

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
Turnout	7,993,851 - 58%
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 23 9 Seats won 24 12 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 4,429,270 2,949,900 Percentage 57.8% 38.5% Swing 6.6% 7.9%
Election results by district Election results by county Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>%

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

• Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Sam Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

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 - he 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

• Ralph Hall, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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

• Jeb Hensarling, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Linda Mrosko, legal assistant^[38][32]

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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

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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

• Joe Barton, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• David Alameel, dentist and horse racing advocate^[42] (running in the 33rd)

Declined

• Chet Edwards, former U.S. Representative^[43]
• Chris Turner, former state representative
• Allen Vaught, former state representative

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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

• John Culberson, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• James Cargas, energy lawyer for the City of Houston

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

• Kevin Brady, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Neil Burns, former executive at the Shell Oil Company^[48]

Declined

• James Wright, retiree from New Caney and nominee for this seat in 2004 and 2006^[49]

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

• Al Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

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 member

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

• Michael McCaul, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Dan Grant, foreign policy expert and candidate for this seat in 2008^[51]

Declined

• Larry Joe Doherty, attorney, TV show host and nominee for this seat in 2008^[43]
• Michael Peter Skelly, entrepreneur and nominee for the 7th district in 2008

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

• The Austin Chronicle^[52]

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

• Mike Conaway, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Wade Brown, real estate investor^[60]
• Chris Younts, insurance agent and co-founder of the San Angelo Tea Party^[61]

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

• Kay Granger, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Bill Lawrence, former mayor of Highland Village

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

• Maggie's List^[63]

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

• Mac Thornberry, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Pam Barlow, veterinarian^[64]

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

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Nominee Randy Weber Nick Lampson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 131,460 109,697 Percentage 53.5% 44.6%

County results Weber:      50–60%      60–70% Lampson:      50–60% No Votes:

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

• Randy Weber, state representative^[66][67]

Eliminated in primary

• Tim Day, retired businessman and filmmaker^[66]
• John Gay, former Spring Independent School District administrator^[66]
• Robert Gonzalez, chair of the Clear Lake Tea Party^[66][68]
• George Harper, Tea Party activist and civil designer in the petro-chemical industry^[66]
• Felicia Harris, Pearland City Councilmember^[66][69]
• Mark Mansius, engineer
• Jay Old, attorney^[66]
• Michael J. Truncale, attorney and regent of the Texas State University System^[66][70]

Withdrawn

• John Faulk^[66]
• Paul Hawes

Declined

• Dennis Bonnen, state representative^[71]
• John Manlove, former mayor of Pasadena^[66][72]
• Debra Medina, political activist and candidate for Governor in 2010^[73]
• Steve Stockman, former U.S. Representative (running in the 36th)^[66][74]
• Larry Taylor, state representative^[75]

Endorsements

Felicia Harris

Organizations

• Susan B. Anthony List^[76]

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

• Nick Lampson, former U.S. Representative^[78]

Eliminated in primary

• Linda Dailey, veteran^[32]

Declined

• Joe Jaworski, Mayor of Galveston^[73]

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

• Zach Grady^[66][79]

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

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[81]

Nick Lampson (D)

Organizations

• Blue Dog Coalition^[82]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[83]

Newspapers

• Houston Chronicle^[84]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Weber (R)	Nick Lampson (D)	Undecided
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson)[85]	August 14–19, 2012	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	46%	43%	11%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson)[86]	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

• Rubén Hinojosa, incumbent U.S. Representative

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^[87]

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

Forum

2012 Texas's 15th congressional district candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Rubén Hinojosa	Dale Brueggemann
1	Oct. 23, 2012	KURV KVEO-TV Rio Grande Guardian	Sergio Sanchez Steve Taylor Ryan Wolf	[88][a]	P	P

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

• Beto O'Rourke, former El Paso city council member^[89]

Eliminated in primary

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[90]

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

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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

• Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• The Austin Chronicle^[52]

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

• Sheila Jackson Lee, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• National Republican Congressional Committee "On the Radar" Program^[81]

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.^[91]

Candidates

Nominee

• Randy Neugebauer, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Chris Winn, former chair of Lubbock County Republican Party

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

• Richard Peterson, professor emeritus at Texas Tech University

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

• Joaquín Castro, state representative^[92]

Withdrawn

• Ezra Johnson, attorney

Declined

• Charlie Gonzalez, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program^[83]

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

• Lamar Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona
• Richard Morgan, software developer^[93]

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^[94]

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

• The Austin Chronicle^[52]

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

2012 Texas's 22nd congressional district election

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Nominee Pete Olson Kesha Rogers Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,668 80,203 Percentage 68.9% 31.1%

County results Olson:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Pete Olson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Pete Olson Republican

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Pete Olson, incumbent U.S. Representative^[31]

Eliminated in primary

• Barbara Carlson, conservative newspaper columnist^[95]

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

• Kesha Rogers, LaRouche movement activist and nominee for this seat in 2010^[96][33]

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,^[97] which included impeaching President Obama and colonizing outer space.^[98] She was frequently seen on the campaign trail singing, "Twenty-fifth Amendment now--he is nuts! Obama is nuts!"^[99] referring to LaRouche's call to have Obama removed from office on the grounds of insanity.^[100]

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

• Quico Canseco, incumbent U.S. Representative

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;^[101] however, in November 2011, he announced he would instead run in the new 35th district,^[102] and later said he would run in whichever district contained his home (which transpired to be the 22nd).^[103]

Candidates

Nominee

• Pete Gallego, state representative^[104]

Eliminated in primary

• John Bustamante, lawyer and the son of former U.S. Representative Albert Bustamante^[101]
• Ciro Rodriguez, former U.S. Representative

Declined

• Manny Pelaez, employment law attorney and trustee of VIA Metropolitan Transit^[104]

Results

Gallego won the primary run-off against Rodriguez.^[105]

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

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Patriot" Program^[106]

Pete Gallego (D)

Organizations

• Blue Dog Coalition^[82]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[83]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Quico Canseco (R)	Pete Gallego (D)	Other	Undecided
OnMessage (R-Canseco)[107]	September 23–25, 2012	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	47%	37%	8%	8%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-LCV)/Sierra Club)[108]	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

• Kenny Marchant, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Grant Stinchfield, former television reporter for KXAS-TV^[109]

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.^[110]

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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;^[111] however, the November 2011 interim map would allow him to instead run in the 25th district.^[112] 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

• Roger Williams, former Secretary of State of Texas

Eliminated in primary

• Ernie Beltz Jr., former federal agency program manager, former business owner, and ex-marine^[113]
• Bill Burch, thead of the Grass Roots Institute of Texas^[114]
• Dianne Costa, former mayor of Highland Village^[115]
• James Dillon
• Dave Garrison, former Halliburton and USAA executive^[116]
• Justin Hewlett, Mayor of Cleburne^[117]
• Charles Holcomb, U.S. Air Force reservist
• Brian Matthews, businessman^[109]
• Wes Riddle, businessman^[118]
• Chad Wilbanks, former executive director of the Texas Republican Party;^[109]
• Michael Williams, former Railroad Commissioner^[116][119]

Withdrawn

• Ralph Pruyn, businessman^[109]

Declined

• Donna Campbell, ophthalmologist and nominee for this seat in 2010^[120]
• Jason Isaac, state representative^[121]
• Sid Miller, state representative^[109]

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

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program^[81]

Elaine Henderson (D)

Newspapers

• The Austin Chronicle^[52]

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

• Michael Burgess, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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.^[122]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Blake Farenthold, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• John Grunwald, accountant
• Don Al Middlebrook, business owner
• Trey Roberts, attorney

Declined

• Todd Hunter, state representatives^[123]
• Raul Torres, state representatives

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

• Rose Meza Harrison, former chair of the Nueces County Democratic Party^[124]

Eliminated in primary

• Murphy Alade Junaid
• Ronnie McDonald, former judge for the Bastrop County Court^[125]
• Jerry Trevino, attorney and business owner

Declined

• Solomon Ortiz, former U.S. Representative^[126]
• Filemon Vela Jr., attorney (running in the 34th)^[127]

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.^[128] 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

• Henry Cuellar, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Patrick Hisel, physician,^[129] nominee for the 12th District in 2010

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Michael D. Cary

General election

Endorsements

Henry Cuellar (D)

Organizations

• Blue Dog Coalition^[130]

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

• Gene Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

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 Republicans 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

• Eddie Bernice Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Barbara Mallory Caraway, state representative^[131]
• Taj Clayton, lawyer^[132]

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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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

• John Carter, incumbent U.S. Representative

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

• Pete Sessions, incumbent U.S. Representative

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^[133]

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^[134]

General election

Endorsements

Pete Sessions (R)

Newspapers

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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 includes 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

• Marc Veasey, state representative^[135][136]

Eliminated in primary

• David Alameel, dentist and businessman^[137]
• Chrysta Castañeda, attorney
• Domingo García, former state representative^[138]
• Kathleen Hicks, Fort Worth City Council member^[135]
• J.R. Molina, attorney
• Carlos Quintanilla, business owner and activist
• Jason Roberts, founder of the National Better Block^[139]
• Steve Salazar, former Dallas City Council member^[140]
• Kyev Tatum, community activist and head of the Tarrant County chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Manuel Valdez, justice of the peace

Withdrawn

• David De La Paz, businessman^[141]

Declined

• Art Brender, attorney and former chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party^[135]

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.^[141] 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 Roger Williams and Michael Williams both switched to the 25th.^[119]

Candidates

Nominee

• Chuck Bradley, retired businessman^[109][141]

Eliminated in primary

• Charles King, SMU graduate and car wash manager

Withdrawn

• Al Lee, retired systems consultant^[141]
• 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

• Dallas Morning News^[37]

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

2012 Texas's 34th congressional district election

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Nominee Filemon Vela Jr. Jessica Puente Bradshaw Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 89,606 52,448 Percentage 61.9% 36.2%

County results Vela:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Bradshaw:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election (None) New District Elected U.S. Representative Filemon Vela Jr. Democratic

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

• Filemon Vela Jr., attorney

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 district director for Rubén Hinojosa
• 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.^[142]

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.^[142]

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

Forum

2012 Texas's 34th congressional district candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Filemon Vela Jr.	Jessica Bradshaw
1	Oct. 23, 2012	KURV KVEO-TV Rio Grande Guardian	Sergio Sanchez Steve Taylor Ryan Wolf	[88][a]	P	P

Endorsements

Filemon Vela Jr. (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program^[83]

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.^[143]

Democratic U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, who had represented Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election in the 35th district.^[112]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lloyd Doggett, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Maria Luisa Alvarado, retired United States Air Force master sergeant and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006^[144]
• Sylvia Romo, Bexar County tax collector^[103]

Withdrawn

• Patrick Shearer

Declined

• Joaquín Castro, state representative^[112] (running in the 20th district)^[92]
• Richard Perez, former San Antonio City Council member^[145]
• Ciro Rodriguez, former U.S. Representative^[102][103]

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

• Susan Narvaiz, former mayor of San Marcos^[146]

Eliminated in primary

• Rob Roark, conservative activist
• John Yoggerst^[147]

Results

In the Republican primary, conducted May 29, 2012, Narvaiz won and avoided a runoff by obtaining 51.78% of the votes cast.^[148]

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

• The Austin Chronicle^[52]

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

2012 Texas's 36th congressional district election

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Nominee Steve Stockman Max Martin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 165,405 62,143 Percentage 70.7% 26.6%

County results Stockman:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election (None) New District Elected U.S. Representative Steve Stockman Republican

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

• Steve Stockman, former U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Keith Casey
• Jerry Doyle
• Jim Engstrand, U.S. Army Reserve colonel and small business owner^[149]
• Ky Griffin, funeral director and small business owner^[150]
• Mike Jackson, state senator^[151]
• Charles Meyer, attorney
• Kim Morrell, former Seabrook City Council member and small business owner^[152]
• Lois Dickson Myers, real estate broker
• Stephen Takach, financial advisor
• Daniel Whitton
• Tim Wintill

Declined

• Brian Babin, dentist and nominee for the 2nd district in 1996 and 1998^[153]
• Travis Bryan, precinct chair and former Texas State Guard soldier^[154]
• John Manlove, Mayor of Pasadena^[71][155]
• James White, state representative^[71]

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

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program^[81]

Max Martin (D)

Newspapers

• Houston Chronicle^[84]

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)

Notes

1. Video contains both debates. The 34th district debate starts at 31:04