2012 Texas House of Representatives election

none July 2026 September 2023 2012 Texas House of Representatives election 51 48 27 55 2,272,530 62.37% 7 33.45% 1.93% 2.19% File:CraigEiland.jpg 150x150px Craig Eiland Democratic Party (United States) January 9, 2007 23rd 320px#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold#0571B0 Democratic gain Results by seat gains 320pxRepublican: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 ≥90% Democratic: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 ≥90% Results by vote share 1 January 13, 2009 2014 Texas House of Representatives election 2014 All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 November 6, 2012 4,237,987 Texas File:Joe Straus voting (cropped).jpg Joe Straus 121st Republican Party (United States) 99 102 95 7 legislative no 2010 Texas House of Representatives election 2010 The 2012 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 83rd Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. State representatives serve for two-year terms. At the beginning of the Eighty-second Texas Legislature following the 2010 Texas State House of Representatives elections, the Democrats held 49 seats to the Republicans' 101. As of 2022, this is the last time Democrats won a state house seat in Chambers or Galveston county. This is also the first time a Republican has ever won a state house seat in Jefferson County (although the incumbent was a former Democrat who switched parties after winning re-election in 2010).Legislative Reference Library Legislators and Leaders Texas Legislators: Past & Present https://lrl.texas.gov/legeLeaders/members/lrlhome.cfm;jsessionid=2341BFC03545F700CC0B8A03A9BC95F0.cfusion?CFID=65587171&CFTOKEN=59527074 2022-02-24 lrl.texas.govRamsey Ross 2010-12-12 TribBlog: Ritter Confirms He's Switching Parties https://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/11/allan-ritter-confirms-hes-switching-parties/ 2022-02-24 The Texas Tribune en Redistricting Following the 2010 United States census, the Texas Legislature underwent its decennial redistricting. Due to Texas's shifting population from rural and urban areas to suburban areas, many rural representatives became vulnerable to having their districts moved across the state. Although Republicans had ousted almost every Democrat representing rural Texas in the 2010 elections, those gains were temporary, as many of the regions they won had lost population over the last decade. As such, it was seen as unlikely that Republicans would be able to draw maps that would allow them to maintain their supermajority in the chamber after the 2012 elections, despite their full control over the redistricting process.Ramsey Ross 2011-03-03 Numbers Tell Tale of Who's Vulnerable in Redistricting https://www.texastribune.org/2011/03/03/numbers-tell-tale-of-whos-vulnerable-redistricting/ 2023-06-29 The Texas Tribune en Texas House of Representatives districts follow the "county line rule," effectively granting individual counties delegations of state house seats based on their population.Legal Requirements https://redistricting.capitol.texas.gov/reqs#house-section 2022-01-16 redistricting.capitol.texas.gov The census found that Texas had a population of 25,145,561 in 2010,2010-12-25 Resident Population Data - 2010 Census http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 2022-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031104/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 25 December 2010 dead giving each district an "ideal population" of 167,637 people. In 2000, the "ideal population for a district" was 139,006 people. Counties with at least this number of people must fully contain at least one state house district. Counties with sufficient population for two or more districts must be divided into that number of districts. Should a county have sufficient population for one or more district plus a fraction of another, one district from another county may extend into it to represent the remaining population. District delegations for counties with at least one district changed as follows following the 2010 Census:History https://redistricting.capitol.texas.gov/history#maps-section 2022-01-16 redistricting.capitol.texas.gov County2000 pop.County Intercensal Tables: 2000-2010 https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/intercensal-2000-2010-counties.html 2022-01-16 Census.govSeats Partial2010 pop.SeatsPartial+/– W+/– PBell County238,0001Yes310,2351YesBexar County1,393,03510No1,714,77310NoBrazoria County241,8051Yes313,1661YesBrazos County152,4361Yes194,8511YesCameron County334,8842Yes406,2202YesCollin County491,2723Yes782,3414Yes1Dallas County2,216,80816No2,368,13914No2Denton County433,0653No662,6144No1El Paso County679,5685No800,6475NoFort Bend County354,2862Yes585,3753Yes1Galveston County250,1781Yes291,3091YesHarris County3,401,13925No4,092,45924No1Hidalgo County569,0994No774,7694YesJefferson County251,9681Yes252,2731YesLubbock County242,6441Yes278,8311YesMcLennan County213,5251Yes234,9061YesMontgomery County293,7792Yes455,7462YesNueces County313,5122Yes340,2232NoSmith County174,8611Yes209,7141YesTarrant County1,449,29010No1,809,03411No1Travis County811,7766No1,024,2666NoWebb County193,1241Yes250,3041YesWilliamson County250,4661Yes422,6792Yes1 As a result of these changes, the following districts drastically moved: District 33 moved from Nueces County to Collin County. District 35 moved from South Texas to Hidalgo County. District 85 moved from West Texas to Fort Bend County. District 101 moved from Dallas County to Tarrant County. District 106 moved from Dallas County to Denton County. District 136 moved from Harris County to Williamson County. Predictions Despite the rising Latino vote's potential to help the Democratic party and the falling approval ratings of Republican governor Rick Perry, analysts did not expect these to be enough to make the chamber remotely competitive. SourceRankingAs ofGoverningDaigneau Elizabeth Jacobson Louis 2012-10-23 The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-latest-chamber-by-chamber-analysis-2012-state-legislative-elections.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210224195701/https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-latest-chamber-by-chamber-analysis-2012-state-legislative-elections.html February 24, 2021 2024-07-13 Governing enSafe ROct. 24, 2012 Results Statewide +Summary of the November 6, 2012 Texas House of Representatives election resultscenterPartyCandi-datesVotes %Seats+/–Republican Party1174,237,98762.37%957Democratic Party862,272,53033.45%557Libertarian Party38230,0083.9%0–Green Party1353,1890.78%0–Write-in17150.01%0–Total6,794,519100.00%150– Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 62.37 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 33.45 Libertarian Libertarian Party (United States) 3.39 Green Green Party (United States) 0.78 Write-in Write-in 0.01House seats won #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 63.33 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 36.67 Close races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:# red District 107, 1.68% red District 105, 1.81% red District 43, 3.10% blue District 144, 6.53% (gain) blue District 117, 7.64% (gain) blue District 78, 7.66% (gain) blue District 23, 7.86% red District 114, 8.30% red District 134, 9.28% 25em Notable races District 43: Representative J.M. Lozano (D-Kingsville) was re-elected as a Democrat in 2010 with 77.90% of the vote. On March 5, 2012, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican.Aguilar Julián 2012-03-05 Rep. J.M. Lozano Says He Plans to Switch to GOP en The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/2012/03/05/rep-lozano-confirms-he-plans-switch-parties/ 2022-01-16 He would later go on to narrowly win re-election in 2012 with 51.55% of the vote. Texas's 43rd state house district election J.M. Lozano Republican Party (United States) 24,074 51.55% Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles Democratic Party (United States) 22.629 48.45% 46,703 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Results by district DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 1 - -42,08082.64%8,83917.36%50,919100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2 - -46,025100.00% - -46,025100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3 - -46,383100.00% - -46,383100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4 - -44,181100.00% - -44,181100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5 - -46,204100.00% - -46,204100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6 - -42,49988.76%5,38011.24%47,879100.00%Republican holdDistrict 7 - -41,727100.00% - -41,727100.00%Republican holdDistrict 813,33927.04%35,99672.96% - -49,335100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9 - -49,02798.56%7151.44%49,742100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - -46,051100.00% - -46,051100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11 - -40,962100.00% - -40,962100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1221,79343.11%28,76256.89% - -50,555100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13 - -53,503100.00% - -53,503100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1414,61436.22%24,26960.15%1,4633.63%40,346100.00%Republican holdDistrict 15 - -57,52086.64%8,87213.36%66,392100.00%Republican holdDistrict 16 - -46,983100.00% - -46,983100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1718,83737.76%31,05562.24% - -49,982100.00%Republican holdDistrict 18 - -38,703100.00% - -38,703100.00%Republican holdDistrict 19 - -51,674100.00% - -51,674100.00%Republican holdDistrict 20 - -51,554100.00% - -51,554100.00%Republican holdDistrict 21 - -51,104100.00% - -51,104100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2240,467100.00% - - - -40,467100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2330,42353.93%25,98746.07% - -56,410100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2417,56526.72%48,17773.28% - -65,742100.00%Republican holdDistrict 25 - -41,421100.00% - -41,421100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2622,66237.03%38,54162.97% - -61,203100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2742,30468.96%18,11929.54%9201.50%61,343100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 28 - -44,932100.00% - -44,932100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2921,38834.48%40,64265.52% - -62,030100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3017,75031.67%38,30468.33% - -56,054100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3127,85666.29%14,16333.71% - -42,019100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 32 - -35,094100.00% - -35,094100.00%Republican holdDistrict 33 - -50,63185.34%8,70114.66%59,332100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3425,48257.17%19,08842.83% - -44,570100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 3522,329100.00% - - - -22,329100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 3623,385100.00% - - - -23,385100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3722,076100.00% - - - -22,076100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3822,40870.76%7,98425.21%1,2744.02%31,666100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3923,90977.64%6,88622.36% - -30,795100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4020,513100.00% - - - -20,513100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 4120,96361.73%12,99838.27% - -33,961100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4230,018100.00% - - - -30,018100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4322,62948.45%24,07451.55% - -46,703100.00%Republican holdDistrict 44 - -49,930100.00% - -49,930100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4526,55742.39%33,60453.63%2,4953.98%62,656100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4635,56086.45% - -5,57213.55%41,132100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4731,29436.93%49,22058.09%4,2164.98%84,730100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4846,51259.20%27,92235.54%4,1345.26%78,568100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4950,97382.73% - -10,64017.27%61,613100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5041,035100.00% - - - -41,035100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5132,87888.17% - -4,41111.83%37,289100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 52 - -31,99170.28%13,52629.72%45,517100.00%Republican holdDistrict 53 -53,539100.00% - -53,539100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5419,87942.49%26,91057.51% - -46,789100.00%Republican holdDistrict 55 - -32,153100.00% - -32,153100.00%Republican holdDistrict 56 - -38,52879.47%9,95420.53%48,482100.00%Republican holdDistrict 57 - -43,042100.00% - -43,042100.00%Republican holdDistrict 58 - -45,861100.00% - -45,861100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5910,21221.77%36,70678.23% - -46,918100.00%Republican holdDistrict 60 - -55,404100.00% - -55,404100.00%Republican holdDistrict 61 - -55,73788.91%6,95411.09%62,691100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6212,92824.32%40,21975.68% -53,147100.00%Republican holdDistrict 63 - -51,50085.31%8,86514.69%60,365100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6419,27534.39%34,24561.10%2,5264.51%56,046100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6520,48138.58%31,38659.12%1,2242.31%53,091100.00%Republican holdDistrict 66 - -42,012100.00% -42,012100.00%Republican holdDistrict 67 - -42,594100.00% - -42,594100.00%Republican holdDistrict 68 - -39,191100.00% - -39,191100.00%Republican holdDistrict 69 - -38,98087.06%5,79512.94%44,775100.00%Republican holdDistrict 70 - -46,997100.00% - -46,997100.00%Republican holdDistrict 71 - -44,271100.00% - -44,271100.00%Republican holdDistrict 72 - -43,886100.00% - -43,886100.00%Republican holdDistrict 73 - -64,02988.20%8,56511.80%72,594100.00%Republican holdDistrict 7422,66660.38%14,87039.62% -37,536100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7519,789100.00% - - - -19,789100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7627,050100.00% - - - -27,050100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7724,180100.00% - - - -24,180100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7822,65053.83%19,43046.17% - -42,080100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 7927,832100.00% - - - -27,832100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 8029,963100.00% - - - -29,963100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 81 - -34,154100.00% - -34,154100.00%Republican holdDistrict 82 - -42,572100.00% - -42,572100.00%Republican holdDistrict 83 - -49,332100.00% - -49,332100.00%Republican holdDistrict 84 - -33,17982.58%6,99917.42%40,178100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8520,43541.65%28,62658.35% - -49,061100.00%Republican holdDistrict 86 - -53,287100.00% - -53,287100.00%Republican holdDistrict 879,56722.71%32,56477.29% - -42,131100.00%Republican holdDistrict 88 - -39,941100.00% - -39,941100.00%Republican holdDistrict 89 - -46,621100.00% - -46,621100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9017,597100.00% - - - -17,597100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 91 - -40,058100.00% - -40,058100.00%Republican holdDistrict 92 - -37,08480.67%8,88419.33%45,968100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9318,79737.52%29,52758.95%1,7683.53%50,092100.00%Republican holdDistrict 94 - -42,20882.21%9,13317.79%51,341100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9537,59477.36%11,00422.64% - -48,598100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 96 - -36,94080.53%8,93119.47%45,871100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9724,15937.65%38,13959.43%1,8732.92%64,171100.00%Republican holdDistrict 98 - -57,53985.58%9,69414.42%67,233100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9916,76330.21%36,71566.17%2,0093.62%55,487100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10034,965100.00% - - - -34,965100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 10128,94387.90% - -3,98412.10%32,927100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 10222,73642.87%30,30357.13% - -53,039100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10322,287100.00% - - - -22,287100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 10422,544100.00% - - - -22,544100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 10520,92348.26%21,70550.07%7251.67%43,353100.00%Republican holdDistrict 106 - -41,78583.17%8,45516.83%50,240100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10725,01849.16%25,86850.84% - -50,886100.00%Republican holdDistrict 108 - -43,67579.69%11,13320.31%54,808100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10953,98293.59% - -3,7006.41%57,682100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11033,972100.00% - - - -33,972100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11147,498100.00% - - - -47,498100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 112 - -32,515100.00% - -32,515100.00%Republican holdDistrict 113 - -28,72780.94%6,76319.06%35,490100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11428,76245.85%33,97054.15% - -62,732100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11521,78441.43%29,08255.31%1,7113.25%52,577100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11631,006100.00% - - - -31,006100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11722,39753.82%19,21446.18% - -41,611100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 11823,99259.85%16,09540.15% - -40,087100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11925,13061.89%15,47338.11% - -40,603100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12033,75687.89% - -4,65112.11%38,407100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 121 - -50,53080.24%12,44419.76%62,974100.00%Republican holdDistrict 122 - -66,679100.00% - -66,679100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12332,95887.52% - -4,70012.48%37,658100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12431,91584.93% - -5,66115.07%37,576100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12528,85761.19%17,50137.11%7991.69%47,157100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 126 - -40,311100.00% - -40,311100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12719,43529.79%45,81370.21% - -65,248100.00%Republican holdDistrict 128 - -42,682100.00% - -42,682100.00%Republican holdDistrict 129 - -46,438100.00% - -46,438100.00%Republican holdDistrict 130 - -54,59690.15%5,9679.85%60,563100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13136,76594.50% - -2,1395.50%38,904100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 132 - -33,59280.69%8,03719.31%41,629100.00%Republican holdDistrict 133 - -52,05084.97%9,21015.03%61,260100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13436,48045.36%43,94454.64% - -80,424100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13521,03039.64%32,02360.36% - -53,053100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13624,85140.72%32,38353.06%3,8026.23%61,036100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13715,83265.76%8,24534.24% - -24,077100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 138 - -29,64580.45%7,20219.55%36,847100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13939,02277.08%11,60422.92% - -50,626100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14018,320100.00% - - - -18,320100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14133,18087.85%4,58712.15% - -37,767100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14234,010100.00% - - - -34,010100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14321,86972.94%8,11227.06% - -29,981100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14412,44652.07%10,88545.54%5732.40%23,904100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 14520,892100.00% - - - -20,892100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14640,724100.00% - - - -40,724100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14743,58992.21% - -3,6837.79%47,272100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14825,96485.96% - -4,24114.04%30,205100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14926,01761.12%16,55138.88% - -42,568100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 15019,34330.32%44,45469.68% - -63,797100.00%Republican holdTotal2,272,53033.45%4,237,98762.37%283,9124.18%6,794,253100.00%Source:Race Summary Report – 2012 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist164_state.htm live 2022-01-15 elections.sos.state.tx.us https://web.archive.org/web/20150217215221/http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist164_state.htm 2015-02-17 References House of Representatives Category:Texas House of Representatives elections Texas House