2010 Texas elections

none February 2026 September 2023 2010 11 02 2010 Texas elections Texas no 2008 Texas elections 2008 2012 Texas elections 2012 Elections were held in Texas on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on March 2, 2010. The Republican Party continued its dominance over Texas politics, maintaining control of all statewide offices and increasing its majorities in both chambers of the Texas Legislature. The GOP also picked up control of three additional seats in the United States House of Representatives. Federal United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2010 United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 All 32 Texas seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. State Governor Texas gubernatorial election, 2010 United States gubernatorial elections, 2010 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010 Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran for re-election against Democratic challenger and former mayor of Houston Bill White and several third-party candidates, and won. Lieutenant governor Former Texas State Senate President,David Dewhurst https://ballotpedia.org/David_Dewhurst 2026-07-20 Ballotpedia enIncumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ran for re-election and won. 300px|thumb|Results by county Dewhurst: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 90–100% Chavez-Thompson: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% Attorney general 2010 Texas Attorney General election Incumbent Republican Greg Abbott ran for re-election as Texas Attorney General against Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Libertarian candidate Jon Roland, and won. Commissioner of Agriculture Incumbent Republican Commissioner Todd Staples successfully ran for re-election to a second term. Republican primary Candidates Todd Staples, incumbent commissioner of agriculture Results Republican primary results2010 Republican Party Primary Election - Race Summary Report https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist148_state.htm Office of Texas Secretary of State February 8, 2024 August 15, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230815163652/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist148_state.htm live Todd Staples (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 1,110,353 100.00% 1,110,353 100.0% Democratic primary Candidates Hank Gilbert, cattle rancher, nominee for the same office in 2006https://www.politifact.com/personalities/hank-gilbert/ 7 February 2024 PolitiFact | Hank Gilbert February 8, 2024 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208025806/https://www.politifact.com/personalities/hank-gilbert/ live Kinky Friedman, musician, novelist, and candidate for governor in 2006https://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/14/kinky-friedman-drops-bid-for-texas-governor/ Texas Tribune 7 February 2024 Kinky Exits Governor's Race February 8, 2024 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208025807/https://www.texastribune.org/2009/12/14/kinky-friedman-drops-bid-for-texas-governor/ live thumb|261x261px|Results of the 2010 Agricultural Commissioner Democratic Primary by County County Results Gilbert: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #0D0596 100% Friedman: #5FD35F 50–60% #37C837 60–70% Results Democratic primary results2010 Democratic Party Primary Election - Race Summary Report https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist149_state.htm Office of Texas Secretary of State February 8, 2024 February 8, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208025807/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist149_state.htm live Hank Gilbert Democratic Party (United States) 311,087 52.31% Kinky Friedman Democratic Party (United States) 283,614 47.69% 594,701 100.0% General election Results 2010 Texas agricultural commissioner election2010 General Election - Race Summary Report https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist154_state.htm Office of Texas Secretary of State June 9, 2026 May 16, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260516032839/https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist154_state.htm live Todd Staples (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 2,953,775 60.82% Hank Gilbert Democratic Party (United States) 1,738,456 35.80% Rick Donaldson Libertarian Party (United States) 164,035 3.38% 4,856,266 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 300px|thumb|Results by county Staples: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 90–100% Gilbert: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% Comptroller of Public Accounts 300px|thumb|Comptroller general results by county Combs: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 90–100% June 2026 Land Commissioner 2010 Texas Land Commissioner electionhttps://elections.texastribune.org/texas-election-results/texas-2010-election-general/5322/ Texas presidential no 2006 Texas elections#Commissioner of the General Land Office 2006 2014 Texas elections#Commissioner of the General Land Office 2014 File:Jerry E. Patterson.jpg x150px Jerry E. Patterson Republican Party of Texas 3,001,736 61.6% Hector Uribe (cropped).jpg Hector Uribe Texas Democratic Party 1,717,518 35.2% File:2010 Texas land commissioner election results map by county.svg 310px County resultsPatterson: #FFB2B2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Uribe: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% Land Commissioner Jerry E. Patterson Republican Party of Texas Jerry E. Patterson Republican Party of Texas Railroad Commissioner 2010 Texas Railroad Commissioner election Texas presidential no 2008 Texas Railroad Commissioner election 2008 November 4, 2008 2012 Texas Railroad Commissioner election 2012 2004 Texas Railroad Commissioner election 2004 2016 Texas Railroad Commissioner election 2016 David J. Porter.jpg David J. Porter Republican Party of Texas 2,880,765 59.41 3x4.svg Jeff Weems Texas Democratic Party 1,757,183 36.24 2010 Texas railroad commissioner election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsPorter: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Weems: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Railroad Commissioner Victor G. Carrillo Republican Party of Texas David J. Porter Republican Party of Texas Incumbent commissioner Victor G. Carrillo lost the Republican primary to David J. Porter, who defeated Democratic candidate Jeff Weems in the general election. 2010 Texas Railroad Commissioner election David J. Porter Republican Party (United States) 2,880,765 59.41 Jeff Weems Democratic Party (United States) 1,757,183 36.24 Roger Gary Libertarian Party (United States) 138,978 2.87 Art Browning Green Party (United States) 72,291 1.49 4,849,217 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Legislative elections 2010 Texas Senate election 2010 Texas House of Representatives election Eighty-second Texas Legislature Texas House of Representatives All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The GOP captured 99 seats (a record), including 22 that were held by Democrats after the 2008 Texas House of Representatives election. This left the Democrats with 51 seats. Edmund Kuempel, the incumbent GOP candidate for District 44 seat, subsequently died; the seat was filled by special election on December 14 and won by his son, John, also a Republican. Also on December 14, two Democrats (Allan Ritter and Aaron Peña) announced they were switching parties and joining the Republicans, thus giving the GOP 101 seats, and a 2/3 majority in the House, giving them considerable leverage.Ramsey Ross 2010-12-12 TribBlog: Ritter Confirms He's Switching Parties https://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/11/allan-ritter-confirms-hes-switching-parties/ 2021-12-30 The Texas Tribune en December 30, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211230062521/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/11/allan-ritter-confirms-hes-switching-parties/ liveHamilton Reeve 2010-12-14 TribBlog: Peña on Party Switching https://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/14/aaron-pea-explains-decision-to-join-gop-party/ 2022-01-15 The Texas Tribune en January 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220115005021/https://www.texastribune.org/2010/12/14/aaron-pea-explains-decision-to-join-gop-party/ live Under Texas law, any bill which passes with 2/3 of both legislative chambers can become effective immediately upon the governor's signature (otherwise a bill does not become effective until September 1, the start of Texas' fiscal year). This also meant that the Democrats could not quorum bust, or deprive the House of the 2/3 of members required for operation.THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.3.htm 2022-01-15 statutes.capitol.texas.gov AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocraticVacant Beginning of the 81st legislature76741500 Before 2010 elections7772 1491Voting share 77 15072 150 After 2010 elections9951 1500Beginning of the 82nd legislature101491500Voting share 101 15049 150 Texas Senate Approximately half of the 31 seats of the Texas Senate were up for election in 2010. AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalRepublicanDemocraticVacant Before 2010 elections1912 310Voting share 19 3112 31 After 2010 elections1912 310Voting share19 3112 31 Judicial positions Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010, including three justices on the Texas Supreme Court. Texas judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia Candidates for Dallas County Court Criminal Court No. 8 were: Deandra Grant (Republican)Deandra Grant Ballotpedia 2025-09-10 https://ballotpedia.org/Deandra_Grant 2025-09-11 Tina Yoo (Democrat; currently known as Tina Yoo Clinton)Tina Yoo Clinton Ballotpedia 2024-11-05 https://ballotpedia.org/Tina_Yoo_Clinton 2025-09-11 Ballot measures There are no statewide ballot measures in Texas in 2010. Local Many elections for county and city offices were also held on November 2, 2010. References External links Elections Division of the Texas Secretary of State Texas Candidate List at Imagine Election - Search for candidates by address or zip code Texas Congressional Races in 2010 for campaign finance data for federal races from OpenSecrets Texas State Races in 2010 campaign finance data for state races from Follow the Money Texas