2010 Texas Senate election

none September 2023 2010 Texas Senate election 22.71% Texas Democratic Party 12 4 12 591,423 17.43% TxSen2010Results.svg Senate results by district#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold#D3D3D3 No election President Pro Tempore Republican Republican 16.98% Texas legislative 2008 Texas Senate election 2008 2012 Texas Senate election 2012 16 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 4, 2010 70.65% Republican Party of Texas 19 19 1,839,653 no Libertarian 0 0 172,017 6.61% 0.42% The 2010 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 State Senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 82nd Texas Legislature. State senators typically serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate, but all Senators come up for election in the cycles following each decennial redistricting. As such, all of the seats up for this election were for two-year terms, with senators up for re-election in the following 2012 Texas State Senate elections. Following the 2008 Texas Senate election, the Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate with nineteen members to the Democrats' twelve. To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to gain four seats. In the end, no seats changed hands. Background The Republican Party had held the State Senate since the 1996 elections. Predictions SourceRankingAs of GoverningJacobson Louis November 1, 2010 Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/2010-state-legislatures.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101205220201/http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/2010-state-legislatures.html December 5, 2010 July 14, 2024 Governing | Safe R November 1, 2010 Summary of race results +Summary of the November 2, 2010 Texas Senate election resultsFile:Texas_State_Senate_2012.svgPartyCandidatesVotesSeatsNo. Number %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–Republican161,839,65370.6519111119Democratic8591,42322.71125512Libertarian8172,0176.610000Write-in18850.030000Total2,603,976100.003131Source:https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist154_state.htm 2021-12-30 elections.sos.state.tx.us Office of the Secretary of State Race Summary Report 2010 General Election Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 70.65 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 22.71 Libertarian Libertarian Party (United States) 6.61 Write-in Write-in 0.03 Senate seats won #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 61.29 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 38.71 Close races DistrictWinnerMarginDistrict 19Democratic7.06% Summary of results by State Senate district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 1 - -140,273100.00% - -140,273100.00%Republican holdDistrict 253,56633.62%105,77966.38% - -159,345100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3 - -153,90688.90%19,21111.10%173,117100.00%Republican holdDistrict 558,52528.73%145,17071.27% - -203,695100.00%Republican holdDistrict 7 - -184,70486.41%29,04813.59%213,752100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8 - -136,36984.02%25,93515.98%162,304100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12 - -148,59286.15%23,89413.85%172,486100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13113,15578.17%31,59621.83% - -144,751100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14115,94960.73%68,10035.67%6,8843.61%190,933100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1577,09659.28%52,95940.72% - -130,055100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 17 - -112,59583.16%22,80216.84%135,397100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1861,34529.57%146,08770.43% - -207,432100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1961,32752.14%53,02445.08%3,2692.78%117,620100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 22 - -134,231100.00% - -134,231100.00%Republican holdDistrict 25 - -192,96582.18%41,85717.82%234,822100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2950,46060.24%33,30339.76% - -83,763100.00%Democratic holdTotal591,42322.71%1,839,65370.65%172,9006.64%2,603,976100.00%Source: Notable races District 22: In March 2010, after winning the Republican primary for his seat, Senator Kip Averitt announced that he would step down from his seat in the Texas Senate.DEMOCRAT Greg WebbWEATHERFORD Republican Sen. Kip Averitt to resign https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/archives/republican-sen-kip-averitt-to-resign/article_37da0aa0-2c00-5c0c-877f-f6b77813a175.html 2021-12-30 Weatherford Democrat en This triggered a special election which took place on May 8, 2010. No candidate won 50% of the vote, so the top two vote winners advanced to a runoff held on June 22, 2010.https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist152_state.htm 2021-12-30 elections.sos.state.tx.us Office of the Secretary of State Race Summary Report 2010 May Special Election 2010-05-08 Averitt backed former state Senator David Sibley, but Brian Birdwell won the election.https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist153_state.htm 2021-12-30 elections.sos.state.tx.us Office of the Secretary of State Race Summary Report Special Runoff Election State Senate District 22 2010-06-22 As he had won the March primary, Averitt's name was still set to be on the ballot in November, but he withdrew his name shortly after Birdwell's victory.Hamilton Reeve 2010-06-23 TribBlog: Averitt's Out https://www.texastribune.org/2010/06/23/kip-averitt-will-withdraw-name-from-ballot/ 2021-12-30 The Texas Tribune en As the incumbent Senator, Birdwell's name was placed on the ballot in Averitt's place, and he won the general election unopposed.Texas's 22nd state senate district special electionRepublican Party (United States) David Sibley 13,423 44.97%Republican Party (United States) Brian Birdwell 10,900 36.51%Gayle R. Avant Democratic Party (United States) 3,968 13.29%Darren Yancy Republican Party (United States) 1,560 5.23% 29,851 100.00% Texas's 22nd state senate district special election runoff Brian Birdwell Republican Party (United States) 14,218 57.90% David Sibley Republican Party (United States) 10,339 42.10% 24,557 100.00% Republican Party (United States) References state senate Texas Senate Category:Texas Senate elections