2008 United States Senate election in Texas

none March 2026 December 2017 2008 United States Senate election in Texas Texas presidential no 2002 United States Senate election in Texas 2002 2014 United States Senate election in Texas 2014 November 4, 2008 150x150px File:John Cornyn official portrait, 2009 (cropped).jpg John Cornyn Republican Party (United States) 4,337,469 54.82% File:NORIEGA (cropped).jpg Rick Noriega Democratic Party (United States) 3,389,365 42.84% 2008 United States Senate election in Texas results map by county.svg 310px County results Cornyn: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Noriega: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% U.S. Senator John Cornyn Republican Party (United States) John Cornyn Republican Party (United States) The 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican John Cornyn defeated Democratic nominee Rick Noriega, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, to win election to a second term. Cornyn increased his margin from 2002 in 2008 by 0.01%, a minuscule shift right. Republican primary Candidates John Cornyn, incumbent U.S. senator Larry Kilgore, conservative/Secessionist activist Results Republican primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=294946 Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - R Primary Race - Mar 04, 2008 www.ourcampaigns.com 19 December 2022 Republican Party (United States) John Cornyn (incumbent) 997,216 81.48% +4.17% Republican Party (United States) Larry Kilgore 226,649 18.52% +0.00% 1,223,865 100.00% Democratic primary thumb|300x300px|Democratic primary results by county: Noreiga #DFEEFF 20–30% #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #1e1dbe 80–90% Kelly #FFF5CC 20–30% #FFEEAA 30–40% #FFE680 40–50% #FFDC43 50–60% #ffd005 60–70% McCurrey #AAE5AA 30–40% Tie #666666 Tie Candidates Gene Kelly, U.S. Air Force veteran and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2000 Ray McMurrey, teacher at Mary Carroll High School Rick Noriega, state representative Rhett Smith, U.S. Navy veteran and auditor at the Texas Department of Human Services Results Democratic primaryhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=294945 Our Campaigns - TX US Senate - D Primary Race - Mar 04, 2008 www.ourcampaigns.com 19 December 2022 Democratic Party (United States) Rick Noriega 1,110,579 51.01% Democratic Party (United States) Gene Kelly 584,966 26.87% Democratic Party (United States) Ray McMurrey 269,402 12.37% Democratic Party (United States) Rhett Smith 213,305 9.75% 2,178,252 100.00% General election Candidates John Cornyn (R), incumbent U.S. senator Rick Noriega (D), state representative Yvonne Adams Schick (L), real estate entrepreneurhttp://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=123C9994B0E36568&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM NewsBank May 17, 2011 October 25, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121025100727/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=123C9994B0E36568&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM dead Campaign Cornyn, running as an incumbent, had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating in June 2007.https://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=59e13048-8ca9-4fc8-9302-dc8681fe64b0 SurveyUSA News Poll #12245 www.surveyusa.com 19 December 2022 Texas is a red state that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won with over 55% of the vote. Cornyn slightly underperformed McCain. However, Noriega underperformed both 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Texas and Cornyn's 2002 opponent, Ron Kirk, with Noriega receiving just 42.8% of the vote. Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report2008 Senate Race ratings for October 23, 2008 https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings/139080 The Cook Political Report April 1, 2021 June 25, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210625160336/https://cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings/139080 dead Safe ROctober 23, 2008 CQ PoliticsRace Ratings Chart: Senate https://web.archive.org/web/20101028234525/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-senate October 28, 2010 CQ Politics Likely ROctober 31, 2008 Rothenberg Political Report2008 Senate ratings https://www.insideelections.com/ratings/senate/2008-senate-ratings Inside Elections April 1, 2021 Safe RNovember 2, 2008 Real Clear Politics2008 RCP Averages & Senate Results https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/senate/election_2008_senate_races.html Real Clear Politics August 31, 2021 Safe RNovember 4, 2008 Polling Poll source Dates administered Rick Noriega (D) John Cornyn (R)RasmussenRasmussen September 18, 2007 30% 53%Research 2000Research 2000 September 24–26, 2007 35% 51% Rasmussen Reports May 1, 2008 43% 47%Research 2000/Daily KosResearch 2000/Daily Kos May 5–7, 2008 44% 48%Baselice & AssociatesBaselice & Associates May 20–25, 2008 33% 49% Rasmussen Reports June 2, 2008 35% 52% Rasmussen Reports June 25, 2008 35% 48% Rasmussen Reports July 30, 2008 39% 50% Rasmussen Reports September 29, 2008 43% 50% Rasmussen Reports October 21, 2008 40% 55% Results 2008 Texas U.S. Senate general election Republican Party (United States) John Cornyn (incumbent) 4,337,469 54.82% −0.48% Democratic Party (United States) Rick Noriega 3,389,365 42.84% −0.50% Libertarian Party (United States) Yvonne Adams Schick 185,241 2.34% +1.55% 948,104 11.98% 7,912,075 58.28% Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bexar (largest municipality: San Antonio) Harris (largest municipality: Houston) Brewster (largest city: Alpine) Uvalde (largest city: Uvalde) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Bee (largest city: Beeville) Caldwell (largest city: Lockhart) Fisher (largest city: Rotan) Foard (largest city: Crowell) Haskell (largest city: Haskell) Marion (largest city: Jefferson) Pecos (largest city: Fort Stockton) Refugio (largest city: Refugio) San Augustine (largest city: San Augustine) San Patricio (largest city: Portland) Terrell (largest city: Sanderson) Morris (largest city: Daingerfield) Newton (largest city: Newton) Calhoun (largest city: Port Lavaca) Robertson (largest city: Hearne) See also 2008 United States Senate elections References External links Elections Division from the Texas Secretary of State U.S. Congress candidates for Texas at Project Vote Smart Texas, U.S. Senate from CQ Politics Texas U.S. Senate from OurCampaigns.com Texas Senate race from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Cornyn (R-i) vs Noriega (D) graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com Official campaign websites (archived) John Cornyn, Republican candidate Rick Noriega, Democratic candidate Yvonne Schick, Libertarian candidate 2008 Texas United States Senate Category:John Cornyn