2010 Texas House of Representatives election

none July 2026 September 2023 2010 Texas House of Representatives election Republican Party (United States) 2008 2012 Texas House of Representatives election 2012 All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 November 2, 2010 2,795,975 Texas File:Joe Straus voting (cropped).jpg 150x150px January 13, 2009 121st 76 77 99 22 legislative no 2008 Texas House of Representatives election Joe Straus 10.39% 10.72% January 14, 2003 57th 74 73 3 51 1,357,943 64.71% 22 320px#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain#92C5DE Democratic hold Results by seat gains 320px Republican: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% #a80000 ≥90% Democratic: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 ≥90% Results by vote share 1 31.43% Jim Dunnam TX House.jpg Jim Dunnam(Lost re-election) Democratic Party (United States) The 2010 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 82nd Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Background Following the 2008 elections, the Democrats nearly gained control of the House with 74 members to the Republicans' 76. Republicans saw the freshmen Democratic members elected in 2008 as vulnerable, as many of them had narrowly won and had been the first Democrats elected to those districts in decades.Hu Elise 2010-10-11 A Sophomore Slump? https://www.texastribune.org/2010/10/11/freshman-house-democrats-struggle-to-hold-seats/ 2023-05-07 The Texas Tribune en Democrats also had a large number of incumbents in districts that voted heavily Republican on the national level. In November 2009, Democrat Chuck Hopson announced he had switched his party affiliation to Republican, increasing the size of the Republican caucus to 77. Hopson's district was the most Republican district in the state that had elected a Democrat in 2008.Ramsey Ross 2009-11-06 Hopson's Choice https://www.texastribune.org/2009/11/06/hopson-switches-to-the-republicans/ 2023-05-07 The Texas Tribune en Democrats needed to gain three seats from the Republicans in order to win the majority. Campaign Republicans very heavily targeted White Democrats representing rural districts that voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. These conservative Democrats attempted to distance themselves from the national Democratic Party as pundits increasingly predicted a Republican wave election in opposition to the policies of President Barack Obama.Hamilton Reeve 2010-10-08 The Hunted https://www.texastribune.org/2010/10/08/rural-white-democrats-in-republican-sights/ 2023-06-29 The Texas Tribune en Predictions Most analysts expected Republicans to easily maintain control of the Texas House, expanding their narrow majority from the 2008 election. Despite this, many also saw the potentially strong performance by Democrat Bill White in the concurrent gubernatorial election as a force to mitigate the severity of Democratic losses. SourceRankingAs ofGoverningJacobson 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 GoverningLikely RNov. 1, 2010 Results In the end, the Republicans routed the Democrats in the general election, erasing all of the gains they had made in 2006 and 2008, as well as defeating almost every Democrat representing a rural, Republican-leaning district. Democrats lost 22 seats in the midst of a nationwide Republican wave election.Grissom Brandi Hamilton Reeve Hu Elise Ramsey Ross Ramshaw Emily Smith Morgan Stiles Matt Aguilar Julián Muto David Galbraith Kate Aaronson Becca Chang Julie Hallman Tristan Brown Emily 1 2010-11-03 Red November https://www.texastribune.org/2010/11/02/yes-the-gop-wave-turned-out-to-be-a-tsunami/ 2023-05-07 The Texas Tribune en On December 14, 2010, Democrat Allan Ritter announced he would be changing his party affiliation to Republican.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 On the same day, Democrat Aaron Peña announced he would be switching to the Republican Party as well, claiming that the Democratic Party no longer aligned with his conservative values.Hamilton 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 This left the party balance at 101 Republicans and 49 Democrats at the start of the Eighty-second Texas Legislature when it convened on January 11, 2011. Statewide +Summary of the November 2, 2010 Texas House of Representatives election resultsFile:Texas_House_of_Representatives_2010.svgPartyCandi-datesVotes %Seats+/–Republican Party1122,795,97564.71%9922Democratic Party931,357,94331.43%5122Libertarian Party50155,1443.59%0–Green Party21,8480.04%0–Independent29,4730.22%0–Write-in13570.01%0–Total100.00%150– Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 64.71 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 31.43 Libertarian Libertarian Party (United States) 3.59 Green Green Party (United States) 0.04 Independent Independent (United States) 0.22 Write-in Write-in 0.01House seats won #ddd 600px 410px Republican Republican Party (United States) 66.67 Democratic Democratic Party (United States) 33.33 Close races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:# blue District 48, 0.02% red District 106, 0.94% (gain) red District 134, 1.36% (gain) red District 93, 1.69% (gain) red District 47, 3.49% (gain) red District 101, 3.62% (gain) red District 117, 3.78% (gain) blue District 149, 4.76% red District 96, 4.78% (gain) red District 78, 4.82% (gain) red District 107, 4.89% (gain) red District 33, 5.02% (gain) red District 35, 5.62% (gain) red District 57, 5.92% (gain) blue District 23, 6.32% red District 105, 6.81% red District 45, 7.82% (gain) red District 34, 7.92% (gain) red District 102, 9.28% (gain) blue District 74, 9.64% 25em Notable races District 11: Representative Chuck Hopson (D-Jacksonville) was re-elected as a Democrat in 2008 with 49.29% of the vote. On November 6, 2009, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Republican. He would later win re-election in 2010 with 75.82% of the vote. Results by district DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 114,71740.81%18,57551.51%2,7667.67%36,058100.00%Republican gainDistrict 2 - -26,604100.00% - -26,604100.00%Republican holdDistrict 314,64541.51%19,97456.61%6651.88%35,284100.00%Republican gainDistrict 4 - -14,904100.00% - -14,904100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5 - -33,980100.00% - -33,980100.00%Republican holdDistrict 6 - -30,61086.85%4,63413.15%35,244100.00%Republican holdDistrict 7 - -27,06991.27%2,5898.73%29,658100.00%Republican holdDistrict 87,90625.61%22,96974.39% - -30,875100.00%Republican holdDistrict 99,16927.85%23,75472.15% - -32,923100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - -31,797100.00% - -31,797100.00%Republican holdDistrict 118,63524.18%27,07475.82% - -35,709100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1215,40542.36%20,95857.64% - -36,363100.00%Republican gainDistrict 13 - -31,741100.00% - -31,741100.00%Republican holdDistrict 14 - -27,938100.00% - -27,938100.00%Republican holdDistrict 15 - -52,55090.45%5,5469.55%58,096100.00%Republican holdDistrict 16 - -38,959100.00% - -38,959100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1713,86831.94%28,26665.09%1,2912.97%43,425100.00%Republican holdDistrict 18 - -26,86289.57%3,12810.43%29,990100.00%Republican holdDistrict 19 - -28,261100.00% - -28,261100.00%Republican holdDistrict 20 - -44,90182.55%9,49017.45%54,391100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2119,432100.00% - - - -19,432100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2216,552100.00% - - - -16,552100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2317,63153.16%15,53446.84% - -33,165100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 24 - -39,19388.71%4,98911.29%44,182100.00%Republican holdDistrict 25 - -25,368100.00% - -25,368100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2615,34433.37%29,72164.63%9222.00%45,987100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2732,03084.64% - -5,81215.36%37,842100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2817,62828.56%44,09471.44%61,722100.00%Republican holdDistrict 29 - -33,01184.69%5,96915.31%38,980100.00%Republican holdDistrict 30 - -29,045100.00% - -29,045100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3112,724100.00% - - - -12,724100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 32 - -28,215100.00% - -28,215100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3311,30647.49%12,49952.51% - -23,805100.00%Republican gainDistrict 3411,85546.04%13,89253.96% - -25,747100.00%Republican gainDistrict 3513,69247.19%15,32452.81% - -29,016100.00%Republican gainDistrict 36 - - - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 379,640100.00% - - - -9,640100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 3812,466100.00% - - - -12,466100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 39 - - - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 40 - - - - - - -100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4110,61256.98%8,01243.02% - -18,624100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4218,798100.00% - - - -18,798100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4312,35177.90% - -3,50322.10%15,854100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 44 - -37,037100.00% - -37,037100.00%Republican holdDistrict 4523,69146.09%27,71553.91% - -51,406100.00%Republican gainDistrict 4618,43084.19% - -3,46215.81%21,892100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4727,77346.19%29,87349.68%2,4854.13%60,131100.00%Republican gainDistrict 4825,02348.54%25,01148.52%1,5192.95%51,553100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 4930,42385.29% - -5,24914.71%35,672100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5023,72054.85%18,04141.72%1,4863.44%43,247100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5112,98175.94%3,41219.96%7014.10%17,094100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 5216,82338.01%25,43057.45%2,0124.55%44,265100.00%Republican gainDistrict 53 - -36,42489.90%4,09310.10%40,517100.00%Republican holdDistrict 54 - -22,111100.00% - -22,111100.00%Republican holdDistrict 55 - -24,04181.11%5,60018.89%29,641100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5616,55437.88%25,55458.48%15,913.64%43,669100.00%Republican holdDistrict 5712,74345.76%14,39151.68%7122.56%27,846100.00%Republican gainDistrict 587,40820.37%27,53775.73%1,4183.90%36,363100.00%Republican holdDistrict 59 - -19,98574.87%6,70725.13%26,692100.00%Republican holdDistrict 60 - -33,425100.00% - -33,425100.00%Republican holdDistrict 61 - -34,51386.24%5,50813.76%40,021100.00%Republican holdDistrict 62 - -26,13387.72%3,65712.28%29,790100.00%Republican holdDistrict 63 - -43,477100.00% - -43,477100.00%Republican holdDistrict 64 - -26,05780.72%6,22419.28%32,281100.00%Republican holdDistrict 65 - -27,58582.43%5,87817.57%33,463100.00%Republican holdDistrict 66 - -25,279100.00% - -25,279100.00%Republican holdDistrict 67 - -19,070100.00% - -19,070100.00%Republican holdDistrict 68 - -29,140100.00% - -29,140100.00%Republican holdDistrict 697,26825.83%20,87274.17% - -28,140100.00%Republican gainDistrict 70 - -43,006100.00% - -43,006100.00%Republican holdDistrict 71 - -24,46788.07%3,31311.93%27,780100.00%Republican holdDistrict 72 - -23,933100.00% - -23,933100.00%Republican holdDistrict 73 - -49,84685.51%8,44614.49%58,282100.00%Republican holdDistrict 7415,72054.82%12,95745.18% - -28,677100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7511,545100.00% - - - -11,545100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7611,318100.00% - - - -11,318100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 779,508100.00% - - - -9,508100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7813,92747.59%15,33752.41% - -29,264100.00%Republican gainDistrict 7910,59184.34% - -1,96715.66%12,558100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 8018,652100.00% - - - -18,652100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 81 - -21,048100.00% - -21,048100.00%Republican holdDistrict 82 - -28,006100.00% - -28,006100.00%Republican holdDistrict 83 - -33,824100.00% - -33,824100.00%Republican holdDistrict 847,24831.80%15,54168.20% - -22,789100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8510,71338.09%17,41661.91% - -28,129100.00%Republican gainDistrict 86 - -32,375100.00% - -32,375100.00%Republican holdDistrict 874,14818.89%16,97977.33%8303.78%21,957100.00%Republican holdDistrict 88 - -25,263100.00% - -25,263100.00%Republican holdDistrict 89 - -43,947100.00% - -43,947100.00%Republican holdDistrict 907,75965.32%4,12034.68% - -11,879100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 91 - -22,445100.00% - -22,445100.00%Republican holdDistrict 929,30728.52%23,33071.48% - -32,637100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9312,13247.59%12,56349.28%7993.13%25,494100.00%Republican gainDistrict 94 - -24,56584.53%4,49615.47%29,061100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9519,835100.00% - - - -19,835100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 9621,58347.61%23,74752.39% - -45,330100.00%Republican gainDistrict 97 - -28,27586.41%4,44813.59%32,723100.00%Republican holdDistrict 98 - -46,750100.00% - -46,750100.00%Republican holdDistrict 99 - -31,931100.00% - -31,931100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10014,469100.00% - - - -14,469100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 10112,33848.19%13,26651.81% - -25,604100.00%Republican gainDistrict 10211,79145.36%14,20254.64% - -25,993100.00%Republican gainDistrict 1037,626100.00% - - - -7,626100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1047,936100.00% - - - -7,936100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1059,79944.90%11,28651.71%7403.39%21,825100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10610,44448.50%10,64849.44%4442.06%51,536100.00%Republican gainDistrict 10714,68346.48%16,22651.37%6482.15%31,587100.00%Republican gainDistrict 10810,79332.71%21,42064.92%7832.37%32,996100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10934,91198.99% - -3571.01%35,268100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11015,866100.00% - - - -15,866100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11125,783100.00% - - - -25,783100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 112 - -22,20683.22%4,47816.78%26,684100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11312,43042.85%16,57957.15% - -29,009100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11411,00034.89%20,52965.11% - -31,529100.00%Republican holdDistrict 115 - -22,94683.09%4,66916.91%27,615100.00%Republican holdDistrict 11616,889100.00% - - - -16,889100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11713,63548.11%14,70551.89% - -28,340100.00%Republican gainDistrict 11813,824100.00% - - - -13,824100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 11913,39061.39%8,42238.61% - -21,812100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12014,700100.00% - - - -14,700100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 121 - -32,713100.00% - -32,713100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12216,57622.62%56,70277.38% - -73,278100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12314,454100.00% - - - -14,454100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12415,26079.23% - -4,00120.77%19,621100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12516,59078.50% - -4,54521.50%21,135100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 12611,93831.86%25,53468.14% - -37,472100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12712,40624.75%37,72575.25% - -50,131100.00%Republican holdDistrict 128 - -21,121100.00% - -21,121100.00%Republican holdDistrict 129 - -31,526100.00% - -31,526100.00%Republican holdDistrict 130 - -50,38988.93%6,27511.07%56,664100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13121,797100.00% - - - -21,797100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 13214,76431.70%30,82866.19%9852.11%46,577100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13311,40342.43%15,12056.27%3491.30%26,872100.00%Republican gainDistrict 13425,25449.32%25,95550.68% - -51,209100.00%Republican gainDistrict 135 - -22,390100.00% - -22,390100.00%Republican holdDistrict 136 - -33,13088.58%4,27011.42%37,400100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1376,15158.72%4,32541.28% - -10,476100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1389,64635.49%17,00262.55%5321.96%27,180100.00%Republican holdDistrict 13920,842100.00% - - - -20,842100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1407,871100.00% - - - -7,871100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14119,59276.32%6,07823.68% - -25,670100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14221,147100.00% - - - -21,147100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1437,40968.30%3,43831.70% - -10,847100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1449,93138.28%15,42559.45%5882.27%25,944100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1459,395100.00% - - - -9,395100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14625,098100.00% - - - -25,098100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14722,312100.00% - - - -22,312100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14813,90358.68%9,79041.32% - -23,693100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14915,64152.23%14,30447.77% - -29,945100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 15013,02726.84%34,60771.30%9041.86%48,538100.00%Republican holdTotal1,357,94331.43%2,795,97564.71%166,8823.86%4,320,800100.00%Source:https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist154_state.htm 2021-12-30 elections.sos.state.tx.us Race Summary Report – 2010 General Election References House of Representatives Category:Texas House of Representatives elections Texas House