Texas 2012 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Texas held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 181 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Democrats eroded the Republican supermajority in the House, cutting the GOP from 102-48 to 95-55, below the two-thirds line. In the Senate, Republicans fell short in their bid for a two-thirds majority, and the chamber stayed at 19-12.
The Republican push for a Senate two-thirds majority ran through Fort Worth, where Wendy R. Davis (D) fended off a fierce challenge from state Rep. Mark M. Shelton (R), winning Senate District 10 by about 2 points.
In the House, 3 Republican incumbents lost, two of them in rematches with the Democrats they had unseated in 2010:
- Former Rep. Abel Herrero (D) beat Connie Scott (R) by about 14 points in Corpus Christi's House District 34, whose lines had been redrawn to the Democrat's advantage.
- Former Rep. Joe Moody (D) beat Dee Margo (R) by about 8 points in El Paso's House District 78, their third straight meeting.
- Philip Cortez (D) beat John V. Garza (R) by about 8 points in San Antonio's House District 117.
Rep. J.M. Lozano (R), elected as a Democrat in 2010, kept his seat after switching parties, beating Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles (D) in House District 43. Beyond the defeats, 2 Republican incumbents survived by under two points: Kenneth Sheets (R) by about 850 votes in House District 107 and Linda Harper-Brown (R) by about 780 in House District 105.

Legislature

House (150 seats): 49 D, 101 R before the election, 55 D, 95 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (31 seats): 12 D, 19 R before the election, 12 D, 19 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	George Lavender (R) 82.6%	Tim Eason (L) 17.4%
House 2	Dan Flynn (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 3	Cecil Bell (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 4	Lance Gooden (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 5	Bryan Hughes (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 6	Matt Schaefer (R) 88.8%	Charles Parkes III (L) 11.2%
House 7	David Simpson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 8	Byron Cook (R) 73%	Charles Morgan (D) 27%
House 9	Chris Paddie (R) 98.56%	John McIntyre (I) 1.44%
House 10	Jim Pitts (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 11	Travis Clardy (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 12	Kyle Kacal (R) 56.9%	Robert Stem (D) 43.1%
House 13	Lois W. Kolkhorst (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 14	John Raney (R) 60.2%	Judy LeUnes (D) 36.2%, Joshua Baker (L) 3.6%
House 15	Steve Toth (R) 86.64%	Sterling Russell (L) 13.36%
House 16	Brandon Creighton (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 17	Tim Kleinschmidt (R) 62.2%	Colin Guerra (D) 37.8%
House 18	John Otto (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 19	Jim White (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 20	Marsha Farney (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 21	Allan B. Ritter (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 22	Joe Deshotel (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 23	Craig Eiland (D) 53.9%	Wayne Faircloth (R) 46.1%
House 24	Greg Bonnen (R) 73.28%	H. C. Cates (D) 26.72%
House 25	Dennis Bonnen (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 26	Richard T. Miller (R) 63%	Vy Nguyen (D) 37%
House 27	Ron Reynolds (D) 69%	Kris Allfrey (R) 29.5%, John Henry Petter, IV (L) 1.5%
House 28	John Zerwas (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 29	Ed Thompson (R) 65.5%	Doug Blatt (D) 34.5%
House 30	Geanie W. Morrison (R) 68.3%	Alex Hernandez, Jr. (D) 31.7%
House 31	Ryan Guillen (D) 66.3%	Ann Matthews (R) 33.7%
House 32	Todd Hunter (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 33	Scot Turner (R) 85.3%	Michael Carrasco (L) 14.7%
House 34	Abel Herrero (D) 57.2%	Connie Scott (R) 42.8%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 35	Oscar Longoria (D) 100%	Unopposed	Flipped R to D
House 36	Sergio Muñoz (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 37	Rene O. Oliveira (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 38	Eddie Lucio, III (D) 70.8%	Alex Torres (R) 25.2%, Nancy Mishou (L) 4%
House 39	Armando Martinez (D) 77.6%	Joel De Los Santos (R) 22.4%
House 40	Terry Canales (D) 100%	Unopposed	Flipped R to D
House 41	Bobby Guerra (D) 61.73%	Miriam Martinez (R) 38.27%
House 42	Richard Raymond (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 43	J.M. Lozano (R) 51.5%	Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles (D) 48.5%
House 44	John Kuempel (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 45	Jason A. Isaac (R) 53.6%	Jay Adams (D) 42.4%, Jim Duke (L) 4%
House 46	Dawnna Dukes (D) 86.5%	Andy Fernandez (L) 13.5%
House 47	Paul Workman (R) 58.1%	Chris Frandsen (D) 36.9%, Nick Tanner (L) 5%
House 48	Donna Howard (D) 59.2%	Bob Thomas (R) 35.5%, Joseph T. Edgar (L) 5.3%
House 49	Elliott Naishtat (D) 82.7%	Kent Phillips (L) 17.3%
House 50	Mark Strama (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 51	Ed Rodriguez (D) 88.2%	Arthur DiBianca (L) 11.8%
House 52	Larry Gonzales (R) 70.3%	Lillian Martinez Simmons (L) 29.7%
House 53	Harvey Hilderbran (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 54	Jimmie Don Aycock (R) 57.5%	Claudia Brown (D) 42.5%
House 55	Ralph Sheffield (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 56	Charles Anderson (R) 79.47%	Neill Snider (L) 20.53%
House 57	Trent Ashby (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 58	Rob Orr (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 59	J.D. Sheffield (R) 78.2%	Bill Norris (D) 21.8%
House 60	James L. Keffer (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 61	Phil King (R) 88.9%	Matthew Britt (G) 11.1%
House 62	Larry Phillips (R) 75.7%	Eristeo Perez (D) 24.3%
House 63	Tan Parker (R) 85.3%	Bruce Hermann (L) 14.7%
House 64	Myra Crownover (R) 61.1%	Mary Brown (D) 34.39%, Ian Kull (L) 4.51%
House 65	Ron Simmons (R) 59.1%	Gary Brown (D) 38.6%, Alex Mendoza (G) 2.3%
House 66	Van Taylor (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 67	Jeff Leach (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 68	Drew Springer (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 69	James Frank (R) 87.1%	Richard Brown (L) 12.9%
House 70	Scott Sanford (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 71	Susan L. King (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 72	Drew Darby (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 73	Doug Miller (R) 88.2%	Rex Black (L) 11.8%
House 74	Poncho Nevarez (D) 60.4%	Thomas Kincaid (R) 39.6%
House 75	Mary González (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 76	Naomi R. Gonzalez (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 77	Marisa Marquez (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 78	Joe Moody (D) 53.8%	Dee Margo (R) 46.2%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 79	Joe C. Pickett (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 80	Tracy O. King (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 81	Tryon D. Lewis (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 82	Tom Craddick (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 83	Charles Perry (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 84	John Frullo (R) 82.6%	Leanne Lamb-Vines (G) 17.4%
House 85	Phil Stephenson (R) 58.3%	Dora Olivo (D) 41.7%
House 86	John Smithee (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 87	Four Price (R) 77.3%	Abel Bosquez (D) 22.7%
House 88	Ken King (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 89	Jodie Laubenberg (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 90	Lon Burnam (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 91	Stephanie Klick (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 92	Jonathan Stickland (R) 80.7%	Sean Fatzinger (L) 19.3%
House 93	Matt Krause (R) 58.95%	Shane Hardin (D) 37.52%, Bruce Beckman (L) 3.53%
House 94	Diane Patrick (R) 82.2%	David Eyerly (L) 17.8%
House 95	Nicole Collier (D) 77.4%	Monte Mitchell (R) 22.6%
House 96	Bill Zedler (R) 80.5%	Max W. Koch, III (L) 19.5%
House 97	Craig Goldman (R) 59.4%	Gary Grassia (D) 37.6%, Rod Wingo (L) 2.9%
House 98	Giovanni Capriglione (R) 85.6%	Michael Goolsby (L) 14.4%
House 99	Charlie Geren (R) 66.2%	Michael McClure (D) 30.2%, Dan Hawkins (L) 3.6%
House 100	Eric Johnson (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 101	Chris Turner (D) 87.9%	Carl Nulsen (L) 12.1%
House 102	Stefani Carter (R) 57.13%	Rich Hancock (D) 42.87%
House 103	Rafael Anchía (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 104	Roberto R. Alonzo (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 105	Linda Harper-Brown (R) 50.1%	Rosemary Robbins (D) 48.3%, Saul Arechar (G) 1.7%
House 106	Patricia Fallon (R) 83.2%	Rodney Caston (L) 16.8%
House 107	Kenneth Sheets (R) 50.8%	Robert Miklos (D) 49.2%
House 108	Dan Branch (R) 79.7%	Jarrett Rab Woods (L) 20.3%
House 109	Helen Giddings (D) 93.6%	Dexter Jackson (L) 6.4%
House 110	Toni Rose (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 111	Yvonne Davis (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 112	Angie Button (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 113	Cindy Burkett (R) 80.9%	Angela Sarlay (G) 19.1%
House 114	Jason Villalba (R) 54.2%	Carol Kent (D) 45.8%
House 115	Bennett Ratliff (R) 55.31%	Mary Clare Fabishak (D) 41.43%, Preston Poulter (L) 2.4%
House 116	Trey Martinez Fischer (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 117	Philip Cortez (D) 53.8%	John V. Garza (R) 46.2%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House 118	Joe Farias (D) 59.8%	Robert A. Casias (R) 40.2%
House 119	Roland Gutierrez (D) 61.9%	Anna Campos (R) 38.1%
House 120	Ruth Jones McClendon (D) 87.9%	Gregory L. Fox (G) 12.1%
House 121	Joe Straus (R) 80.2%	Arthur Maxwell Thomas, IV (L) 19.8%
House 122	Lyle Larson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 123	Mike Villarreal (D) 87.5%	Charles Robinson (G) 12.5%
House 124	José Menéndez (D) 84.9%	Herb Gonzales Jr. (G) 15.1%
House 125	Justin Rodriguez (D) 61.2%	Alma Perez Jackson (R) 37.1%, Timothy Giddens (G) 1.7%
House 126	Patricia Harless (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 127	Dan Huberty (R) 70.2%	Cody Pogue (D) 29.8%
House 128	Wayne Smith (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 129	John E. Davis (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 130	Allen Fletcher (R) 90.1%	Arthur Browning (G) 9.9%
House 131	Alma Allen (D) 94.5%	Alfred N. Montestruc (L) 3.4%, Alfred Molison (G) 2.1%
House 132	Bill Callegari (R) 80.7%	Phil Kurtz (L) 19.3%
House 133	Jim Murphy (R) 85%	Gerald W. LaFleur (L) 15%
House 134	Sarah Davis (R) 54.64%	Ann Johnson (D) 45.36%
House 135	Gary Elkins (R) 60.4%	Paul Morgan (D) 39.6%
House 136	Tony Dale (R) 53.1%	Matt Stillwell (D) 40.7%, Matthew Whittington (L) 6.2%
House 137	Gene Wu (D) 65.8%	M.J. Khan (R) 34.2%
House 138	Dwayne Bohac (R) 80.5%	Lee Coughran (L) 19.5%
House 139	Sylvester Turner (D) 77.1%	Sam Brocato (R) 22.9%
House 140	Armando Walle (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 141	Senfronia Thompson (D) 87.9%	Michael Bunch (R) 12.1%
House 142	Harold Dutton (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 143	Ana Hernandez Luna (D) 72.9%	Doug Weiskopf (R) 27.1%
House 144	Mary Ann Perez (D) 52.1%	David Pineda (R) 45.5%, Robb Rourke (L) 2.4%	Flipped R to D
House 145	Carol Alvarado (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 146	Borris Miles (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 147	Garnet F. Coleman (D) 92.21%	Deb Shafto (G) 7.79%
House 148	Jessica Farrar (D) 86%	Henry Cooper (G) 14%
House 149	Hubert Vo (D) 61.1%	Dianne Williams (R) 38.9%
House 150	Debbie Riddle (R) 69.7%	Brad Neal (D) 30.3%
Senate 1	Kevin Eltife (R) 71.37%	Stephen H. Russell (D) 28.63%
Senate 2	Bob Deuell (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 3	Robert Nichols (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 4	Tommy Williams (R) 86.25%	Bob Townsend (L) 13.75%
Senate 5	Charles Schwertner (R) 77.1%	Jeffrey Fox (L) 22.9%
Senate 6	Mario V. Gallegos, Jr. (D) 70.95%	R. W. Bray (R) 29.05%
Senate 7	Dan Patrick (R) 68.4%	Sam Texas (D) 31.6%
Senate 8	Ken Paxton (R) 62.3%	Jack Ternan (D) 34.6%, Ed Kless (L) 3.1%
Senate 9	Kelly Hancock (R) 58.3%	Pete Martinez (D) 38.2%, Dave McElwee (L) 3.4%
Senate 10	Wendy R. Davis (D) 51.1%	Mark M. Shelton (R) 48.9%
Senate 11	Larry Taylor (R) 66%	Jacqueline Acquistapace (D) 34%
Senate 12	Jane Nelson (R) 83.4%	John Betz, Jr. (L) 16.6%
Senate 13	Rodney Ellis (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 14	Kirk Watson (D) 80.29%	Ryan Dixon (L) 19.71%
Senate 15	John Whitmire (D) 62.3%	Bill Walker (R) 37.7%
Senate 16	John Carona (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 17	Joan Huffman (R) 77.7%	Austin Page (L) 13.4%, David Courtney (G) 8.9%
Senate 18	Glenn Hegar (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 19	Carlos Uresti (D) 59.4%	Michael Berlanga (R) 40.6%
Senate 20	Juan Hinojosa (D) 61.5%	Raul Torres (R) 38.5%
Senate 21	Judith Zaffirini (D) 67.6%	Grant Rostig (R) 29.2%, Joseph Morse (L) 3.2%
Senate 22	Brian Birdwell (R) 85.2%	Tom Kilbride (L) 14.43%
Senate 23	Royce West (D) 81.9%	John R. Lawson (R) 18.1%
Senate 24	Troy Fraser (R) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 25	Donna Campbell (R) 65.6%	John Courage (D) 34.4%
Senate 26	Leticia Van de Putte (D) 80.3%	N. Ruben Flores Perez (L) 13.1%, Chris Christal (G) 6%
Senate 27	Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 28	Robert Duncan (R) 86.4%	M.J. Smith (L) 13.6%
Senate 29	Jose R. Rodriguez (D) 68.6%	Dan Chavez (R) 31.4%
Senate 30	Craig Estes (R) 86.1%	Richard Forsythe (L) 13.9%
Senate 31	Kel Seliger (R) 100%	Unopposed

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