2010 Texas State Senate election

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2010 Texas State Senate election
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  2008 November 4, 2010 2012  

16 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Seats before19120
Seats won19120
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,839,653591,423172,017
Percentage70.65%22.71%6.61%
SwingIncrease2.svg16.98%Decrease2.svg17.43%Increase2.svg 0.42%

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Senate results by district
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     No election

President Pro Tempore before election


Republican

Elected President Pro Tempore


Republican

The 2010 Texas State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 State Senate districts. 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.

Contents

Following the 2008 Texas State Senate elections, 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.

Summary of race results

Summary of the November 2, 2010 Texas Senate election results
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PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
No. %BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican 161,839,65370.6519111119Steady2.svg
Democratic 8591,42322.71125512Steady2.svg
Libertarian 8172,0176.610000Steady2.svg
Write-in 18850.030000Steady2.svg
Total2,603,976100.003131Steady2.svg
Source: [1]
Popular vote
Republican
70.65%
Democratic
22.71%
Libertarian
6.61%
Write-in
0.03%
Senate seats won
Republican
61.29%
Democratic
38.71%

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 19 Democratic7.06%

Summary of results by State Senate district

DistrictDemocraticRepublicanOthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 --140,273100.00%--140,273100.00%Republican hold
District 2 53,56633.62%105,77966.38%--159,345100.00%Republican hold
District 3 --153,90688.90%19,21111.10%173,117100.00%Republican hold
District 5 58,52528.73%145,17071.27%--203,695100.00%Republican hold
District 7 --184,70486.41%29,04813.59%213,752100.00%Republican hold
District 8 --136,36984.02%25,93515.98%162,304100.00%Republican hold
District 12 --148,59286.15%23,89413.85%172,486100.00%Republican hold
District 13 113,15578.17%31,59621.83%--144,751100.00%Democratic hold
District 14 115,94960.73%68,10035.67%6,8843.61%190,933100.00%Democratic hold
District 15 77,09659.28%52,95940.72%--130,055100.00%Democratic hold
District 17 --112,59583.16%22,80216.84%135,397100.00%Republican hold
District 18 61,34529.57%146,08770.43%--207,432100.00%Republican hold
District 19 61,32752.14%53,02445.08%3,2692.78%117,620100.00%Democratic hold
District 22 --134,231100.00%--134,231100.00%Republican hold
District 25 --192,96582.18%41,85717.82%234,822100.00%Republican hold
District 29 50,46060.24%33,30339.76%--83,763100.00%Democratic hold
Total591,42322.71%1,839,65370.65%172,9006.64%2,603,976100.00%Source: [1]

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. [2] This triggered a special election which took place on May 8th 2010. No candidate won 50% of the vote, so the top two vote winners advanced to a runoff held on June 22nd 2010. [3] Averitt backed former state Senator David Sibley, but Brian Birdwell won the election. [4] 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. [5] 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 election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Sibley 13,423 44.97%
Republican Brian Birdwell 10,900 36.51%
Democratic Gayle R. Avant3,96813.29%
Republican Darren Yancy1,5605.23%
Total votes29,851 100.00%
Texas's 22nd state senate district special election runoff
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Birdwell 14,218 57.90%
Republican David Sibley 10,33942.10%
Total votes24,557 100.00%
Republican hold

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