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The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
The largest Republican stronghold in the country, Texas went decisively for Romney, awarding him 57.17% of the vote to Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.79%. Like previous Democratic candidates, Obama dominated the Rio Grande Valley, winning upwards of 70% or 80% of the vote in most of these counties, with his best performance in Starr County at 86.34% to Romney's 13.02%, a 73.32% margin. He also won the major urban centers of Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. However, Republicans swept the vast rural areas and suburbs of Texas by large margins. Romney also came extremely close to carrying Harris County, home to Houston, losing it by just 0.08%, or 971 votes. [2] In the process, Romney surpassed George W. Bush's 2004 record of the most votes for a presidential candidate in Texas; his record would in turn be later surpassed in subsequent elections. By receiving 95.86% of the vote in King County, [3] Romney also recorded the highest proportion of any county's vote cast for one candidate since Barry Goldwater received between 95.92 and 96.59% of the vote in seven Mississippi counties [a] in Mississippi in 1964 – although this occurred when the African-American majorities in these counties had been almost totally disenfranchised for seven and a half decades.
Texas's 38 electoral votes were Romney's largest electoral prize in the election. The state forged a Republican identity in the Reagan Era and had not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. The oil industry is the driving factor of the state's economy, with numerous oil companies such as ExxonMobil being based in the state, [4] and consequently the state has rejected the Democratic Party which has increasingly embraced environmentalist policies. In addition, moderate Republicans' popularity among suburban Texans boosted their support. However, although Romney improved on John McCain's 2008 performance, this election solidified the Texan urban areas' move away from the GOP. Dallas and Harris counties, both of which flipped in 2008, remained in the Democratic column in 2012.
As of 2024, this is the last time the Democratic candidate won Jefferson County and the Republican won Fort Bend County.
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![]() Texas results by county Barack Obama John Wolfe Jr. Bob Ely Tie No votes |
The 2012 Texas Democratic Primary was held on May 29, 2012. Incumbent Barack Obama, running for the nomination without significant opposition, won the primary with 88.18% of the vote and was awarded all of Texas' 287 delegates to the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
2012 Texas Democratic presidential primary [5] | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
![]() | 520,410 | 88.18% | 287 |
John Wolfe Jr. | 29,879 | 5.06% | 0 |
Darcy Richardson | 25,430 | 4.31% | 0 |
Bob Ely | 14,445 | 2.45% | 0 |
Total: | 590,164 | 100.0% | 287 |
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
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![]() Texas results by county Mitt Romney No votes (Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy) |
The Republican primary was held May 29, 2012. [6] [7]
152 delegates were chosen, for a total of 155 delegates to go to the national convention.
The election was originally scheduled to take place on Super Tuesday, March 6. [8] Due to litigation over the state's redistricting following the 2010 United States Census, it was rescheduled for April 3. [9] [10] That date also became uncertain and the primary was expected to be held, at the earliest, in late May 2012, with both May 22 [8] and May 29 [11] being proposed. U.S. District Court judge Xavier Rodriguez, one of the three judges overseeing the litigation, had suggested a June 26 date for the election. [8] Finally, on March 1, 2012, the court issued an order setting the date of the primary to May 29, 2012. [6]
2012 Texas Republican presidential primary [12] | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
![]() | 1,001,387 | 69% | 105 |
Ron Paul | 174,207 | 12.02% | 18 |
Rick Santorum | 115,584 | 7.97% | 12 |
Newt Gingrich | 68,247 | 4.71% | 7 |
Uncommitted | 60,659 | 4.18% | 6 |
Michele Bachmann | 12,097 | 0.83% | 1 |
Jon Huntsman | 8,695 | 0.60% | 1 |
Buddy Roemer | 4,714 | 0.33% | 0 |
L. John Davis Jr. | 3,887 | 0.27% | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 4 | ||
Superdelegates: | 3 | ||
Total: | 1,449,477 | 100.0% | 155 |
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Huffington Post [13] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
CNN [14] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
New York Times [15] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
Washington Post [16] | Safe R | November 6, 2012 |
RealClearPolitics [17] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] | Solid R | November 5, 2012 |
FiveThirtyEight [19] | Solid R | November 6, 2012 |
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2012 United States presidential election in Texas [20] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 4,569,843 | 57.17% | 38 | |
Democratic | Barack Obama (incumbent) | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 3,308,124 | 41.38% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 88,580 | 1.11% | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 24,657 | 0.31% | 0 | |
Constitution (Write-in) | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 1,287 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Justice (Write-in) | Rocky Anderson | Luis J. Rodriguez | 426 | 0.01% | 0 | |
America's Party (Write-in) | Thomas Hoefling | Jonathan D. Ellis | 374 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Other Write-ins | 311 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
Socialist (Write-in) | Stewart Alexander | Alex Mendoza | 162 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Reform (Write-in) | Andre Barnett | Kenneth Cross | 87 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Totals | 7,993,851 | 100.00% | 38 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 43.73% |
County | Mitt Romney Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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Anderson | 12,262 | 75.64% | 3,813 | 23.52% | 137 | 0.84% | 8,449 | 52.12% | 16,212 |
Andrews | 3,639 | 81.19% | 795 | 17.74% | 48 | 1.07% | 2,844 | 63.45% | 4,482 |
Angelina | 20,303 | 71.47% | 7,834 | 27.58% | 269 | 0.95% | 12,469 | 43.89% | 28,406 |
Aransas | 6,830 | 70.79% | 2,704 | 28.03% | 114 | 1.18% | 4,126 | 42.76% | 9,648 |
Archer | 3,600 | 86.46% | 525 | 12.61% | 39 | 0.93% | 3,075 | 73.85% | 4,164 |
Armstrong | 828 | 88.56% | 98 | 10.48% | 9 | 0.96% | 730 | 78.08% | 935 |
Atascosa | 7,461 | 58.65% | 5,133 | 40.35% | 127 | 1.00% | 2,328 | 18.30% | 12,721 |
Austin | 9,265 | 79.53% | 2,252 | 19.33% | 132 | 1.14% | 7,013 | 60.20% | 11,649 |
Bailey | 1,339 | 73.73% | 466 | 25.66% | 11 | 0.61% | 873 | 48.07% | 1,816 |
Bandera | 7,426 | 78.60% | 1,864 | 19.73% | 158 | 1.67% | 5,562 | 58.87% | 9,448 |
Bastrop | 14,033 | 57.32% | 9,864 | 40.29% | 584 | 2.39% | 4,169 | 17.03% | 24,481 |
Baylor | 1,297 | 81.47% | 267 | 16.77% | 28 | 1.76% | 1,030 | 64.70% | 1,592 |
Bee | 4,356 | 55.29% | 3,452 | 43.81% | 71 | 0.90% | 904 | 11.48% | 7,879 |
Bell | 49,574 | 57.36% | 35,512 | 41.09% | 1,339 | 1.55% | 14,062 | 16.27% | 86,425 |
Bexar | 241,617 | 46.94% | 264,856 | 51.46% | 8,237 | 1.60% | -23,239 | -4.52% | 514,710 |
Blanco | 3,638 | 73.16% | 1,220 | 24.53% | 115 | 2.31% | 2,418 | 48.63% | 4,973 |
Borden | 324 | 89.26% | 32 | 8.82% | 7 | 1.92% | 292 | 80.44% | 363 |
Bosque | 5,885 | 80.00% | 1,367 | 18.58% | 104 | 1.42% | 4,518 | 61.42% | 7,356 |
Bowie | 24,869 | 70.24% | 10,196 | 28.80% | 339 | 0.96% | 14,673 | 41.44% | 35,404 |
Brazoria | 70,862 | 66.39% | 34,421 | 32.25% | 1,456 | 1.36% | 36,441 | 34.14% | 106,739 |
Brazos | 37,209 | 66.49% | 17,477 | 31.23% | 1,276 | 2.28% | 19,732 | 35.26% | 55,962 |
Brewster | 1,976 | 51.10% | 1,765 | 45.64% | 126 | 3.26% | 211 | 5.46% | 3,867 |
Briscoe | 578 | 82.34% | 117 | 16.67% | 7 | 0.99% | 461 | 65.67% | 702 |
Brooks | 507 | 21.10% | 1,886 | 78.49% | 10 | 0.41% | -1,379 | -57.39% | 2,403 |
Brown | 11,895 | 85.29% | 1,904 | 13.65% | 148 | 1.06% | 9,991 | 71.64% | 13,947 |
Burleson | 4,671 | 72.35% | 1,705 | 26.41% | 80 | 1.24% | 2,966 | 45.94% | 6,456 |
Burnet | 12,843 | 76.46% | 3,674 | 21.87% | 279 | 1.67% | 9,169 | 54.59% | 16,796 |
Caldwell | 6,021 | 54.40% | 4,791 | 43.29% | 256 | 2.31% | 1,230 | 11.11% | 11,068 |
Calhoun | 4,144 | 62.33% | 2,410 | 36.25% | 94 | 1.42% | 1,734 | 26.08% | 6,648 |
Callahan | 4,378 | 84.24% | 751 | 14.45% | 68 | 1.31% | 3,627 | 69.79% | 5,197 |
Cameron | 26,099 | 33.94% | 49,975 | 64.99% | 821 | 1.07% | -23,876 | -31.05% | 76,895 |
Camp | 2,881 | 66.46% | 1,428 | 32.94% | 26 | 0.60% | 1,453 | 33.52% | 4,335 |
Carson | 2,451 | 88.23% | 292 | 10.51% | 35 | 1.26% | 2,159 | 77.72% | 2,778 |
Cass | 8,763 | 74.34% | 2,924 | 24.80% | 101 | 0.86% | 5,839 | 49.54% | 11,788 |
Castro | 1,470 | 69.37% | 630 | 29.73% | 19 | 0.90% | 840 | 39.64% | 2,119 |
Chambers | 11,787 | 79.99% | 2,790 | 18.93% | 158 | 1.08% | 8,997 | 61.06% | 14,735 |
Cherokee | 12,094 | 75.00% | 3,875 | 24.03% | 157 | 0.97% | 8,219 | 50.97% | 16,126 |
Childress | 1,665 | 83.42% | 320 | 16.03% | 11 | 0.55% | 1,345 | 67.39% | 1,996 |
Clay | 4,266 | 84.36% | 740 | 14.63% | 51 | 1.01% | 3,526 | 69.73% | 5,057 |
Cochran | 649 | 70.77% | 256 | 27.92% | 12 | 1.31% | 393 | 42.85% | 917 |
Coke | 1,218 | 86.51% | 179 | 12.71% | 11 | 0.78% | 1,039 | 73.80% | 1,408 |
Coleman | 3,012 | 86.25% | 442 | 12.66% | 38 | 1.09% | 2,570 | 73.59% | 3,492 |
Collin | 196,888 | 64.86% | 101,415 | 33.41% | 5,264 | 1.73% | 95,473 | 31.45% | 303,567 |
Collingsworth | 962 | 83.65% | 177 | 15.39% | 11 | 0.96% | 785 | 68.26% | 1,150 |
Colorado | 6,026 | 74.24% | 2,029 | 25.00% | 62 | 0.76% | 3,997 | 49.24% | 8,117 |
Comal | 39,318 | 76.30% | 11,450 | 22.22% | 761 | 1.48% | 27,868 | 54.08% | 51,529 |
Comanche | 3,944 | 80.39% | 890 | 18.14% | 72 | 1.47% | 3,054 | 62.25% | 4,906 |
Concho | 793 | 79.22% | 194 | 19.38% | 14 | 1.40% | 599 | 59.84% | 1,001 |
Cooke | 11,951 | 83.28% | 2,246 | 15.65% | 154 | 1.07% | 9,705 | 67.63% | 14,351 |
Coryell | 11,220 | 67.57% | 5,158 | 31.06% | 226 | 1.37% | 6,062 | 36.51% | 16,604 |
Cottle | 555 | 74.90% | 180 | 24.29% | 6 | 0.81% | 375 | 50.61% | 741 |
Crane | 985 | 76.77% | 275 | 21.43% | 23 | 1.80% | 710 | 55.34% | 1,283 |
Crockett | 957 | 65.68% | 480 | 32.94% | 20 | 1.38% | 477 | 32.74% | 1,457 |
Crosby | 1,132 | 63.35% | 639 | 35.76% | 16 | 0.89% | 493 | 27.59% | 1,787 |
Culberson | 295 | 33.56% | 568 | 64.62% | 16 | 1.82% | -273 | -31.06% | 879 |
Dallam | 1,248 | 81.36% | 253 | 16.49% | 33 | 2.15% | 995 | 64.87% | 1,534 |
Dallas | 295,813 | 41.57% | 405,571 | 56.99% | 10,228 | 1.44% | -109,758 | -15.42% | 711,612 |
Dawson | 2,591 | 71.14% | 1,019 | 27.98% | 32 | 0.88% | 1,572 | 43.16% | 3,642 |
Deaf Smith | 3,042 | 70.60% | 1,239 | 28.75% | 28 | 0.65% | 1,803 | 41.85% | 4,309 |
Delta | 1,524 | 75.52% | 454 | 22.50% | 40 | 1.98% | 1,070 | 53.02% | 2,018 |
Denton | 157,579 | 64.91% | 80,978 | 33.35% | 4,224 | 1.74% | 76,601 | 31.56% | 242,781 |
DeWitt | 5,122 | 77.16% | 1,467 | 22.10% | 49 | 0.74% | 3,655 | 55.06% | 6,638 |
Dickens | 793 | 77.82% | 216 | 21.20% | 10 | 0.98% | 577 | 56.62% | 1,019 |
Dimmit | 762 | 26.12% | 2,141 | 73.40% | 14 | 0.48% | -1,379 | -47.28% | 2,917 |
Donley | 1,287 | 83.84% | 226 | 14.72% | 22 | 1.44% | 1,061 | 69.12% | 1,535 |
Duval | 980 | 22.56% | 3,331 | 76.68% | 33 | 0.76% | -2,351 | -54.12% | 4,344 |
Eastland | 5,444 | 83.82% | 970 | 14.93% | 81 | 1.25% | 4,474 | 68.89% | 6,495 |
Ector | 24,010 | 73.85% | 8,118 | 24.97% | 385 | 1.18% | 15,892 | 48.88% | 32,513 |
Edwards | 642 | 72.62% | 232 | 26.24% | 10 | 1.14% | 410 | 46.38% | 884 |
Ellis | 39,574 | 72.94% | 13,881 | 25.59% | 799 | 1.47% | 25,693 | 47.35% | 54,254 |
El Paso | 57,150 | 33.09% | 112,952 | 65.40% | 2,601 | 1.51% | -55,802 | -32.31% | 172,703 |
Erath | 10,329 | 82.81% | 1,965 | 15.75% | 179 | 1.44% | 8,364 | 67.06% | 12,473 |
Falls | 3,356 | 61.76% | 2,033 | 37.41% | 45 | 0.83% | 1,323 | 24.35% | 5,434 |
Fannin | 8,161 | 75.54% | 2,486 | 23.01% | 157 | 1.45% | 5,675 | 52.53% | 10,804 |
Fayette | 8,106 | 76.61% | 2,315 | 21.88% | 160 | 1.51% | 5,791 | 54.73% | 10,581 |
Fisher | 1,094 | 67.16% | 512 | 31.43% | 23 | 1.41% | 582 | 35.73% | 1,629 |
Floyd | 1,523 | 73.05% | 551 | 26.43% | 11 | 0.52% | 972 | 46.62% | 2,085 |
Foard | 348 | 70.30% | 140 | 28.28% | 7 | 1.42% | 208 | 42.02% | 495 |
Fort Bend | 116,126 | 52.91% | 101,144 | 46.08% | 2,219 | 1.01% | 14,982 | 6.83% | 219,489 |
Franklin | 3,446 | 80.95% | 751 | 17.64% | 60 | 1.41% | 2,695 | 63.31% | 4,257 |
Freestone | 5,646 | 74.58% | 1,850 | 24.44% | 74 | 0.98% | 3,796 | 50.14% | 7,570 |
Frio | 1,559 | 39.29% | 2,376 | 59.88% | 33 | 0.83% | -817 | -20.59% | 3,968 |
Gaines | 3,484 | 85.69% | 535 | 13.16% | 47 | 1.15% | 2,949 | 72.53% | 4,066 |
Galveston | 69,059 | 62.74% | 39,511 | 35.89% | 1,508 | 1.37% | 29,548 | 26.85% | 110,078 |
Garza | 1,263 | 80.96% | 279 | 17.88% | 18 | 1.16% | 984 | 63.08% | 1,560 |
Gillespie | 10,306 | 82.12% | 2,055 | 16.37% | 189 | 1.51% | 8,251 | 65.75% | 12,550 |
Glasscock | 526 | 91.00% | 44 | 7.61% | 8 | 1.39% | 482 | 83.39% | 578 |
Goliad | 2,294 | 66.34% | 1,127 | 32.59% | 37 | 1.07% | 1,167 | 33.75% | 3,458 |
Gonzales | 4,216 | 69.61% | 1,777 | 29.34% | 64 | 1.05% | 2,439 | 40.27% | 6,057 |
Gray | 6,443 | 87.20% | 886 | 11.99% | 60 | 0.81% | 5,557 | 75.21% | 7,389 |
Grayson | 30,936 | 73.20% | 10,670 | 25.25% | 658 | 1.55% | 20,266 | 47.95% | 42,264 |
Gregg | 28,742 | 69.25% | 12,398 | 29.87% | 367 | 0.88% | 16,344 | 39.38% | 41,507 |
Grimes | 6,141 | 71.40% | 2,339 | 27.19% | 121 | 1.41% | 3,802 | 44.21% | 8,601 |
Guadalupe | 33,117 | 66.73% | 15,744 | 31.73% | 765 | 1.54% | 17,373 | 35.00% | 49,626 |
Hale | 6,490 | 73.30% | 2,243 | 25.33% | 121 | 1.37% | 4,247 | 47.97% | 8,854 |
Hall | 832 | 75.02% | 265 | 23.90% | 12 | 1.08% | 567 | 51.12% | 1,109 |
Hamilton | 2,918 | 82.15% | 591 | 16.64% | 43 | 1.21% | 2,327 | 65.51% | 3,552 |
Hansford | 1,788 | 91.13% | 159 | 8.10% | 15 | 0.77% | 1,629 | 83.03% | 1,962 |
Hardeman | 1,176 | 78.66% | 302 | 20.20% | 17 | 1.14% | 874 | 58.46% | 1,495 |
Hardin | 17,746 | 83.33% | 3,359 | 15.77% | 192 | 0.90% | 14,387 | 67.56% | 21,297 |
Harris | 586,073 | 49.31% | 587,044 | 49.39% | 15,468 | 1.30% | -971 | -0.08% | 1,188,585 |
Harrison | 17,512 | 66.92% | 8,456 | 32.31% | 202 | 0.77% | 9,056 | 34.61% | 26,170 |
Hartley | 1,708 | 89.28% | 184 | 9.62% | 21 | 1.10% | 1,524 | 79.66% | 1,913 |
Haskell | 1,424 | 70.74% | 553 | 27.47% | 36 | 1.79% | 871 | 43.27% | 2,013 |
Hays | 31,661 | 53.65% | 25,537 | 43.27% | 1,813 | 3.08% | 6,124 | 10.38% | 59,011 |
Hemphill | 1,298 | 86.02% | 192 | 12.72% | 19 | 1.26% | 1,106 | 73.30% | 1,509 |
Henderson | 21,231 | 76.85% | 6,106 | 22.10% | 290 | 1.05% | 15,125 | 54.75% | 27,627 |
Hidalgo | 39,865 | 28.61% | 97,969 | 70.32% | 1,488 | 1.07% | -58,104 | -41.71% | 139,322 |
Hill | 9,132 | 75.82% | 2,752 | 22.85% | 161 | 1.33% | 6,380 | 52.97% | 12,045 |
Hockley | 5,546 | 77.74% | 1,486 | 20.83% | 102 | 1.43% | 4,060 | 56.91% | 7,134 |
Hood | 18,409 | 81.53% | 3,843 | 17.02% | 327 | 1.45% | 14,566 | 64.51% | 22,579 |
Hopkins | 9,836 | 77.13% | 2,777 | 21.78% | 140 | 1.09% | 7,059 | 55.35% | 12,753 |
Houston | 5,880 | 71.59% | 2,265 | 27.57% | 69 | 0.84% | 3,615 | 44.02% | 8,214 |
Howard | 6,453 | 74.22% | 2,110 | 24.27% | 132 | 1.51% | 4,343 | 49.95% | 8,695 |
Hudspeth | 471 | 54.58% | 379 | 43.92% | 13 | 1.50% | 92 | 10.66% | 863 |
Hunt | 21,011 | 74.91% | 6,671 | 23.78% | 367 | 1.31% | 14,340 | 51.13% | 28,049 |
Hutchinson | 6,804 | 85.82% | 1,045 | 13.18% | 79 | 1.00% | 5,759 | 72.64% | 7,928 |
Irion | 668 | 84.77% | 112 | 14.21% | 8 | 1.02% | 556 | 70.56% | 788 |
Jack | 2,580 | 88.72% | 303 | 10.42% | 25 | 0.86% | 2,277 | 78.30% | 2,908 |
Jackson | 3,906 | 77.73% | 1,070 | 21.29% | 49 | 0.98% | 2,836 | 56.44% | 5,025 |
Jasper | 9,957 | 73.66% | 3,423 | 25.32% | 137 | 1.02% | 6,534 | 48.34% | 13,517 |
Jeff Davis | 719 | 60.32% | 440 | 36.91% | 33 | 2.77% | 279 | 23.41% | 1,192 |
Jefferson | 43,242 | 48.73% | 44,668 | 50.34% | 825 | 0.93% | -1,426 | -1.61% | 88,735 |
Jim Hogg | 356 | 21.36% | 1,301 | 78.04% | 10 | 0.60% | -945 | -56.68% | 1,667 |
Jim Wells | 4,598 | 41.18% | 6,492 | 58.14% | 76 | 0.68% | -1,894 | -16.96% | 11,166 |
Johnson | 37,661 | 77.11% | 10,496 | 21.49% | 681 | 1.40% | 27,165 | 55.62% | 48,838 |
Jones | 4,262 | 76.56% | 1,226 | 22.02% | 79 | 1.42% | 3,036 | 54.54% | 5,567 |
Karnes | 2,825 | 67.50% | 1,325 | 31.66% | 35 | 0.84% | 1,500 | 35.84% | 4,185 |
Kaufman | 24,846 | 71.66% | 9,472 | 27.32% | 352 | 1.02% | 15,374 | 44.34% | 34,670 |
Kendall | 14,508 | 81.58% | 3,043 | 17.11% | 232 | 1.31% | 11,465 | 64.47% | 17,783 |
Kenedy | 84 | 50.30% | 82 | 49.10% | 1 | 0.60% | 2 | 1.20% | 167 |
Kent | 335 | 82.72% | 66 | 16.30% | 4 | 0.98% | 269 | 66.42% | 405 |
Kerr | 17,274 | 78.95% | 4,338 | 19.83% | 267 | 1.22% | 12,936 | 59.12% | 21,879 |
Kimble | 1,667 | 88.11% | 217 | 11.47% | 8 | 0.42% | 1,450 | 76.64% | 1,892 |
King | 139 | 95.86% | 5 | 3.45% | 1 | 0.69% | 134 | 92.41% | 145 |
Kinney | 880 | 61.75% | 522 | 36.63% | 23 | 1.62% | 358 | 25.12% | 1,425 |
Kleberg | 4,058 | 45.56% | 4,754 | 53.37% | 95 | 1.07% | -696 | -7.81% | 8,907 |
Knox | 1,160 | 76.82% | 332 | 21.99% | 18 | 1.19% | 828 | 54.83% | 1,510 |
Lamar | 12,826 | 74.58% | 4,181 | 24.31% | 190 | 1.11% | 8,645 | 50.27% | 17,197 |
Lamb | 3,058 | 74.75% | 998 | 24.40% | 35 | 0.85% | 2,060 | 50.35% | 4,091 |
Lampasas | 5,621 | 78.03% | 1,479 | 20.53% | 104 | 1.44% | 4,142 | 57.50% | 7,204 |
La Salle | 669 | 40.64% | 965 | 58.63% | 12 | 0.73% | -296 | -17.99% | 1,646 |
Lavaca | 6,796 | 81.74% | 1,428 | 17.18% | 90 | 1.08% | 5,368 | 64.56% | 8,314 |
Lee | 4,507 | 72.27% | 1,632 | 26.17% | 97 | 1.56% | 2,875 | 46.10% | 6,236 |
Leon | 5,814 | 83.53% | 1,062 | 15.26% | 84 | 1.21% | 4,752 | 68.27% | 6,960 |
Liberty | 17,323 | 76.16% | 5,202 | 22.87% | 221 | 0.97% | 12,121 | 53.29% | 22,746 |
Limestone | 5,288 | 69.92% | 2,208 | 29.19% | 67 | 0.89% | 3,080 | 40.73% | 7,563 |
Lipscomb | 1,044 | 89.38% | 119 | 10.19% | 5 | 0.43% | 925 | 79.19% | 1,168 |
Live Oak | 3,154 | 76.68% | 919 | 22.34% | 40 | 0.98% | 2,235 | 54.34% | 4,113 |
Llano | 7,610 | 79.62% | 1,822 | 19.06% | 126 | 1.32% | 5,788 | 60.56% | 9,558 |
Loving | 54 | 84.38% | 9 | 14.06% | 1 | 1.56% | 45 | 70.32% | 64 |
Lubbock | 63,469 | 69.61% | 26,271 | 28.81% | 1,444 | 1.58% | 37,198 | 40.80% | 91,184 |
Lynn | 1,439 | 73.46% | 506 | 25.83% | 14 | 0.71% | 933 | 47.63% | 1,959 |
Madison | 3,028 | 75.17% | 967 | 24.01% | 33 | 0.82% | 2,061 | 51.16% | 4,028 |
Marion | 2,733 | 63.83% | 1,495 | 34.91% | 54 | 1.26% | 1,238 | 28.92% | 4,282 |
Martin | 1,368 | 84.24% | 248 | 15.27% | 8 | 0.49% | 1,120 | 68.97% | 1,624 |
Mason | 1,565 | 79.52% | 380 | 19.31% | 23 | 1.17% | 1,185 | 60.21% | 1,968 |
Matagorda | 8,040 | 66.27% | 3,980 | 32.80% | 113 | 0.93% | 4,060 | 33.47% | 12,133 |
Maverick | 2,171 | 20.55% | 8,303 | 78.60% | 89 | 0.85% | -6,132 | -58.05% | 10,563 |
McCulloch | 2,419 | 80.82% | 537 | 17.94% | 37 | 1.24% | 1,882 | 62.88% | 2,993 |
McLennan | 47,903 | 64.26% | 25,694 | 34.47% | 944 | 1.27% | 22,209 | 29.79% | 74,541 |
McMullen | 431 | 85.69% | 67 | 13.32% | 5 | 0.99% | 364 | 72.37% | 503 |
Medina | 11,079 | 69.03% | 4,784 | 29.81% | 186 | 1.16% | 6,295 | 39.22% | 16,049 |
Menard | 665 | 78.33% | 171 | 20.14% | 13 | 1.53% | 494 | 58.19% | 849 |
Midland | 35,689 | 79.85% | 8,286 | 18.54% | 722 | 1.61% | 27,403 | 61.31% | 44,697 |
Milam | 5,481 | 66.60% | 2,636 | 32.03% | 113 | 1.37% | 2,845 | 34.57% | 8,230 |
Mills | 1,882 | 85.51% | 279 | 12.68% | 40 | 1.81% | 1,603 | 72.83% | 2,201 |
Mitchell | 1,756 | 75.82% | 538 | 23.23% | 22 | 0.95% | 1,218 | 52.59% | 2,316 |
Montague | 6,549 | 84.49% | 1,116 | 14.40% | 86 | 1.11% | 5,433 | 70.09% | 7,751 |
Montgomery | 137,969 | 79.51% | 32,920 | 18.97% | 2,634 | 1.52% | 105,049 | 60.54% | 173,523 |
Moore | 3,968 | 79.60% | 964 | 19.34% | 53 | 1.06% | 3,004 | 60.26% | 4,985 |
Morris | 3,232 | 62.89% | 1,858 | 36.15% | 49 | 0.96% | 1,374 | 26.74% | 5,139 |
Motley | 538 | 89.67% | 55 | 9.17% | 7 | 1.16% | 483 | 80.50% | 600 |
Nacogdoches | 13,925 | 67.42% | 6,465 | 31.30% | 263 | 1.28% | 7,460 | 36.12% | 20,653 |
Navarro | 10,847 | 70.60% | 4,350 | 28.31% | 167 | 1.09% | 6,497 | 42.29% | 15,364 |
Newton | 4,112 | 70.06% | 1,677 | 28.57% | 80 | 1.37% | 2,435 | 41.49% | 5,869 |
Nolan | 3,282 | 71.74% | 1,216 | 26.58% | 77 | 1.68% | 2,066 | 45.16% | 4,575 |
Nueces | 48,966 | 50.95% | 45,772 | 47.63% | 1,366 | 1.42% | 3,194 | 3.32% | 96,104 |
Ochiltree | 2,719 | 90.85% | 253 | 8.45% | 21 | 0.70% | 2,466 | 82.40% | 2,993 |
Oldham | 790 | 90.91% | 71 | 8.17% | 8 | 0.92% | 719 | 82.74% | 869 |
Orange | 23,366 | 76.12% | 6,800 | 22.15% | 529 | 1.73% | 16,566 | 53.97% | 30,695 |
Palo Pinto | 7,393 | 79.06% | 1,811 | 19.37% | 147 | 1.57% | 5,582 | 59.69% | 9,351 |
Panola | 7,950 | 77.71% | 2,211 | 21.61% | 69 | 0.68% | 5,739 | 56.10% | 10,230 |
Parker | 39,243 | 82.28% | 7,853 | 16.47% | 598 | 1.25% | 31,390 | 65.81% | 47,694 |
Parmer | 2,011 | 78.74% | 529 | 20.71% | 14 | 0.55% | 1,482 | 58.03% | 2,554 |
Pecos | 2,512 | 60.53% | 1,591 | 38.34% | 47 | 1.13% | 921 | 22.19% | 4,150 |
Polk | 14,071 | 73.54% | 4,859 | 25.39% | 204 | 1.07% | 9,212 | 48.15% | 19,134 |
Potter | 18,918 | 71.52% | 7,126 | 26.94% | 406 | 1.54% | 11,792 | 44.58% | 26,450 |
Presidio | 504 | 27.74% | 1,282 | 70.56% | 31 | 1.70% | -778 | -42.82% | 1,817 |
Rains | 3,279 | 80.23% | 761 | 18.62% | 47 | 1.15% | 2,518 | 61.61% | 4,087 |
Randall | 41,447 | 83.40% | 7,574 | 15.24% | 675 | 1.36% | 33,873 | 68.16% | 49,696 |
Reagan | 676 | 80.19% | 158 | 18.74% | 9 | 1.07% | 518 | 61.45% | 843 |
Real | 1,236 | 80.52% | 277 | 18.05% | 22 | 1.43% | 959 | 62.47% | 1,535 |
Red River | 3,549 | 69.94% | 1,482 | 29.21% | 43 | 0.85% | 2,067 | 40.73% | 5,074 |
Reeves | 1,188 | 41.29% | 1,655 | 57.53% | 34 | 1.18% | -467 | -16.24% | 2,877 |
Refugio | 1,663 | 62.12% | 998 | 37.28% | 16 | 0.60% | 665 | 24.84% | 2,677 |
Roberts | 468 | 92.13% | 33 | 6.50% | 7 | 1.37% | 435 | 85.63% | 508 |
Robertson | 4,419 | 60.64% | 2,798 | 38.40% | 70 | 0.96% | 1,621 | 22.24% | 7,287 |
Rockwall | 27,113 | 75.81% | 8,120 | 22.70% | 531 | 1.49% | 18,993 | 53.11% | 35,764 |
Runnels | 3,104 | 84.62% | 519 | 14.15% | 45 | 1.23% | 2,585 | 70.47% | 3,668 |
Rusk | 13,924 | 75.08% | 4,451 | 24.00% | 171 | 0.92% | 9,473 | 51.08% | 18,546 |
Sabine | 3,727 | 81.41% | 807 | 17.63% | 44 | 0.96% | 2,920 | 63.78% | 4,578 |
San Augustine | 2,469 | 66.91% | 1,193 | 32.33% | 28 | 0.76% | 1,276 | 34.58% | 3,690 |
San Jacinto | 7,107 | 73.91% | 2,410 | 25.06% | 99 | 1.03% | 4,697 | 48.85% | 9,616 |
San Patricio | 12,005 | 59.79% | 7,856 | 39.13% | 217 | 1.08% | 4,149 | 20.66% | 20,078 |
San Saba | 1,905 | 84.33% | 323 | 14.30% | 31 | 1.37% | 1,582 | 70.03% | 2,259 |
Schleicher | 787 | 77.38% | 221 | 21.73% | 9 | 0.89% | 566 | 55.65% | 1,017 |
Scurry | 4,124 | 82.04% | 838 | 16.67% | 65 | 1.29% | 3,286 | 65.37% | 5,027 |
Shackelford | 1,218 | 89.36% | 131 | 9.61% | 14 | 1.03% | 1,087 | 79.75% | 1,363 |
Shelby | 6,879 | 74.03% | 2,322 | 24.99% | 91 | 0.98% | 4,557 | 49.04% | 9,292 |
Sherman | 908 | 87.48% | 121 | 11.66% | 9 | 0.86% | 787 | 75.82% | 1,038 |
Smith | 57,331 | 72.02% | 21,456 | 26.95% | 814 | 1.03% | 35,875 | 45.07% | 79,601 |
Somervell | 2,871 | 81.15% | 613 | 17.33% | 54 | 1.52% | 2,258 | 63.82% | 3,538 |
Starr | 1,547 | 13.02% | 10,260 | 86.34% | 76 | 0.64% | -8,713 | -73.32% | 11,883 |
Stephens | 2,892 | 84.76% | 475 | 13.92% | 45 | 1.32% | 2,417 | 70.84% | 3,412 |
Sterling | 459 | 92.91% | 31 | 6.28% | 4 | 0.81% | 428 | 86.63% | 494 |
Stonewall | 507 | 75.11% | 160 | 23.70% | 8 | 1.19% | 347 | 51.41% | 675 |
Sutton | 1,110 | 74.45% | 369 | 24.75% | 12 | 0.80% | 741 | 49.70% | 1,491 |
Swisher | 1,655 | 72.91% | 579 | 25.51% | 36 | 1.58% | 1,076 | 47.40% | 2,270 |
Tarrant | 348,920 | 57.12% | 253,071 | 41.43% | 8,899 | 1.45% | 95,849 | 15.69% | 610,890 |
Taylor | 32,904 | 76.06% | 9,750 | 22.54% | 609 | 1.40% | 23,154 | 53.52% | 43,263 |
Terrell | 358 | 64.50% | 184 | 33.15% | 13 | 2.35% | 174 | 31.35% | 555 |
Terry | 2,602 | 70.15% | 1,059 | 28.55% | 48 | 1.30% | 1,543 | 41.60% | 3,709 |
Throckmorton | 700 | 86.10% | 109 | 13.41% | 4 | 0.49% | 591 | 72.69% | 813 |
Titus | 6,084 | 68.71% | 2,648 | 29.91% | 122 | 1.38% | 3,436 | 38.80% | 8,854 |
Tom Green | 26,878 | 73.20% | 9,294 | 25.31% | 548 | 1.49% | 17,584 | 47.89% | 36,720 |
Travis | 140,152 | 36.21% | 232,788 | 60.14% | 14,117 | 3.65% | -92,636 | -23.93% | 387,057 |
Trinity | 4,537 | 72.77% | 1,614 | 25.89% | 84 | 1.34% | 2,923 | 46.88% | 6,235 |
Tyler | 5,910 | 77.21% | 1,668 | 21.79% | 76 | 1.00% | 4,242 | 55.42% | 7,654 |
Upshur | 12,015 | 79.37% | 2,971 | 19.63% | 152 | 1.00% | 9,044 | 59.74% | 15,138 |
Upton | 953 | 73.31% | 333 | 25.62% | 14 | 1.07% | 620 | 47.69% | 1,300 |
Uvalde | 4,529 | 53.69% | 3,825 | 45.35% | 81 | 0.96% | 704 | 8.34% | 8,435 |
Val Verde | 5,635 | 46.64% | 6,285 | 52.02% | 161 | 1.34% | -650 | -5.38% | 12,081 |
Van Zandt | 15,794 | 82.69% | 3,084 | 16.15% | 222 | 1.16% | 12,710 | 66.54% | 19,100 |
Victoria | 19,692 | 68.25% | 8,802 | 30.51% | 359 | 1.24% | 10,890 | 37.74% | 28,853 |
Walker | 12,140 | 64.97% | 6,252 | 33.46% | 293 | 1.57% | 5,888 | 31.51% | 18,685 |
Waller | 9,244 | 58.13% | 6,514 | 40.96% | 144 | 0.91% | 2,730 | 17.17% | 15,902 |
Ward | 2,366 | 72.91% | 841 | 25.92% | 38 | 1.17% | 1,525 | 46.99% | 3,245 |
Washington | 10,857 | 75.41% | 3,381 | 23.48% | 159 | 1.11% | 7,476 | 51.93% | 14,397 |
Webb | 11,078 | 22.52% | 37,597 | 76.42% | 521 | 1.06% | -26,519 | -53.90% | 49,196 |
Wharton | 9,750 | 69.21% | 4,235 | 30.06% | 102 | 0.73% | 5,515 | 39.15% | 14,087 |
Wheeler | 1,878 | 88.25% | 232 | 10.90% | 18 | 0.85% | 1,646 | 77.35% | 2,128 |
Wichita | 29,812 | 72.68% | 10,525 | 25.66% | 681 | 1.66% | 19,287 | 47.02% | 41,018 |
Wilbarger | 2,956 | 74.27% | 971 | 24.40% | 53 | 1.33% | 1,985 | 49.87% | 3,980 |
Willacy | 1,416 | 27.96% | 3,600 | 71.09% | 48 | 0.95% | -2,184 | -43.13% | 5,064 |
Williamson | 97,006 | 59.22% | 61,875 | 37.77% | 4,923 | 3.01% | 35,131 | 21.45% | 163,804 |
Wilson | 12,218 | 71.01% | 4,821 | 28.02% | 166 | 0.97% | 7,397 | 42.99% | 17,205 |
Winkler | 1,311 | 76.00% | 398 | 23.07% | 16 | 0.93% | 913 | 52.93% | 1,725 |
Wise | 17,207 | 82.95% | 3,221 | 15.53% | 317 | 1.52% | 13,986 | 67.42% | 20,745 |
Wood | 14,351 | 81.63% | 3,056 | 17.38% | 174 | 0.99% | 11,295 | 64.25% | 17,581 |
Yoakum | 1,698 | 79.79% | 409 | 19.22% | 21 | 0.99% | 1,289 | 60.57% | 2,128 |
Young | 6,225 | 85.09% | 992 | 13.56% | 99 | 1.35% | 5,233 | 71.53% | 7,316 |
Zapata | 997 | 28.14% | 2,527 | 71.32% | 19 | 0.54% | -1,530 | -43.18% | 3,543 |
Zavala | 574 | 15.71% | 3,042 | 83.27% | 37 | 1.02% | -2,468 | -67.56% | 3,653 |
Totals | 4,569,843 | 57.13% | 3,308,124 | 41.35% | 121,690 | 1.52% | 1,261,719 | 15.78% | 7,999,657 |
Romney won 25 of 36 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. [21]
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