2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

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All 36 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	7,993,851 - 58%
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 23 9 Seats won 24 12 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 4,429,270 2,949,900 Percentage 57.8% 38.5% Swing 6.6% 7.9%
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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas—an increase of four seats in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election and an election for the U.S. Senate. The primary election had been scheduled to be held on March 6, 2012, with a runoff election on May 22; because of problems arising from redistricting, the primary was postponed to May 29, and the run-off to July 31.^[1]

With 58% of voting age people turning out, all existing seats were held by their respective parties with one exception, the Democrats picking up the 23rd District. Of the four new seats, two were won by the Republican Party for a total of 24 seats, and two were won by the Democratic Party for a total of 12 seats.

In March 2011, The Texas Tribune conducted a poll of Texas "insiders" which found 54 per cent to believe three of the state's four new congressional districts would be drawn to favor the Republican Party, with one district drawn to favor the Democratic Party; while 37 per cent of those polled felt two districts would favor Republicans while two would favor Democrats.^[2] In April, Republican U.S. Representative Lamar Smith argued that the seats should be evenly split between the parties in order to reflect Texas's growing Hispanic population and abide by the Voting Rights Act. Joe Barton, also a Republican U.S. Representative, disagreed, arguing that three or four of the districts should favor Republicans.^[3]

Also in April, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus filed a lawsuit against Governor Rick Perry and the state of Texas, seeking to halt redistricting based on census data which allegedly failed to count up to 250,000 Hispanic residents of colonias.^[4] Later in April, Democratic U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett released a map which he alleged had been submitted by Republican members of Congress to leaders of the Texas Legislature. The map would divide Travis County between four districts, three of which would favor Republicans and one of which would favor Democrats.^[5]

In May, state representative Burt Solomons, a Republican, expressed concern that the legislature would not produce a congressional redistricting map by May 30, when it was scheduled to adjourn, and that a special session would be necessary.^[6] State senator Kel Seliger, the chair of the Senate's Select Committee on Redistricting, also downplayed the likelihood that redistricting legislation would be passed but emphasized the importance of creating a "credible instrument for the court to consider."^[7] Joe Barton later filed a lawsuit in response to perceived "inaction" by the legislature on redistricting.^[8] On May 25, Seliger confirmed that the legislature would not pass redistricting legislation, and that a congressional map would be drawn either by a federal court or in a special session.^[9] The same day, Rick Perry reiterated his position that the Legislature rather than the courts should draw the map,^[10] and three days later said he would call a special session on the condition that legislators decide on a map in advance.^[11]

On May 30, Perry called a special session.^[12] On May 31, the first day of the special session, redistricting was added to the list of matters to be addressed and Seliger and Solomons released a proposed congressional map. In Seliger and Solomons' map, African Americans and Hispanic Americans form majorities in two of the new districts, while the other two new districts gave Perry more than 56 per cent of their vote in the 2010 gubernatorial election. The districts represented by Doggett and Republicans Quico Canseco and Blake Farenthold would be made more favorable to Republicans. Democratic state representative Marc Veasey and Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund criticized the plan, which they said failed to increase the number of minority opportunity districts.^[13] Democratic U.S. Representative Gene Green filed a lawsuit against the map, alleging that it would neglect Hispanic population growth primarily in Harris County.^[14] On June 2, Solomons acknowledged that the map was likely to undergo significant changes.^[15]

A new map was proposed by Seliger on June 2, under which Republican U.S. Representative Ron Paul's district would be significantly modified and a district which linked urban Houston to rural East Texas counties would be redrawn. The map was passed by the State Senate's redistricting committee,^[16] and by the full Senate on party lines on June 6.^[17] A slightly different map from that passed by the Senate was passed by the House of Representatives' Redistricting Committee. The House map would lower the Hispanic population of Canseco's district by concentrating Hispanics in Democrat Charlie Gonzalez's district.^[18] The map was passed by the full House of Representatives on June 14.^[19] On June 20, the Senate voted to accept the House's amendments.^[20] The map was signed into law by Perry on July 18.^[21]

On September 13, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice said that, based on a preliminary investigation, the map appeared to have been "adopted, at least in part, for the purpose of diminishing the ability of citizens of the United States, on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group, to elect their preferred candidates of choice to Congress" and would have a discriminatory effect.^[22]

On November 8, a federal court refused to approve the Legislature's proposed map, thereby necessitating lengthy legal proceedings and the implementation of an interim map for the 2012 elections, to be drawn by a panel of federal judges.^[23] On November 23, a panel of three federal judges drew a map in which three of the four new districts would favor Democrats.^[24] However, three days later, Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General, announced that the state would file for an emergency stay from the U.S. Supreme Court.^[25] On December 9, the Supreme Court blocked the use of the map drawn by federal judges. This was expected to necessitate delaying the state's filing deadline and primary elections.^[26]

On January 20, 2012, the Supreme Court rejected the map drawn by the federal court, holding that the court had not paid enough attention to the maps drawn by the legislature, and sent the case back to the lower court.^[27]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[28][29]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	4,429,270	57.79%	23	24	+1
	Democratic	2,949,900	38.49%	9	12	+3
	Libertarian	246,587	3.22%	0	0	-
	Green	32,872	0.43%	0	0	-
	Independent	5,354	0.07%	0	0	-
	Write-In	255	0.00%	0	0	-
Totals		7,664,208	100.00%	32	36	+4

Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.^[30]

• Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert (incumbent)	67,705	100.0
Total votes			67,705	100.0

• Dr. Shirley McKellar, Army veteran and non-profit businesswoman^[32]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley McKellar	8,207	100.0
Total votes			8,207	100.0

• Clark Patterson, photographer

Texas 1st congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert (incumbent)	178,322	71.43
	Democratic	Shirley J. McKellar	67,222	26.93
	Libertarian	Clark Patterson	4,114	1.65
Total votes			249,658	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Ted Poe, who had represented Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.^[30]

• Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe (incumbent)	39,336	100.0
Total votes			39,336	100.0

• Jim Dougherty, attorney and CPA^[32]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Dougherty	6,676	100.0
Total votes			6,676	100.0

• Kenneth Duncan

• Mark Roberts, teacher

Texas 2nd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe (incumbent)	159,664	64.82
	Democratic	Jim Dougherty	80,512	32.68
	Libertarian	Kenneth Duncan	4,140	1.68
	Green	Mark A. Roberts	2,012	0.82
Total votes			246,328	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Sam Johnson, who had represented Texas's 3rd congressional district since 1991, ran for re-election.^[30]

• Sam Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Josh Caesar, software engineer
• Harry Pierce, Air Force veteran

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (incumbent)	33,592	83.06
	Republican	Harry Pierce	4,848	11.98
	Republican	Josh Caesar	2,002	4.95
Total votes			40,442	100.0

Texas 3rd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (incumbent)	187,180	100.00
Total votes			187,180	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Ralph Hall, who had represented Texas's 4th congressional district since 1981 (as a Democrat from 1981 to 2004), sought re-election.^[30]

There was speculation that Hall might retire due to his age - he was 89 years old - and a closer than usual primary in 2010 (though he still won with 57% of the vote).^[34] Hall faced two opponents in his party's May primary: businessman and 2010 primary candidate Steve Clark,^[35] and businessman Lou Gigliotti.^[36]

• Ralph Hall, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Steve Clark, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2010
• Lou Gigliotti, businessman

• John Cooper

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hall (incumbent)	38,202	58.4
	Republican	Steve Clark	13,719	21.0
	Republican	Lou Gigliotti	13,532	20.7
Total votes			65,453	100.0

• VaLinda Hathcox, attorney and nominee for this seat in 2010^[32]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	VaLinda Hathcox	7,389	100.0
Total votes			7,389	100.0

• Thomas Griffing

Texas 4th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hall (incumbent)	182,679	72.97
	Democratic	VaLinda Hathcox	60,214	24.05
	Libertarian	Thomas Griffing	7,262	2.90
	Write-In	Fred Rostek	188	0.08
Total votes			250,343	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Jeb Hensarling, who had represented Texas's 5th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.^[30]

• Jeb Hensarling, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	41,348	100.0
Total votes			41,348	100.0

• Linda Mrosko, legal assistant^[38][32]

• Tom Berry, U.S. Navy veteran, retired train conductor, nominee for Illinois 6th in 1994 & 2002 and nominee for this seat in 2010
• Pat Wallace

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Mrosko	2,778	39.15
	Democratic	Tom Berry	2,219	31.27
	Democratic	Pat Wallace	2,097	29.56
Total votes			7,094	100.00
Runoff election
	Democratic	Linda Mrosko	1,848	60.82
	Democratic	Tom Berry	1,190	39.18
Total votes			3,038	100.00

• Ken Ashby, teacher, engineer and nominee for this seat in 2010

Texas 5th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	134,091	64.40
	Democratic	Linda Mrosko	69,178	33.22
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,961	2.38
Total votes			208,230	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Texas's 6th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Joe Barton Kenneth Sanders Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 145,019 98,053 Percentage 58.0% 39.2%

County results Barton:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Joe Barton Republican Elected U.S. Representative Joe Barton Republican

Republican Joe Barton, who had represented Texas's 6th congressional district since 1985, ran for re-election.^[30][39]

• Joe Barton, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Joe Chow, former mayor of Addison^[40]
• Itamar Gelbman, Israeli-American security consultant^[40]
• Frank Kuchar, accountant^[41]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (incumbent)	26,192	63.22
	Republican	Joe Chow	8,154	19.68
	Republican	Frank C. Kuchar	4,725	11.40
	Republican	Itamar Gelbman	2,356	5.68
Total votes			41,427	100

• Kenneth Sanders, manufacturing consultant^[32]

• Brianna Hinojosa-Flores, attorney
• Don Jaquess, businessman

• David Alameel, dentist and horse racing advocate^[42] (running in the 33rd)

• Chet Edwards, former U.S. Representative^[43]
• Chris Turner, former state representative
• Allen Vaught, former state representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth Sanders	6,609	61.25
	Democratic	Brianna Hinojosa-Flores	3,483	32.27
	Democratic	Don Jaquess	698	6.46
Total votes			10,790	100

• Hugh Chavin, construction manager and former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant

• Brandon Parmer

Texas 6th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (incumbent)	145,019	58.02
	Democratic	Kenneth Sanders	98,053	39.23
	Libertarian	Hugh Chavin	4,847	1.94
	Green	Brandon Parmer	2,017	0.81
Total votes			249,936	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican John Culberson, who had represented Texas's 7th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

• John Culberson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Bill Tofte

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (incumbent)	37,590	86.3
	Republican	Bill Tofte	5,971	13.7
Total votes			43,561	100.0

• James Cargas, energy lawyer for the City of Houston

• Phillip Andrews, accountant and nominee for the State House in 2010
• Lissa Squiers, activist

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lissa Squiers	2,848	39.9
	Democratic	James Cargas	2,410	33.8
	Democratic	Phillip Andrews	1,876	26.3
Total votes			7,134	100.0
Runoff election
	Democratic	James Cargas	2,121	57.9
	Democratic	Lissa Squiers	1,545	42.1
Total votes			3,666	100.00

• Drew Parks

• Lance Findley

Texas 7th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (incumbent)	142,793	60.81
	Democratic	James Cargas	85,553	36.43
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	4,669	1.99
	Green	Lance Findley	1,822	0.78
Total votes			234,837	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Kevin Brady, who had represented Texas's 8th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.^[44]

• Kevin Brady, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Larry Youngblood, computer consultant^[45]

• Chris Irish, health care consultant for Pfizer and founder of the North Houston Tea Party Patriots^[46]

• Scott Baker, businessman^[47]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (incumbent)	48,366	76.1
	Republican	Larry Youngblood	15,181	23.9
Total votes			63,547	100.0

• Neil Burns, former executive at the Shell Oil Company^[48]

• James Wright, retiree from New Caney and nominee for this seat in 2004 and 2006^[49]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Burns	5,789	100.0
Total votes			5,789	100.0

• Roy Hall

Texas 8th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (incumbent)	194,043	77.29
	Democratic	Neil Burns	51,051	20.33
	Libertarian	Roy Hall	5,958	2.37
Total votes			251,052	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat Al Green, who had represented Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.^[32]

• Al Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green (incumbent)	20,917	100.0
Total votes			20,917	100.0

• Steve Mueller, business analyst, activist and nominee for this seat in 2010^[30]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Mueller	7,255	100.0
Total votes			7,255	100.0

• John Wieder, clergy member

• Vanessa Foster

Texas 9th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green (incumbent)	144,075	78.49
	Republican	Steve Mueller	36,139	19.69
	Green	Vanessa Foster	1,743	0.95
	Libertarian	John Wieder	1,609	0.88
Total votes			183,566	100.0
	Democratic hold

Republican Michael McCaul, who had represented Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election. He did not seek the open U.S. Senate seat.^[50]

• Michael McCaul, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Eddie Traylor, pilot

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul (incumbent)	39,543	83.8
	Republican	Eddie Traylor	7,664	16.2
Total votes			47,207	100.0

• Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA surgery supervisor and quality assurance director

• William Miller Jr.

• Dan Grant, foreign policy expert and candidate for this seat in 2008^[51]

• Larry Joe Doherty, attorney, TV show host and nominee for this seat in 2008^[43]
• Michael Peter Skelly, entrepreneur and nominee for the 7th district in 2008

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	8,061	56.65
	Democratic	William E. Miller, Jr.	6,169	43.35
Total votes			14,230	100.0

• Richard Priest

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[53]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56]	Safe R	November 5, 2012
NY Times[57]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[58]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[59]	Likely R	November 4, 2012

Texas 10th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul (incumbent)	159,783	60.52
	Democratic	Tawana Walter-Cadien	95,710	36.25
	Libertarian	Richard Priest	8,526	3.23
Total votes			264,019	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Mike Conaway, who had represented Texas's 11th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

• Mike Conaway, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Wade Brown, real estate investor^[60]
• Chris Younts, insurance agent and co-founder of the San Angelo Tea Party^[61]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	48,581	70.4
	Republican	Chris Younts	12,917	18.7
	Republican	Wade Brown	7,547	10.9
Total votes			69,045	100.0

• Jim Riley, businessman^[62]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Riley	4,322	100.0
Total votes			4,322	100.0

• Scott Ballard

Texas 11th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	177,742	78.64
	Democratic	Jim Riley	41,970	18.57
	Libertarian	Scott J. Ballard	6,311	2.79
Total votes			226,023	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Kay Granger, who had represented Texas's 12th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.^[30]

• Kay Granger, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Bill Lawrence, former mayor of Highland Village

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (incumbent)	34,828	80.2
	Republican	Bill Lawrence	8,611	19.8
Total votes			43,439	100.0

• Dave Robinson, retired schoolteacher and veteran^[32]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Robinson	6,530	100.0
Total votes			6,530	100.0

• Matthew Solodow, senior project manager

Texas 12th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (incumbent)	175,649	70.91
	Democratic	Dave Robinson	66,080	26.68
	Libertarian	Matthew Solodow	5,983	2.42
Total votes			247,712	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Mac Thornberry, who had represented Texas's 13th congressional district since 1995, sought re-election.

• Mac Thornberry, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Pam Barlow, veterinarian^[64]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (incumbent)	47,051	77.5
	Republican	Pam Barlow	13,637	22.5
Total votes			60,688	100.0

No Democrats filed.

• John Deek

• Keith Houston

Texas 13th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (incumbent)	187,775	90.98
	Libertarian	John Robert Deek	12,701	6.15
	Green	Keith F. Houston	5,912	2.86
Total votes			206,388	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Texas's 14th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Randy Weber Nick Lampson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 131,460 109,697 Percentage 53.5% 44.6%

U.S. Representative before election Ron Paul Republican Elected U.S. Representative Randy Weber Republican

Republican Ron Paul, who had represented Texas's 14th congressional district since 1997 and ran for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination, did not seek re-election to the House of Representatives.^[65]

• Randy Weber, state representative^[66][67]

• Tim Day, retired businessman and filmmaker^[66]
• John Gay, former Spring Independent School District administrator^[66]
• Robert Gonzalez, chair of the Clear Lake Tea Party^[66][68]
• George Harper, Tea Party activist and civil designer in the petro-chemical industry^[66]
• Felicia Harris, Pearland City Councilmember^[66][69]
• Mark Mansius, engineer
• Jay Old, attorney^[66]
• Michael J. Truncale, attorney and regent of the Texas State University System^[66][70]

• John Faulk^[66]
• Paul Hawes

• Dennis Bonnen, state representative^[71]
• John Manlove, former mayor of Pasadena^[66][72]
• Debra Medina, political activist and candidate for Governor in 2010^[73]
• Steve Stockman, former U.S. Representative (running in the 36th)^[66][74]
• Larry Taylor, state representative^[75]

Texas's 14th congressional district – Republican primary, 2012^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber	12,088	27.60
	Republican	Felicia Harris	8,287	18.92
	Republican	Michael J. Truncale	6,212	14.18
	Republican	Jay Old	6,143	14.02
	Republican	Robert Gonzalez	4,302	9.82
	Republican	Bill Sargent	3,328	7.60
	Republican	John Gay	2,075	4.74
	Republican	George Harper	813	1.86
	Republican	Mark A. Mansius	554	1.26
Total votes			43,802	100.00
Plurality			3,801	8.68
Runoff election
	Republican	Randy Weber	23,212	62.77
	Republican	Felicia Harris	13,765	37.23
Total votes			36,977	100.00
Majority			9,447	25.54

• Nick Lampson, former U.S. Representative^[78]

• Linda Dailey, veteran^[32]

• Joe Jaworski, Mayor of Galveston^[73]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	18,500	83.2
	Democratic	Linda Dailey	3,724	16.8
Total votes			22,224	100.0

• Zach Grady^[66][79]

• Eugene Flynn, lawyer
• Amy Jacobellis, real estate agent
• Bob Smither, engineering consultant

• Rhett Rosenquest Smith^[80]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Weber (R)	Nick Lampson (D)	Undecided
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson)[85]	August 14–19, 2012	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	46%	43%	11%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Lampson)[86]	May 14–17, 2012	502 (LV)	± 4.4%	40%	44%	16%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54]	Lean R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56]	Likely R	November 5, 2012
NY Times[57]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[58]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[59]	Lean R	November 4, 2012

Texas 14th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Weber	131,460	53.47
	Democratic	Nick Lampson	109,697	44.62
	Libertarian	Zach Grady	3,619	1.47
	Green	Rhett Rosenquest Smith	1,063	0.43
Total votes			245,839	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, who had represented Texas's 15th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.

• Rubén Hinojosa, incumbent U.S. Representative

• David Cantu, farmer and rancher
• Jane Cross, businesswoman
• Johnny Partain
• Ruben Ramirez, attorney and educator

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent)	29,397	71.2
	Democratic	David Cantu	5,008	12.1
	Democratic	Jane Cross	4,208	10.2
	Democratic	Ruben Ramon Ramirez	2,012	4.9
	Democratic	Johnny Partain	687	1.7
Total votes			41,312	100.0

• Dale Brueggemann, businessman^[87]

• Rebecca Cervera
• Jim Kuiken, Marine Corps veteran
• Eddie Zamora, sales consultant

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	4,749	33.1
	Republican	Dale Brueggemann	4,551	31.7
	Republican	Rebecca Cervera	2,942	20.5
	Republican	Jim Kuiken	2,124	14.8
Total votes			14,366	100.0
Runoff election
	Republican	Dale Brueggemann	6,403	57.3
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	4,771	42.7
Total votes			11,174	100.0

• Ron Finch

2012 Texas's 15th congressional district candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Rubén Hinojosa	Dale Brueggemann
1	Oct. 23, 2012	KURV KVEO-TV Rio Grande Guardian	Sergio Sanchez Steve Taylor Ryan Wolf	[88][a]	P	P

Texas 15th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent)	89,296	60.89
	Republican	Dale Brueggemann	54,056	36.86
	Libertarian	Ron Finch	3,309	2.26
Total votes			146,661	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democrat Silvestre Reyes, who had represented Texas's 16th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.

• Beto O'Rourke, former El Paso city council member^[89]

• Paul Johnson Jr.
• Ben Mendoza
• Silvestre Reyes, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Jerome Tilghman

Democratic primary results^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	23,261	50.5
	Democratic	Silvestre Reyes (incumbent)	20,440	44.4
	Democratic	Jerome Tilghman	1,270	2.8
	Democratic	Ben E. (Buddy) Mendoza	701	1.5
	Democratic	Paul Johnson, Jr.	419	0.9
Total votes			46,091	100.0

• Barbara Carrasco, small business owner

• Corey Dean Roen, Army lieutenant colonel and business owner

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Carrasco	5,268	58.9
	Republican	Corey Dean Roen	3,681	41.1
Total votes			8,949	100.0

• Junart Sodoy

Texas 16th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Beto O'Rourke	101,403	65.42
	Republican	Barbara Carrasco	51,043	32.93
	Libertarian	Junart Sodoy	2,559	1.65
Total votes			155,005	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 Texas's 17th congressional district election

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Nominee Bill Flores Ben Easton Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 143,284 35,978 Percentage 79.9% 20.1%

County results Flores:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Representative before election Bill Flores Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bill Flores Republican

Republican Bill Flores, who was elected to represent Texas's 17th congressional district in 2011, ran for reelection.

• Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. Representative

• George Hindman, business owner

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores (incumbent)	41,449	82.5
	Republican	George W. Hindman	8,790	17.5
Total votes			50,239	100.0

No Democrats filed.

• Ben Easton, former teacher and freelance author

Texas 17th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Flores (incumbent)	143,284	79.93
	Libertarian	Ben Easton	35,978	20.07
Total votes			179,262	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented Texas's 18th congressional district since 1995, ran for reelection.

• Sheila Jackson Lee, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent)	21,171	100.0
Total votes			21,171	100.0

• Sean Seibert, Afghanistan veteran

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Seibert	7,493	100.0
Total votes			7,493	100.0

• Christopher Barber

Texas 18th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent)	146,223	75.01
	Republican	Sean Seibert	44,015	22.58
	Libertarian	Christopher Barber	4,694	2.41
Total votes			194,932	100.0
	Democratic hold

Republican Randy Neugebauer, who had represented Texas's 19th congressional district since 2003, ran for reelection.

Neugebauer, considered perhaps the most conservative of all House members, faced opposition in his primary from Chris Winn, the former Lubbock County GOP chairman.^[91]

• Randy Neugebauer, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Chris Winn, former chair of Lubbock County Republican Party

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (incumbent)	45,444	74.3
	Republican	Chris Winn	15,707	25.7
Total votes			61,151	100.0

• Richard Peterson, professor emeritus at Texas Tech University

Texas 19th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (incumbent)	163,239	84.99
	Libertarian	Richard (Chip) Peterson	28,824	15.01
Total votes			192,063	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat Charlie Gonzalez, who had represented Texas's 20th congressional district since 1999, retired rather than run for re-election.

• Joaquín Castro, state representative^[92]

• Ezra Johnson, attorney

• Charlie Gonzalez, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquín Castro	16,562	100.0
Total votes			16,562	100.0

• David Rosa, independent insurance agent^[30]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Rosa	9,582	100.0
Total votes			9,582	100.0

• A. E. Potts

• Antonio Diaz, small business owner

Texas 20th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquín Castro	119,032	63.93
	Republican	David Rosa	62,376	33.50
	Libertarian	A. E. (Tracy) Potts	3,143	1.69
	Green	Antonio Diaz	1,626	0.87
Total votes			186,177	100.0
	Democratic hold

Republican Lamar Smith, who had represented Texas's 21st congressional district since 1987, ran for re-election.

• Lamar Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona
• Richard Morgan, software developer^[93]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Smith (incumbent)	52,404	76.6
	Republican	Richard Mack	10,111	14.8
	Republican	Richard Morgan	5,868	8.6
Total votes			68,383	100.0

• Candace Duvál, business owner^[94]

• Daniel Boone, small business owner

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Candace Duvál	9,522	61.1
	Democratic	Daniel Boone	6,070	38.9
Total votes			15,592	100.0

• John-Henry Liberty

• Fidel Castillo
• Bill Stout

Texas 21st congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Smith (incumbent)	187,015	60.55
	Democratic	Candace Duvál	109,326	35.40
	Libertarian	John-Henry Liberty	12,524	4.05
Total votes			308,865	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican incumbent Pete Olson, who had represented Texas's 22nd congressional district since 2009, ran for re-election.

• Pete Olson, incumbent U.S. Representative^[31]

• Barbara Carlson, conservative newspaper columnist^[95]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Olson (incumbent)	35,838	76.5
	Republican	Barbara Carlson	11,019	23.5
Total votes			46,857	100.0

• Kesha Rogers, LaRouche movement activist and nominee for this seat in 2010^[96][33]

• KP George, financial planner

• Doug Blatt, candidate for this seat in 2010

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	3,666	50.7
	Democratic	KP George	3,563	49.3
Total votes			7,229	100.0

• Steven Susman

• Don Cook

Rogers was disavowed by some local Democrats for her controversial platform,^[97] which included impeaching President Obama and colonizing outer space.^[98] She was frequently seen on the campaign trail singing, "Twenty-fifth Amendment now--he is nuts! Obama is nuts!"^[99] referring to LaRouche's call to have Obama removed from office on the grounds of insanity.^[100]

Texas 22nd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Olson (incumbent)	160,668	64.03
	Democratic	Kesha Rogers	80,203	31.96
	Libertarian	Steven Susman	5,986	2.39
	Green	Don Cook	4,054	1.62
Total votes			250,911	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Texas's 23rd congressional district election

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Nominee Pete Gallego Quico Canseco Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 96,676 87,547 Percentage 50.3% 45.6%

County results Gallego:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Canseco:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Quico Canseco Republican Elected U.S. Representative Pete Gallego Democratic

Republican Quico Canseco, who had represented Texas's 23rd congressional district since 2011, ran for re-election.

• Quico Canseco, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Quico Canseco (incumbent)	17,438	100.0
Total votes			17,438	100.0

Former U.S. Representative Ciro Rodriguez, who represented the 23rd district from 2007 until 2011, had initially planned to seek the Democratic nomination in the 23rd district;^[101] however, in November 2011, he announced he would instead run in the new 35th district,^[102] and later said he would run in whichever district contained his home (which transpired to be the 22nd).^[103]

• Pete Gallego, state representative^[104]

• John Bustamante, lawyer and the son of former U.S. Representative Albert Bustamante^[101]
• Ciro Rodriguez, former U.S. Representative

• Manny Pelaez, employment law attorney and trustee of VIA Metropolitan Transit^[104]

Gallego won the primary run-off against Rodriguez.^[105]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	18,237	46.0
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	16,202	40.8
	Democratic	John Bustamante	5,240	13.2
Total votes			39,679	100.0
Runoff election
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	15,815	54.8
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	13,038	45.2
Total votes			28,853	100.0

• Jeffrey Blunt, engineer

• Ed Scharf, retired federal employee^[80]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Quico Canseco (R)	Pete Gallego (D)	Other	Undecided
OnMessage (R-Canseco)[107]	September 23–25, 2012	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	47%	37%	8%	8%
Anzalone-Liszt (D-LCV/Sierra Club)[108]	September 12–17, 2012	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	38%	43%	–	19%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Tossup	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54]	Tilts R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56]	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2012
NY Times[57]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[58]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
The Hill[59]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Texas 23rd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	96,676	50.31
	Republican	Quico Canseco (incumbent)	87,547	45.56
	Libertarian	Jeffrey C. Blunt	5,841	3.04
	Green	Ed Scharf	2,105	1.10
Total votes			192,169	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Republican Kenny Marchant, who had represented Texas's 24th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

• Kenny Marchant, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Grant Stinchfield, former television reporter for KXAS-TV^[109]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant (incumbent)	27,926	67.9
	Republican	Grant Stinchfield	13,184	32.1
Total votes			41,110	100.0

On March 5, 2012, Patrick McGehearty, a computer scientist, dropped out of the Democratic primary to support his wife through a medical problem. McGehearty endorsed Tim Rusk, an attorney from Euless.^[110]

• Tim Rusk, attorney

• Patrick McGehearty, computer scientist

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Rusk	5,267	100.0
Total votes			5,267	100.0

• John Stathas

Texas 24th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant (incumbent)	148,586	61.02
	Democratic	Tim Rusk	87,645	36.00
	Libertarian	John Stathas	7,258	2.98
Total votes			243,489	100.0
	Republican hold

2012 Texas's 25th congressional district election

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Nominee Roger Williams Elaine Henderson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 154,245 98,827 Percentage 58.4% 37.4%

County results Williams:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Henderson:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election None (new district) Elected U.S. Representative Roger Williams Republican

Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who had represented Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, had intended to seek re-election in the new 35th district;^[111] however, the November 2011 interim map would allow him to instead run in the 25th district.^[112] In the event, he ran in the 35th district, as the final version of the 25th was almost entirely a new, and much more Republican leaning seat.

• Roger Williams, former Secretary of State of Texas

• Ernie Beltz Jr., former federal agency program manager, former business owner, and ex-marine^[113]
• Bill Burch, thead of the Grass Roots Institute of Texas^[114]
• Dianne Costa, former mayor of Highland Village^[115]
• James Dillon
• Dave Garrison, former Halliburton and USAA executive^[116]
• Justin Hewlett, Mayor of Cleburne^[117]
• Charles Holcomb, U.S. Air Force reservist
• Brian Matthews, businessman^[109]
• Wes Riddle, businessman^[118]
• Chad Wilbanks, former executive director of the Texas Republican Party;^[109]
• Michael Williams, former Railroad Commissioner^[116][119]

• Ralph Pruyn, businessman^[109]

• Donna Campbell, ophthalmologist and nominee for this seat in 2010^[120]
• Jason Isaac, state representative^[121]
• Sid Miller, state representative^[109]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Williams	12,894	25.1
	Republican	Wes Riddle	7,481	14.6
	Republican	Justin Hewlett	6,178	12.0
	Republican	Dave Garrison	6,133	12.0
	Republican	Michael Williams	5,392	10.5
	Republican	Dianne Costa	4,810	9.4
	Republican	Brian Matthews	1,824	3.6
	Republican	Charlie Holcomb	1,690	3.3
	Republican	Chad Wilbanks	1,593	3.1
	Republican	Bill Burch	1,575	3.1
	Republican	James Dillon	1,174	2.3
	Republican	Ernie Beltz, Jr.	596	1.2
Total votes			51,340	100.0
Runoff election
	Republican	Roger Williams	26,495	58.0
	Republican	Wes Riddle	19,210	42.0
Total votes			45,705	100.0

• Elaine Henderson, retired airport operations supervisor

• Lloyd Doggett, incumbent U.S. Representative (running in the 35th)

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Henderson	13,465	100.0
Total votes			13,465	100.0

• Betsy Dewey

Texas 25th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Williams	154,245	58.44
	Democratic	Elaine M. Henderson	98,827	37.44
	Libertarian	Betsy Dewey	10,860	4.11
Total votes			263,932	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

Republican Michael Burgess, who had represented Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

• Michael Burgess, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Burgess (incumbent)	33,605	100.0
Total votes			33,605	100.0

• David Sanchez, former Diversity Chair of the Denton County Democratic Party

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Sanchez	3,682	100.0
Total votes			3,682	100.0

• Mark Boler, computer scientist

Texas 26th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Burgess (incumbent)	176,642	68.27
	Democratic	David Sanchez	74,237	28.69
	Libertarian	Mark Boler	7,844	3.03
Total votes			258,723	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Blake Farenthold, who had represented Texas's 27th congressional district since 2011, ran for re-election in the redrawn 27th district, having considered running in the new 34th district.^[122]

• Blake Farenthold, incumbent U.S. Representative

• John Grunwald, accountant
• Don Al Middlebrook, business owner
• Trey Roberts, attorney

• Todd Hunter, state representatives^[123]
• Raul Torres, state representatives

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Farenthold (incumbent)	28,058	70.8
	Republican	Trey Roberts	4,653	11.7
	Republican	Don Al Middlebrook	3,676	9.3
	Republican	John Grunwald	3,256	8.2
Total votes			39,643	100.0

• Rose Meza Harrison, former chair of the Nueces County Democratic Party^[124]

• Murphy Alade Junaid
• Ronnie McDonald, former judge for the Bastrop County Court^[125]
• Jerry Trevino, attorney and business owner

• Solomon Ortiz, former U.S. Representative^[126]
• Filemon Vela Jr., attorney (running in the 34th)^[127]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Trevino	8,231	39.8
	Democratic	Rose Meza Harrison	6,354	30.7
	Democratic	Ronnie McDonald	5,682	27.5
	Democratic	Murphy Alade Junaid	432	2.1
Total votes			20,699	100.0
Runoff election
	Democratic	Rose Meza Harrison	7,024	60.6
	Democratic	Jerry Trevino	4,565	39.4
Total votes			11,589	100.00

• Corrie Byrd, assistant manager at Walmart

Businessman Bret Baldwin, a conservative Republican from Victoria, ran as an independent.

Texas 27th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Farenthold (incumbent)	120,684	56.75
	Democratic	Rose Meza Harrison	83,395	39.22
	Independent	Bret Baldwin	5,354	2.52
	Libertarian	Corrie Byrd	3,218	1.51
Total votes			212,651	100.0
	Republican hold

Democrat Henry Cuellar, who had represented Texas's 28th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Guadalupe County, a Republican stronghold, was removed from the reconfigured District 28.^[128] Cuellar lost four counties and was held to 56 percent of the general election vote in 2010, when he defeated the Republican Bryan Keith Underwood.

• Henry Cuellar, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	35,350	100.0
Total votes			35,350	100.0

• William Hayward, ostrich rancher

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Hayward	9,710	100.0
Total votes			9,710	100.0

• Patrick Hisel, physician,^[129] nominee for the 12th District in 2010

• Michael D. Cary

Texas 28th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar (incumbent)	112,456	67.89
	Republican	William R. Hayward	49,309	29.77
	Libertarian	Patrick Hisel	2,473	1.49
	Green	Michael D. Cary	1,407	0.85
Total votes			165,645	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democrat Gene Green, who had represented Texas's 29th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.

• Gene Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	10,667	100.0
Total votes			10,667	100.0

No Republicans filed.

• James Stanczak

• Maria Selva

Texas 29th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	86,053	90.00
	Libertarian	James Stanczak	4,996	5.23
	Green	Maria Selva	4,562	4.77
Total votes			95,611	100.0
	Democratic hold

Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who had represented Texas's 30th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.

• Eddie Bernice Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Barbara Mallory Caraway, state representative^[131]
• Taj Clayton, lawyer^[132]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent)	23,346	70.1
	Democratic	Barbara Mallory Caraway	5,996	18.0
	Democratic	Taj Clayton	3,981	12.0
Total votes			33,323	100.0

• Travis Washington Jr., U.S. Air Force veteran

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis Washington, Jr.	6,260	100.0
Total votes			6,260	100.0

• Ed Rankin, leadership development consultant

Texas 30th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent)	171,059	78.82
	Republican	Travis Washington Jr.	41,222	19.00
	Libertarian	Ed Rankin	4,733	2.18
Total votes			217,014	100.0
	Democratic hold

Republican John Carter, who had represented Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.

• John Carter, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Eric Klingemann, small business owner

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carter (incumbent)	32,917	76.0
	Republican	Eric Klingemann	10,400	24.0
Total votes			43,317	100.0

• Stephen Wyman, technician

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Wyman	5,864	100.0
Total votes			5,864	100.0

• Ethan Garofolo

Texas 31st congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John R. Carter (incumbent)	145,348	61.28
	Democratic	Stephen M. Wyman	82,977	34.98
	Libertarian	Ethan Garofolo	8,862	3.74
Total votes			237,187	100.0
	Republican hold

Republican Pete Sessions had represented Texas's 32nd congressional district since 2002, and had represented District 5 from 1996 to 2002. He ran for re-election.

• Pete Sessions, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Sessions (incumbent)	29,523	100.0
Total votes			29,523	100.0

• Katherine Savers McGovern, former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division^[133]

• Walter Hofheinz, attorney

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katherine Savers McGovern	7,301	84.2
	Democratic	Walter Hofheinz	1,370	15.8
Total votes			8,671	100.0

• Seth Hollist, political columnist^[134]

Texas 32nd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Sessions (incumbent)	146,653	58.28
	Democratic	Katherine Savers McGovern	99,288	39.46
	Libertarian	Seth Hollist	5,695	2.26
Total votes			251,636	100.0
	Republican hold

The new Texas's 33rd Congressional District includes parts of Dallas County and Tarrant County. In Dallas County, the district covers parts of Dallas, Irving, and Grand Prairie, and all of Cockrell Hill. In Tarrant County, the district includes parts of Arlington, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Haltom City, Saginaw and Sansom Park, and all of Everman. It was expected to be a safe seat for the Democrats.

• Marc Veasey, state representative^[135][136]

• David Alameel, dentist and businessman^[137]
• Chrysta Castañeda, attorney
• Domingo García, former state representative^[138]
• Kathleen Hicks, Fort Worth City Council member^[135]
• J.R. Molina, attorney
• Carlos Quintanilla, business owner and activist
• Jason Roberts, founder of the National Better Block^[139]
• Steve Salazar, former Dallas City Council member^[140]
• Kyev Tatum, community activist and head of the Tarrant County chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Manuel Valdez, justice of the peace

• David De La Paz, businessman^[141]

• Art Brender, attorney and former chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party^[135]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Veasey	6,938	36.77
	Democratic	Domingo Garcia	4,715	24.98
	Democratic	Kathleen Hicks	2,372	12.57
	Democratic	David Alameel	2,064	10.93
	Democratic	Manuel Valdez	884	4.68
	Democratic	Steve Salazar	482	2.55
	Democratic	Chrysta Castañeda	395	2.09
	Democratic	Jason E. Roberts	342	1.81
	Democratic	Carlos Quintanilla	286	1.51
	Democratic	Kyev P. Tatum, Sr.	201	1.06
	Democratic	J. R. Molina	189	1.00
Total votes			18,868	100.00
Runoff election
	Democratic	Marc Veasey	10,766	52.72
	Democratic	Domingo Garcia	9,653	47.27
Total votes			20,419	100.00

Though his hometown of Arlington is contained entirely within the 33rd district, Republican Joe Barton, who had represented the 6th district since 1985, ran again in the 6th district.^[141] During redistricting, Republicans Bill Lawrence, former mayor of Highland Village, former Secretary of State Roger Williams and former Railroad Commissioner Michael L. Williams had all at one point considered running in a district numbered the 33rd. After the district map was finalized, Lawrence ran for the 12th district, and Roger Williams and Michael Williams both switched to the 25th.^[119]

• Chuck Bradley, retired businessman^[109][141]

• Charles King, SMU graduate and car wash manager

• Al Lee, retired systems consultant^[141]
• Monte Mitchell

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Bradley	3,706	63.78
	Republican	Charles King	2,104	36.21
Total votes			5,810	100.00

• Ed Lindsay

Texas 33rd congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Veasey	85,114	72.51
	Republican	Chuck Bradley	30,252	25.77
	Green	Ed Lindsay	2,009	1.71
Total votes			117,375	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

The 34th is a newly numbered district. Half of the voters came from the 27th district once held by both Solomon Ortiz and Blake Farenthold, and most of the remainder came from the 15th. It contains all of Cameron, Willacy, Kleberg, Kenedy, Jim Wells, Bee, Goliad and DeWitt counties, and parts of Gonzales, San Patricio and Hidalgo counties. It is 73.1% Hispanic by citizen voting population, and voted for President Obama 60–39 in 2008.

• Filemon Vela Jr., attorney

• Elmo Aycock, U.S. Marine
• Denise Saenz Blanchard, former Chief of Staff to Solomon Ortiz
• Ramiro Garza Jr., former Edinburg City Manager
• Juan Angel Guerra, attorney^[32]
• Salomon Torres, former district director for Rubén Hinojosa
• Anthony Troiani, Brownsville City Commissioner
• Armando Villalobos, Cameron County District Attorney

Vela and Blanchard advanced to the July 31 runoff, with Vela easily winning.^[142]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr.	18,233	40.5
	Democratic	Denise Blanchard	5,810	12.9
	Democratic	Ramiro Garza Jr.	5,575	12.4
	Democratic	Salomon Torres	4,745	10.5
	Democratic	Armando Villalobos	3,926	8.7
	Democratic	Anthony Troiani	3,638	8.1
	Democratic	Juan Angel Guerra	2,200	4.9
	Democratic	Elmo Aycock	935	2.1
Total votes			45,062	100.0
Runoff election
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr.	15,628	66.6
	Democratic	Denise Blanchard	7,824	33.4
Total votes			23,452	100.0

• Jessica Bradshaw, political news commentator^[30]

• Adela Garza, small business owner
• Paul Harding, attorney

• Marc Young

Garza and Bradshaw advanced to the July 31 runoff.^[142]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adela Garza	4,632	36.3
	Republican	Jessica Bradshaw	4,409	34.6
	Republican	Paul Haring	3,710	29.1
Total votes			12,751	100.0
Runoff election
	Republican	Jessica Bradshaw	5,309	55.3
	Republican	Adela Garza	4,287	44.7
Total votes			9,596	100.0

• Steven Shanklin

2012 Texas's 34th congressional district candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Filemon Vela Jr.	Jessica Bradshaw
1	Oct. 23, 2012	KURV KVEO-TV Rio Grande Guardian	Sergio Sanchez Steve Taylor Ryan Wolf	[88][a]	P	P

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe D	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[54]	Safe D	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[55]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56]	Safe D	November 5, 2012
NY Times[57]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
RCP[58]	Safe D	November 4, 2012
The Hill[59]	Likely D	November 4, 2012

Texas 34th congressional district, 2012 ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Filemon Vela Jr.	89,606	61.89
	Republican	Jessica Puente Bradshaw	52,448	36.23
	Libertarian	Steven (Ziggy) Shanklin	2,724	1.88
Total votes			144,778	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

2012 Texas's 35th congressional district election

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Nominee Lloyd Doggett Susan Narvaiz Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 105,626 52,894 Percentage 64.0% 32.0%

County results Doggett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Narvaiz:      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Lloyd Doggett Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett Democratic

Texas's 35th Congressional District includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area, including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays, and all of Caldwell and Atascosa counties, as well as portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County largely from the 25th.^[143]

Democratic U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, who had represented Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election in the 35th district.^[112]

• Lloyd Doggett, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Maria Luisa Alvarado, retired United States Air Force master sergeant and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2006^[144]
• Sylvia Romo, Bexar County tax collector^[103]

• Patrick Shearer

• Joaquín Castro, state representative^[112] (running in the 20th district)^[92]
• Richard Perez, former San Antonio City Council member^[145]
• Ciro Rodriguez, former U.S. Representative ^[102][103]

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	14,559	73.3
	Democratic	Sylvia Romo	4,212	21.2
	Democratic	Maria Alvarado	1,105	5.6
Total votes			19,876	100.0

• Susan Narvaiz, former mayor of San Marcos^[146]

• Rob Roark, conservative activist
• John Yoggerst^[147]

In the Republican primary, conducted May 29, 2012, Narvaiz won and avoided a runoff by obtaining 51.78% of the votes cast.^[148]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	6,040	51.8
	Republican	Rob Roark	3,454	29.6
	Republican	John Yoggerst	2,171	18.6
Total votes			11,665	100.0

• Ross Leone

• Meghan Owen, activist, musician, engineer, former military contractor and HVAC technician

Texas 35th congressional district, 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	105,626	63.95
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	52,894	32.02
	Libertarian	Ross Lynn Leone	4,082	2.47
	Green	Meghan Owen	2,540	1.54
Total votes			165,179	100.0
	Democratic hold

Texas's 36th congressional district is one of four new districts, including all or part of Chambers County, Hardin County, Harris County, Jasper County, Liberty County, Newton County, Orange County, Polk County and Tyler County.

• Steve Stockman, former U.S. Representative

• Keith Casey
• Jerry Doyle
• Jim Engstrand, U.S. Army Reserve colonel and small business owner^[149]
• Ky Griffin, funeral director and small business owner^[150]
• Mike Jackson, state senator^[151]
• Charles Meyer, attorney
• Kim Morrell, former Seabrook City Council member and small business owner^[152]
• Lois Dickson Myers, real estate broker
• Stephen Takach, financial advisor
• Daniel Whitton
• Tim Wintill

• Brian Babin, dentist and nominee for the 2nd district in 1996 and 1998^[153]
• Travis Bryan, precinct chair and former Texas State Guard soldier^[154]
• John Manlove, Mayor of Pasadena^[71][155]
• James White, state representative^[71]

Republican Party primary results^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Takach	12,208	22.4
	Republican	Steve Stockman	11,858	21.8
	Republican	Mike Jackson	10,786	19.8
	Republican	Jim Engstrand	5,114	9.4
	Republican	Ky Griffin	4,025	7.4
	Republican	Charles Meyer	2,156	4.0
	Republican	Kim Morrell	1,930	3.6
	Republican	Lois Myers	1,558	2.9
	Republican	Jerry Doyle	1,479	2.7
	Republican	Keith Casey	1,225	2.3
	Republican	Daniel Whitton	1,110	2.0
	Republican	Tim Wintill	984	1.8
Total votes			54,433	100.0
Runoff election
	Republican	Steve Stockman	21,472	55.3
	Republican	Stephen Takach	17,378	44.7
Total votes			38,850	100.0

• Max Martin, businessman and pilot

Democratic Party primary results^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Max Martin	9,869	100.0
Total votes			9,869	100.0

• Michael Cole, educator

Texas 36th congressional district 2012^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Stockman	165,405	70.74
	Democratic	Max Martin	62,143	26.58
	Libertarian	Michael K. Cole	6,284	2.69
Total votes			233,832	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

• Elections Division at the Texas Secretary of State
  • Official candidate list
• United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012 at Ballotpedia
• Texas U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Texas from OpenSecrets
• Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation