2010 Texas elections

Federal

United States House of Representatives

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2010

All 32 Texas seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.

State

Governor

Main article: Texas gubernatorial election, 2010

Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran for re-election against Democratic challenger and former mayor of Houston Bill White and several third-party candidates, and won.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ran for re-election and won.

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Attorney general

Main article: 2010 Texas Attorney General election

Incumbent Republican Greg Abbott ran for re-election as Texas Attorney General against Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Libertarian candidate Jon Roland, and won.

Commissioner of Agriculture

Incumbent Republican Commissioner Todd Staples successfully ran for re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Todd Staples, incumbent commissioner of agriculture

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Hank Gilbert, cattle rancher, nominee for the same office in 2006
• Kinky Friedman, musician, novelist, and candidate for governor in 2006

Friedman:

Results

General Election

Results

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Other state offices

Elections were held for the positions of Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of General Land Office, and Railroad Commissioner in 2010.

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Legislative elections

Main article: 2010 Texas Senate election, 2010 Texas House of Representatives election

Texas House of Representatives

All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The GOP captured 99 seats (a record), including 22 that were held by Democrats after the 2008 Texas House of Representatives election. This left the Democrats with 51 seats. Edmund Kuempel, the incumbent GOP candidate for District 44 seat, subsequently died; the seat was filled by special election on December 14 and won by his son, John, also a Republican. Also on December 14, two Democrats (Allan Ritter and Aaron Peña) announced they were switching parties and joining the Republicans, thus giving the GOP 101 seats, and a 2/3 majority in the House, giving them considerable leverage. Under Texas law, any bill which passes with 2/3 of both legislative chambers can become effective immediately upon the governor's signature (otherwise a bill does not become effective until September 1, the start of Texas' fiscal year). This also meant that the Democrats could not quorum bust, or deprive the House of the 2/3 of members required for operation.

Texas Senate

Approximately half of the 31 seats of the Texas Senate were up for election in 2010.

Judicial positions

Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010, including three justices on the Texas Supreme Court.

• Texas judicial elections, 2010 at Judgepedia

Candidates for Dallas County Court Criminal Court No. 8 were:

• Deandra Grant (Republican)
• Tina Yoo (Democrat; currently known as Tina Yoo Clinton)

Ballot measures

There are no statewide ballot measures in Texas in 2010.

Local

Many elections for county and city offices were also held on November 2, 2010.

References

References

1. "2010 Republican Party Primary Election - Race Summary Report".
2. (7 February 2024). "PolitiFact | Hank Gilbert".
3. (7 February 2024). "Kinky Exits Governor's Race".
4. "2018 Democratic Party Primary Election - Race Summary Report".
5. "2018 General Election - Race Summary Report".
6. Ramsey, Ross. (2010-12-12). "TribBlog: Ritter Confirms He's Switching Parties".
7. Hamilton, Reeve. (2010-12-14). "TribBlog: Peña on Party Switching".
8. "THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT".
9. (2025-09-10). "Deandra Grant".
10. (2024-11-05). "Tina Yoo Clinton".