2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas 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%
Election results by district
Election results by county
Republican
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
Democratic
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90>%
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]
Dr. Shirley McKellar, Army veteran and non-profit businesswoman
[32]
Clark Patterson, photographer
Republican
Ted Poe , who had represented
Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.
[30]
Ted Poe , incumbent U.S. Representative
Jim Dougherty, attorney and
CPA
[32]
Republican
Sam Johnson , who had represented
Texas's 3rd congressional district since 1991, ran for re-election.
[30]
Josh Caesar, software engineer
Harry Pierce, Air Force veteran
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]
Steve Clark, businessman and candidate for this seat in
2010
Lou Gigliotti, businessman
VaLinda Hathcox, attorney and nominee for this seat in
2010
[32]
Republican
Jeb Hensarling , who had represented
Texas's 5th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.
[30]
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
Ken Ashby, teacher, engineer and nominee for this seat in
2010
2012 Texas's 6th congressional district election
County resultsBarton: 50–60% 70–80%
Republican
Joe Barton , who had represented
Texas's 6th congressional district since 1985, ran for re-election.
[30]
[39]
Joe Chow, former mayor of
Addison
[40]
Itamar Gelbman, Israeli-American security consultant
[40]
Frank Kuchar, accountant
[41]
Kenneth Sanders, manufacturing consultant
[32]
Brianna Hinojosa-Flores, attorney
Don Jaquess, businessman
Hugh Chavin, construction manager and former U.S. Air Force
staff sergeant
Republican
John Culberson , who had represented
Texas's 7th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.
Phillip Andrews, accountant and nominee for the
State House in
2010
Lissa Squiers, activist
Republican
Kevin Brady , who had represented
Texas's 8th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.
[44]
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]
Democrat
Al Green , who had represented
Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.
[32]
Steve Mueller, business analyst, activist and nominee for this seat in
2010
[30]
John Wieder, clergy member
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]
Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA surgery supervisor and quality assurance director
Republican
Mike Conaway , who had represented
Texas's 11th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.
Jim Riley, businessman
[62]
Republican
Kay Granger , who had represented
Texas's 12th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.
[30]
Dave Robinson, retired schoolteacher and veteran
[32]
Matthew Solodow, senior project manager
Republican
Mac Thornberry , who had represented
Texas's 13th congressional district since 1995, sought re-election.
No Democrats filed.
2012 Texas's 14th congressional district election
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]
John Faulk
[66]
Paul Hawes
Linda Dailey, veteran
[32]
Eugene Flynn, lawyer
Amy Jacobellis, real estate agent
Bob Smither, engineering consultant
Rhett Rosenquest Smith
[80]
Democrat
Rubén Hinojosa , who had represented
Texas's 15th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.
David Cantu, farmer and rancher
Jane Cross, businesswoman
Johnny Partain
Ruben Ramirez, attorney and educator
Dale Brueggemann, businessman
[85]
Rebecca Cervera
Jim Kuiken, Marine Corps veteran
Eddie Zamora, sales consultant
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
YouTube
[a]
P
P
Democrat
Silvestre Reyes , who had represented
Texas's 16th congressional district since 1997, ran for re-election.
Paul Johnson Jr.
Ben Mendoza
Silvestre Reyes , incumbent U.S. Representative
Jerome Tilghman
Barbara Carrasco, small business owner
Corey Dean Roen, Army lieutenant colonel and business owner
2012 Texas's 17th congressional district election
County resultsFlores: 50–60% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Republican
Bill Flores , who was elected to represent
Texas's 17th congressional district in 2011, ran for reelection.
George Hindman, business owner
No Democrats filed.
Ben Easton, former teacher and freelance author
Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee , who had represented
Texas's 18th congressional district since 1995, ran for reelection.
Sean Seibert, Afghanistan veteran
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.
[88]
Democrat
Charlie Gonzalez , who had represented
Texas's 20th congressional district since 1999, retired rather than run for re-election.
David Rosa, independent insurance agent
[30]
Antonio Diaz, small business owner
Republican
Lamar Smith , who had represented
Texas's 21st congressional district since 1987, ran for re-election.
Candace Duvál, business owner
[91]
Daniel Boone, small business owner
Fidel Castillo
Bill Stout
Republican incumbent
Pete Olson , who had represented
Texas's 22nd congressional district since 2009, ran for re-election.
Barbara Carlson, conservative newspaper columnist
[92]
KP George, financial planner
Doug Blatt, candidate for this seat in
2010
Rogers was disavowed by some local Democrats for her controversial platform,
[94] which included impeaching President Obama and colonizing outer space.
[95] She was frequently seen on the campaign trail singing, "
25th Amendment now--he is nuts! Obama is nuts!"
[96] referring to LaRouche's call to have Obama removed from office on the grounds of insanity.
[97]
2012 Texas's 23rd congressional district election
County resultsGallego: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Canseco: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Republican
Quico Canseco , who had represented
Texas's 23rd congressional district since 2011, ran for re-election.
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;
[98] however, in November 2011, he announced he would instead run in the new
35th district ,
[99] and later said he would run in whichever district contained his home (which transpired to be the 22nd).
[100]
Gallego won the primary run-off against Rodriguez.
[102]
Ed Scharf, retired federal employee
[80]
Republican
Kenny Marchant , who had represented
Texas's 24th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election.
Grant Stinchfield, former television reporter for
KXAS-TV
[104]
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 .
[105]
Patrick McGehearty, computer scientist
2012 Texas's 25th congressional district election
County resultsWilliams: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Henderson: 50–60% 60–70%
Democrat
Lloyd Doggett , who had represented
Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, had intended to seek re-election in the new
35th district ;
[106] however, the November 2011 interim map would allow him to instead run in the 25th district.
[107] 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.
Ernie Beltz Jr., former federal agency program manager, former business owner, and ex-marine
[108]
Bill Burch, thead of the Grass Roots Institute of Texas
[109]
Dianne Costa, former mayor of
Highland Village
[110]
James Dillon
Dave Garrison, former
Halliburton and
USAA executive
[111]
Justin Hewlett, Mayor of
Cleburne
[112]
Charles Holcomb, U.S. Air Force reservist
Brian Matthews, businessman
[104]
Wes Riddle, businessman
[113]
Chad Wilbanks, former executive director of the
Texas Republican Party ;
[104]
Michael Williams , former
Railroad Commissioner
[111]
[114]
Ralph Pruyn, businessman
[104]
Elaine Henderson, retired airport operations supervisor
Lloyd Doggett , incumbent U.S. Representative (running in the 35th)
Republican
Michael Burgess , who had represented
Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.
David Sanchez, former Diversity Chair of the Denton County Democratic Party
Mark Boler, computer scientist
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 .
[117]
John Grunwald, accountant
Don Al Middlebrook, business owner
Trey Roberts, attorney
Murphy Alade Junaid
Ronnie McDonald, former judge for the Bastrop County Court
[120]
Jerry Trevino, attorney and business owner
Corrie Byrd, assistant manager at Walmart
Businessman Bret Baldwin, a conservative Republican from Victoria, ran as an independent.
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.
[123] 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.
William Hayward, ostrich rancher
Democrat
Gene Green , who had represented
Texas's 29th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.
No Republicans filed.
Democrat
Eddie Bernice Johnson , who had represented
Texas's 30th congressional district since 1993, ran for re-election.
Travis Washington Jr., U.S. Air Force veteran
Ed Rankin, leadership development consultant
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
Republican
John Carter , who had represented
Texas's 31st congressional district since 2003, ran for re-election.
Eric Klingemann, small business owner
Stephen Wyman, technician
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.
Katherine Savers McGovern, former Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division
[128]
Walter Hofheinz, attorney
Seth Hollist, political columnist
[129]
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.
David Alameel, dentist and businessman
[132]
Chrysta Castañeda , attorney
Domingo García , former
state representative
[133]
Kathleen Hicks,
Fort Worth City Council member
[130]
J.R. Molina, attorney
Carlos Quintanilla, business owner and activist
Jason Roberts, founder of the National Better Block
[134]
Steve Salazar, former
Dallas City Council member
[135]
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
[136]
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.
[136] 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.
[114]
Charles King, SMU graduate and car wash manager
Al Lee, retired systems consultant
[136]
Monte Mitchell
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.
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.
[137]
Jessica Bradshaw, political news commentator
[30]
Adela Garza, small business owner
Paul Harding, attorney
Garza and Bradshaw advanced to the July 31 runoff.
[137]
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
YouTube
[a]
P
P
2012 Texas's 35th congressional district election
County resultsDoggett: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Narvaiz: 60–70%
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.
[138]
Democratic U.S. Representative
Lloyd Doggett , who had represented
Texas's 25th congressional district since 2005, ran for re-election in the 35th district.
[107]
Rob Roark, conservative activist
John Yoggerst
[142]
In the Republican primary, conducted May 29, 2012, Narvaiz won and avoided a runoff by obtaining 51.78% of the votes cast.
[143]
Meghan Owen, activist, musician, engineer, former military contractor and HVAC technician
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 .
Max Martin, businessman and pilot
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