United States Senate election in Texas, 2008
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Texas will elect a member of the United States Senate in 2008. John Cornyn of the Republican Party is the incumbent Senator and has announced he will seek re-election. As of June 2007, he had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating[1] . His opponent in the election will be Texas State Representative Rick Noriega. Texas has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994.
Texas' senior senator is Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was re-elected with 62% of the vote in the 2006 midterm elections. Texas Governor Rick Perry, also of the GOP, won re-election with 39% of the vote in 2006, in a five way race.
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[edit] Candidates
[edit] Democratic
| 2008 US Senate, Democratic Primary | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Rick Noriega | 1,108,318 | 51.01% | +0.00% | |
| Democratic | Gene Kelly | 583,845 | 26.87% | +0.00% | |
| Democratic | Ray McMurrey | 268,742 | 12.37% | +0.00% | |
| Democratic | Rhett Smith | 211,811 | 9.75% | +0.00% | |
[edit] Republican
| 2008 US Senate, Republican Primary | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | John Cornyn | 994,222 | 81.49% | +4.17% | |
| Republican | Larry Kilgore | 225,897 | 18.51% | +0.00% | |
[edit] Libertarian
- Scott Jameson - Realtor, Computer Consultant & previous U.S. Senate candidate
- Jon Roland - Computer Programmer & '06 Attorney General Nominee
- Yvonne Adams Schick
[edit] Green Party
- David B. Collins
- Tom Davis - Computer Engineer, Army Veteran & '00 State Sen. Candidate
[edit] Constitution Party
- Alfred Adask - Roofing Contractor, Anti-Tax Activist & '92 Supreme Court Candidate
[edit] Socialist Workers Party
- Jacquie Henderson - Communist Political Organizer
[edit] Polling
[edit] General Election
| Source | Date | Cornyn (R) | Noriega (D) |
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| Rasmussen | May 5, 2008 | 47% | 43% |
| Research 2000 | Sep 24-26, 2007 | 51% | 35% |
| Rasmussen | Sep 18, 2007 | 53% | 30% |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Cornyn vs Noriega graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
- Official campaign websites
