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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  ยท 2012 Senate report
House1: 435 seats Senate: 33 seats
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 63 32 95 4 4 8
Possible primary challenges 13 5 18 1 0 1
Open seats* 7 15 26 2 6 92
1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
This profile of Texas's 18th Congressional District is part of the RaceTracker project.
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    2012 election

    Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.
    2012 fundraising data for TX-18
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Sheila Jackson Lee
    Incumbent running? Yes
    Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic Confirmed candidate TX Dems Source December 16, 2011
    John Faulk Republican Potential candidate (source needed) August 3, 2011 2008 & 2010 Candidate
    Sean Seibert Republican Confirmed candidate TX GOP Source December 9, 2011

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner
    TBD TBD

    2010 election

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source January 17, 2010
    John Faulk Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 9, 2009 2008 Candidate
    Tex Christopher Republican Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary
    Brenda Page Republican Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary
    Jarvis Johnson Democratic Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary
    Sean Roberts Democratic Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Sheila Jackson Lee, John Faulk Sheila Jackson Lee

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Sheila Jackson Lee


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009
    John Faulk Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 Earned 39,095 votes.There were 2,393 "under votes" which was more votes than votes cast for the Libertarian candidate.

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Sheila Jackson Lee, John Faulk Sheila Jackson Lee

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 28% George W. Bush 72% Al Gore
    2004 28% George W. Bush 72% John Kerry
    2008 22% John McCain 77% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Sheila Jackson Lee's district offices
    • 6719 West Montgomery, Suite 204, Houston, TX 77091
      713-691-4882 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 420 West 19th Street, Houston, TX 77008
      713-861-4070 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 1919 Smith Street, Suite 1180, Houston, TX 77002
      713-655-0050 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 4412 Almeda Road, Houston, TX 77004
      713-737-8350 (Phone) (Fax)
    District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
    See the incumbent's page for more contact info.


    Articles and resources

    See also

    External articles

    Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "TX-18" (link)

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