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RaceTracker 2010 Congressional Election Dashboard
2010 House report  ยท 2010 Senate report
House Senate
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 27 16 43 2 3 5
Possible primary challenges 8 8 16 1 1 2
Open seats* 12 7 201 7 1 82
1. Includes 3 special elections (no 2010 party yet). 2. Doesn't include DE, NY special elections.

This is the profile for the Texas gubernatorial race. See also:

Contents

Next election:

Incumbent: Rick Perry

Candidates

Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Rick Perry Republican Confirmed candidate Source April 18, 2008 http://www.rickperry.org
Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Confirmed candidate Source June 14, 2009 http://www.texans.forkay.com
Debra Medina Republican Confirmed candidate Source August 8, 2009 http://www.medinafortexas.com
Larry Kilgore Republican Confirmed candidate Source August 10, 2009 http://www.larrykilgore.com
David Beilharz Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) http://david-b-governor.org/index.html
Hank Gilbert Democratic Confirmed candidate Source August 26, 2009 http://hankgilbert.com/
Kinky Friedman Democratic Confirmed candidate Source August 1, 2009 http://www.kinkyfriedman.com
Tom Schieffer Democratic Confirmed candidate Source June 24, 2009 http://www.tomfortexas.com
Mark Thompson Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) http://markfortexasgovernor.wordpress.com/about/
Ronnie Earle Democratic Considering Source August 7, 2009
Farouk Shami Democratic Considering Source September 4, 2009
Jeff Daiell Libertarian Confirmed candidate (source needed) http://www.jeffdaiell.com
Kenneth Griffin Libertarian Confirmed candidate Source February 9, 2009
Steve Nichols Libertarian Confirmed candidate (source needed) July 4, 2009 http://www.stevenichols.com/Governor/index.php
Fran Cavanaugh Independent Confirmed candidate (source needed) http://www.francavanaugh.com/index.html

Results

Primary winners:

Winner:

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Rick Perry

Candidates

Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Rick Perry Republican (source needed)
Chris Bell Democratic (source needed)
James Werner Libertarian (source needed)
Kinky Friedman Independent (source needed)
Carole Keeton Strayhorn Independent (source needed)
James Dillon Other (source needed)

Results

Primary winners: Rick Perry, Chris Bell

Winner:Rick Perry

Articles and resources

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