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| 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 |
This is the profile for the Texas gubernatorial race. See also:
- Index for all the Texas congressional districts and candidates.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
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
See also
External resources
- Old 2008 RaceTracker page: http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/TX-Gov
- Blogs
- Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/TX-Gov
- MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/TX-Gov
- The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/TX-Gov
- OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=TX-Gov
- RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/TX-Gov
- Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=TX-Gov
- Other Wiki sites
- dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/TX-Gov
- Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/TX-Gov
