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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.
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    2012 election

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    2012 fundraising data for TX-01
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Louis Gohmert
    Incumbent running? Yes
    Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Louis Gohmert Republican Confirmed candidate FEC Source August 3, 2011
    Shirley McKellar Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source November 25, 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
    Louie Gohmert Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 9, 2010
    Unopposed by Dems (source needed)

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Louie Gohmert Louis Gohmert

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Louie Gohmert


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Louie Gohmert Republican (source needed) March 9, 2009
    Unopposed by Dems (source needed) March 1, 2009

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Louis Gohmert Louie Gohmert

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 68% George W. Bush 33% Al Gore
    2004 69% George W. Bush 31% John Kerry
    2008 69% John McCain 31% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Louis Gohmert's district offices
    • 101 East Methvin, Suite 302 Longview, TX 75601
      903-236-8597 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 300 East Shepherd Lufkin, TX 75901
      866-535-6302 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 102 West Houston Street Marshall, TX 75670
      866-535-6302 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 202 East Pilar, Suite 304 Nacogdoches, TX 75961
      866-535-6302 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 1121 ESE Loop 323, Suite 206 Tyler, TX 75701
      903-561-6349 (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-01" (link)

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