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TX-21
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| 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 |
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
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Contents
2012 election
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2012 fundraising data for TX-21
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Lamar Smith Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent. Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Lamar Smith Republican Confirmed candidate FEC Source August 3, 2011 Lainey Melnick Democratic Out of race FEC Source August 3, 2011 2010 Candidate Elaine Henderson Democratic Confirmed candidate TX Dems Source December 20, 2011 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Lamar Smith Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 9, 2009 Lainey Melnick Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 5, 2009 Belinda Shvetz Democratic Out TX Dems Source January 17, 2010 Stephen Schoppe Republican Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Lainey Melnick, Lamar Smith Lamar Smith
2008 election
Incumbent: Lamar Smith
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Lamar Smith Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 Unopposed by Dems (source needed) March 1, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Lamar Smith Lamar Smith 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 69% George W. Bush 31% Al Gore 2004 66% George W. Bush 34% John Kerry 2008 58% John McCain 41% Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Lamar Smith's district offices - 13333-A Highway 71 West, Room 100 Austin, TX 78738
512-402-9743 (Phone) (Fax) - Guaranty Bank Building 1100 Northeast Loop 410, Suite 640 San Antonio, TX 78209
210-821-5024 (Phone) (Fax)
District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
See the incumbent's page for more contact info.
Articles and resources
See also
- Index for all the Texas congressional districts and candidates.
- The full House 2012 elections report.
- The RaceTracker homepage.
External articles
Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "TX-21" (link) Want this data? All information is open-source and free (as in beer and speech). Most data is available via API, RDF, CSV or other methods. See details or email us.
Campaign contribution methodology: Information is updated daily from the Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org), which downloads their data from the Federal Election Commission on the first weekday of each work week. Candidates must have filed a report with the FEC to show up in the widget and inactive candidates are screened out by CRP. - 13333-A Highway 71 West, Room 100 Austin, TX 78738
