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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-27
available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.Race status
Incumbent: Blake Farenthold Incumbent running? Yes Primary challenge? Incumbent has primary challenger. Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Blake Farenthold Republican Confirmed candidate TX GOP Source December 17, 2011 Solomon Ortiz Democratic Out of race Media Story Source December 16, 2011 2010 Candidate & Fmr Congressman Dallas Chambless Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source August 3, 2011 Armando Villalobos Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source December 16, 2011 Todd Hunter Republican Potential candidate NY Times Source August 3, 2011 Raul Torres Republican Potential candidate NY Times Source August 3, 2011 Rose Meza Harrison Democratic Confirmed candidate Media Story Source September 3, 2011 Solomon Ortiz Jr Democratic Out of race Media Story Source December 16, 2011 Ramiro Garza Democratic Confirmed candidate Media Story Source December 16, 2011 Denise Saenz Blanchard Democratic Confirmed candidate TX Dems Source December 19, 2011 Don Middlebrook Republican Confirmed candidate TX GOP Source December 20, 2011 Anthony Troiani Democratic Confirmed candidate TX Dems Source December 20, 2011 Salomon Torres Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source January 27, 2012 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner TBD TBD
2010 election
Candidates
Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Solomon Ortiz Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source December 26, 2009 Willie Vaden Republican Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 2008 Candidate, Lost Primary James Duerr Republican Out Campaign Website Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary Runoff Blake Farenthold Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 7, 2010 Jessica Puente-Bradshaw Republican Out TX SOS Source March 7, 2010 Lost Primary (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner Solomon Ortiz, Blake Farenthold Blake Farenthold
2008 election
Incumbent: Solomon Ortiz
CandidatesName Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note Solomon Ortiz Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 Willie Vaden Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 9, 2009 (Candidate classification criteria)
Results2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner Solomon Ortiz, Willie Vaden Solomon Ortiz 2008 Presidential election results
Republican Democratic 2000 50% George W. Bush 50% Al Gore 2004 55% George W. Bush 45% John Kerry 2008 % John McCain % Barack Obama District map and incumbent offices
Blake Farenthold's district offices - No district office information entered.
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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
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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.
