Texas — 2008 Election Results

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Certified returns for every federal race in Texas in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 33 of 33 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.

President

Presidential electors — votes by party line

Party line	Votes	Share
Republican	4,479,328	55.5%
Democratic	3,528,633	43.7%
Libertarian	56,116	0.7%
Write-in	7,967	0.1%
Independent (Write-in)	5,751	0.1%
Total	8,077,795

The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.

U.S. Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Cornyn	Republican	4,337,469	54.8%
Richard J. ‘‘Rick’’ Noriega	Democrat	3,389,365	42.8%
Yvonne Adams Schick	Libertarian	185,241	2.3%
Total		7,912,075

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Louie Gohmert	Republican	189,012	87.6%
Roger L. Owen	Independent	26,814	12.4%
Total		215,826

District 2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ted Poe	Republican	175,101	88.9%
Craig Wolfe	Libertarian	21,813	11.1%
Total		196,914

District 3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sam Johnson	Republican	170,742	59.7%
Tom Daley	Democrat	108,693	38.0%
Christopher J. Claytor	Libertarian	6,348	2.2%
Total		285,783

District 4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ralph M. Hall	Republican	206,906	68.8%
Glenn Melancon	Democrat	88,067	29.3%
Fred Annett	Libertarian	5,771	1.9%
Total		300,744

District 5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jeb Hensarling	Republican	162,894	83.6%
Ken Ashby	Libertarian	31,967	16.4%
Total		194,861

District 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joe Barton	Republican	174,008	62.0%
Ludwig Otto	Democrat	99,919	35.6%
Max W. Koch III	Libertarian	6,655	2.4%
Total		280,582

District 7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Abney Culberson	Republican	162,635	55.9%
Michael Skelly	Democrat	123,242	42.4%
Drew Parks	Libertarian	5,057	1.7%
Total		290,934

District 8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kevin Brady	Republican	207,128	72.6%
Kent Hargett	Democrat	70,758	24.8%
Brian Stevens	Libertarian	7,565	2.7%
Total		285,451

District 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Al Green	Democrat	143,868	93.6%
Brad Walters	Libertarian	9,760	6.4%
Total		153,628

District 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael T. McCaul	Republican	179,493	53.9%
Larry Joe Doherty	Democrat	143,719	43.1%
Matt Finkel	Libertarian	9,871	3.0%
Total		333,083

District 11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
K. Michael Conaway	Republican	189,625	88.3%
John R. Strohm	Libertarian	25,051	11.7%
Total		214,676

District 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kay Granger	Republican	181,662	67.6%
Tracey Smith	Democrat	82,250	30.6%
Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh	Libertarian	4,842	1.8%
Total		268,754

District 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mac Thornberry	Republican	180,078	77.6%
Roger James Waun	Democrat	51,841	22.4%
Total		231,919

District 14

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ron Paul	Republican	191,293	100.0%
Total		191,293

District 15

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	107,578	65.7%
Eddie Zamora	Republican	52,303	31.9%
Gricha Raether	Libertarian	3,827	2.3%
Total		163,708

District 16

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	130,375	82.1%
Benjamin Eloy ‘‘Ben’’ Mendoza	Independent	16,348	10.3%
Mette A. Baker	Libertarian	12,000	7.6%
Total		158,723

District 17

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chet Edwards	Democrat	134,592	53.0%
Rob Curnock	Republican	115,581	45.5%
Gardner C. Osborne	Libertarian	3,849	1.5%
Total		254,022

District 18

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sheila Jackson-Lee	Democrat	148,617	77.3%
John Faulk	Republican	39,095	20.3%
Mike Taylor	Libertarian	4,486	2.3%
Total		192,198

District 19

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Randy Neugebauer	Republican	168,501	72.4%
Dwight Fullingim	Democrat	58,030	24.9%
Richard ‘‘Chip’’ Peterson	Libertarian	6,080	2.6%
Total		232,611

District 20

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles A. Gonzalez	Democrat	127,298	71.9%
Robert Litoff	Republican	44,585	25.2%
Michael Idrogo	Libertarian	5,172	2.9%
Total		177,055

District 21

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lamar Smith	Republican	243,471	80.0%
James Arthur Stohm	Libertarian	60,879	20.0%
Total		304,350

District 22

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pete Olson	Republican	161,996	52.4%
Nick Lampson	Democrat	140,160	45.4%
John Wieder	Libertarian	6,839	2.2%
Total		308,995

District 23

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ciro D. Rodriguez	Democrat	134,090	55.8%
Lyle Larson	Republican	100,799	41.9%
Lani Connolly	Libertarian	5,581	2.3%
Total		240,470

District 24

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kenny Marchant	Republican	151,434	56.0%
Tom Love	Democrat	111,089	41.1%
David A. Casey	Libertarian	7,972	2.9%
Total		270,495

District 25

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	191,755	65.8%
George L. Morovich	Republican	88,693	30.4%
Jim Stutsman	Libertarian	10,848	3.7%
Total		291,296

District 26

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael C. Burgess	Republican	195,181	60.2%
Ken Leach	Democrat	118,167	36.4%
Stephanie B. Weiss	Libertarian	11,028	3.4%
Total		324,376

District 27

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Solomon P. Ortiz	Democrat	104,864	58.0%
William Willie Vaden	Republican	69,458	38.4%
Robert E. Powell	Libertarian	6,629	3.7%
Total		180,951

District 28

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	123,494	68.7%
Jim Fish	Republican	52,524	29.2%
Ross Lynn Leone	Libertarian	3,722	2.1%
Total		179,740

District 29

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gene Green	Democrat	79,718	74.6%
Eric Story	Republican	25,512	23.9%
Joel Grace	Libertarian	1,564	1.5%
Total		106,794

District 30

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	168,249	82.5%
Fred Wood	Republican	32,361	15.9%
Jarrett Woods	Libertarian	3,366	1.7%
Total		203,976

District 31

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John R. Carter	Republican	175,563	60.3%
Brian P. Ruiz	Democrat	106,559	36.6%
Barry N. Cooper	Libertarian	9,182	3.2%
Total		291,304

District 32

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pete Sessions	Republican	116,283	57.3%
Eric Roberson	Democrat	82,406	40.6%
Alex Bischoff	Libertarian	4,421	2.2%
Total		203,110

Source

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy
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Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.

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