2010 Texas House of Representatives election

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2010 Texas House of Representatives election
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November 2, 2010
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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Straus Jim Dunnam
(Lost re-election)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 13, 2009 January 14, 2003
Leader's seat 121st 57th
Last election 76 74
Seats before 77 73
Seats won 99 51
Seat change Increase22 Decrease22
Popular vote 2,795,975 1,357,943
Percentage 64.71% 31.43%
Swing Increase10.72% Decrease10.39%

     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold

Republican:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

The 2010 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 82nd Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.

Following the 2008 elections, the Democrats nearly gained control of the House with 74 members to the Republicans' 76. Republicans saw the freshmen Democratic members elected in 2008 as vulnerable, as many of them had narrowly won and had been the first Democrats elected to those districts in decades.[1] Democrats also had a large number of incumbents in districts that voted heavily Republican on the national level. In November 2009, Democrat Chuck Hopson announced he had switched his party affiliation to Republican, increasing the size of the Republican caucus to 77. Hopson's district was the most Republican district in the state that had elected a Democrat in 2008.[2] Democrats needed to gain three seats from the Republicans in order to win the majority.

Campaign

Republicans very heavily targeted White Democrats representing rural districts that voted for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. These conservative Democrats attempted to distance themselves from the national Democratic Party as pundits increasingly predicted a Republican wave election in opposition to the policies of President Barack Obama.[3]

Predictions

Results

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