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United States Senate election in Texas, 2008

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4,337,469
  
3,389,365

Start date
  
November 4, 2008

54.8%
  
42.8%

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Winner
  
John Cornyn

The 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn won re-election to a second term.

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Candidates

  • Gene Kelly, U.S. Air Force veteran and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2000
  • Ray McMurrey, teacher at Mary Carroll High School
  • Rick Noriega, State Representative
  • Rhett Smith, U.S. Navy veteran and auditor at the Texas Department of Human Services

    • Results

    Turnout, 2,178,252

    Candidates

  • John Cornyn, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Larry Kilgore, conservative/Secessionist activist

    • Candidates

  • John Cornyn (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Rick Noriega (D), State Representative
  • Yvonne Adams Schick (L), real estate entrepreneur

    • Campaign

    Cornyn, running as an incumbent, had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating in June 2007. Texas is a red state, that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won with over 55% of the vote. Cornyn slightly underperformed McCain. However, Noriega underperformed both 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Texas and Cornyn's 2002 opponent, Ron Kirk, with Noriega receiving just 42.8% of the vote.

    Predictions

    CQ Politics rated this race as 'Republican Favored'. The Cook Political Report considered it 'Solid Republican'. The Rothenberg Political Report considered it a 'Safe Republican'.

    References

    United States Senate election in Texas, 2008 Wikipedia
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