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Parents > United States > Texas > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifiedAshley March 10, 2009 01:26pm
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameJohn Cornyn Votes2,496,243 (55.30%)
Term12/01/2002 - 01/03/2009 Margin540,485 (+11.97%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameJohn Cornyn Votes2,861,531 (61.56%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/03/2021 Margin1,264,144 (+27.20%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 04, 2008 TX US Senate - D Primary
Rick Noriega
D 2,172,716
Mar 04, 2008 TX US Senate - R Primary
John Cornyn
R 1,220,119
Jun 15, 2008 TX US Senate - LBT Convention
Yvonne Schick
LBT 48
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/14/2004 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John Cornyn 8 15 27 8
Leaning Call: John Cornyn (100.00%)
Weighted Call: John Cornyn (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

09/15/2007 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Minority Caucus Vice Chair John Cornyn St. Rep. Rick Noriega Yvonne Schick  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 4,337,469 (54.82%) 3,389,365 (42.84%) 185,241 (2.34%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -948,104 (-11.98%) -4,152,228 (-52.48%)  
Predict Avg.51.50% 42.64% 1.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2007 00/00/2007 00/00/2007  
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MATCHUP POLLS (18 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.72%-- 38.03%-- 1.35%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08
47.00% -- 35.00% -- 0.00% --
University of Texas-Austin 
10/15/08-10/22/08
45.00% -- 36.00% -- 5.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/21/08-10/21/08
55.00% 5.0 40.00% 3.0 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/14/08-10/15/08
50.00% 2.0 44.00% -- 2.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/29/08-09/29/08
50.00% 2.0 43.00% 5.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/21/08-08/21/08
52.00% 2.0 38.00% 1.0 0.00% --
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 27, 2008 04:00pm General Texas doctors withdraw Cornyn endorsement  Article DFWDem 
Jun 26, 2008 04:00pm Endorsement Noriega Wins Barbara Boxer "PAC for Change" Endorsement!  Article TX DEM 
Mar 26, 2008 12:00am News Rick Noriega Gets Progressive Patriot Fund $$$$ from Feingold  Article TX DEM 
Jan 03, 2008 10:00am General Senate race may challenge Texas' Republican slant  Article DFWDem 
Aug 14, 2007 11:00am News Cornyn can't count on Texas Latinos  Article The Sunset Provision 

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