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  TX US Senate - R Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline March 09, 2012 - 12:00am
Polls Open May 29, 2012 - 06:00am
Polls Close May 29, 2012 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2013 - 12:00am
Term End January 03, 2019 - 12:00pm
ContributorTX DEM
Last ModifiedRBH December 18, 2017 02:35am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameKay Bailey Hutchison Votes2,661,789 (61.69%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2013 Margin1,106,587 (+25.65%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
David Dewhurst
Safe 5
Strong 2
Lean 2
Slight 9
Ted Cruz
Lean 1
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/14/2011 05/23/2012

CANDIDATES
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Name Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Ted Cruz Mayor Tom Leppert Craig James Glenn Addison Lela Pittenger Ben Gambini
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Votes627,731 (44.63%) 480,558 (34.16%) 187,900 (13.36%) 50,569 (3.60%) 23,177 (1.65%) 18,143 (1.29%) 7,225 (0.51%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -147,173 (-10.46%) -439,831 (-31.27%) -577,162 (-41.03%) -604,554 (-42.98%) -609,588 (-43.34%) -620,506 (-44.11%)
Predict Avg.43.00% 33.00% 12.75% 6.00% 1.20% 1.25% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Policy Polling 
05/22-05/23		 46.00% (+8.0) 29.00% (+3.0) 15.00% (+7.0) 3.00% (-4.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Texas-Austin 
05/07-05/13		 40.00% (+2.0) 31.00% (+4.0) 17.00% (+10.0) 4.00% (-3.0) 2.00% (+1.0) 3.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Perception Insight Inc. 
05/01-05/07		 57.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Dresner, Wickers & Associates (R) 
04/27-04/30		 51.00% (+0.0) 16.00% (+14.0) 7.00% (-4.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
04/19-04/22		 38.00% (-3.0) 26.00% (+14.0) 8.00% (+2.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Texas-Austin 
02/08-02/15		 38.00% (+16.0) 27.00% (+17.0) 7.00% (+2.0) 7.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  San Antonio Express-News
  Dallas Morning News
R Maryland Republican
  Texas Medical Association PAC
  Austin American-Statesman
R Rick Santorum [L]
  Eagle Forum
R Ron Paul [L]
I McCord 2014
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram
R Maurine Dickey [L]
R Troy Aikman [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Curt Cleaver Joe Agris
PartyRepublican Republican
Votes6,671 (0.47%) 4,674 (0.33%)
Margin-621,060 (-44.15%) -623,057 (-44.29%)
Predict Avg.0.50% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Public Policy Polling 
05/22-05/23		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Texas-Austin 
05/07-05/13		 1.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Perception Insight Inc. 
05/01-05/07		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Dresner, Wickers & Associates (R) 
04/27-04/30		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
04/19-04/22		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Texas-Austin 
02/08-02/15		 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 28, 2012 08:50am Analysis Senate Candidate Craig James: "Most Hated Man" in West Texas?  Article Craverguy 
Dec 13, 2011 04:00pm Announcement Craig James expected to run for [TX] Senate  Article RP 
Oct 26, 2011 09:00am Announcement McCaul decides not to seek Hutchison seat  Article TX DEM 
Sep 07, 2011 08:00am Announcement Dan Patrick Won't Run for U.S. Senate  Article TX DEM 
Jul 19, 2011 08:00pm Announcement Dewhurst Makes [Senate Run] Official   Article TX DEM 
Apr 22, 2011 01:00pm Announcement Robert Paul Says Texas Senate Bid Unlikely  Article Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! 

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