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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2012 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 06, 2012 - 08:00am
Polls Close November 06, 2012 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2019 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedRBH December 06, 2012 05:08pm
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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 29, 2012 TX US Senate - R Primary David Dewhurst
May 29, 2012 TX US Senate - D Primary Paul Sadler
Jul 31, 2012 TX US Senate - D Runoff Paul Sadler
Jul 31, 2012 TX US Senate - R Runoff Ted Cruz
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Ted Cruz
Safe 31
Strong 31
Lean 6
Slight 5
4
Paul Sadler
1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

01/12/2012 11/03/2012

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Ted Cruz St. Rep. Paul Sadler John Jay Myers David Collins
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Green
Votes4,440,137 (56.46%) 3,194,927 (40.62%) 162,354 (2.06%) 67,404 (0.86%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1,245,210 (-15.83%) -4,277,783 (-54.39%) -4,372,733 (-55.60%)
Predict Avg.52.89% 38.78% 2.33% 0.13%
Finances$1,452,298.00 $30,755.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
YouGov 
10/31-11/03
57.00% (+6.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Texas-Austin 
10/15-10/21
54.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0)
YouGov 
10/04-10/11
51.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Texas Lyceum 
09/10-09/26
50.00% (+0.0) 24.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
YouGov 
09/07-09/14
50.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
FrederickPolls 
09/11-09/13
49.00% (+0.0) 32.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D BLUEDOGS
R Maryland Republican
DFL JC42
D TX DEM
D Crimson
LBT Smart
LBT Jed
Veg Thomas Walker
G BR_Green

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Feb 26, 2011 08:10am News UT/TT Poll: U.S. Senate Race Wide Open ( Texas )  Article BILLYW 
Aug 03, 2009 10:00am Election Guide Texas Senate seat within Democrats' reach  Article Monsieur 
Apr 29, 2009 08:00pm News Specter's Party Switch Could Have Implications for Texas Politics  Article John 

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