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Texas gubernatorial election, 2018

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General election

General election for Governor of Texas

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Greg Abbott (R)	55.8	4,656,196
	Lupe Valdez (D)	42.5	3,546,615
	Mark Tippetts (L)	1.7	140,632

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,343,443
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Janis Richards (G)

Elections in Texas, 2018

General election: Nov. 6
Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
Early voting: Oct. 22 - Nov. 2
Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 7

Online registration: No
Same-day registration: No
Voter ID: Photo ID required
Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

On the ballot:U.S. Senate • U.S. House • Congressional special elections • Governor • Lt. Gov • Attorney General • State executive offices • State Senate • State House • Special state legislative • Supreme court • Appellate courts • Local judges • Local ballot measures • School boards • Municipal • Recalls • Democratic primaries •Republican primaries

Governor of Texas
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline:December 11, 2017
Primary: March 6, 2018 Primary runoff: May 22, 2018 (if needed) General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Greg Abbott (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Texas
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2018 Impact of term limits in 2018 State government trifectas State government triplexes Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
Texas executive elections
Governor Lieutenant governor Attorney general Comptroller Agriculture commissioner Railroad commissioner State board of education Public lands commissioner

Texas held an election forgovernor onNovember 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was December 11, 2017. Primary elections were held on March 6, 2018. A Democratic primary runoff followed on May 22, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
For more information about the Republican primary,click here.

For more information about gubernatorial elections in 2018,click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the sittinggovernor wasGreg Abbott (R), who was first elected in2014. On July 14, 2017, Abbott announced that he would seek re-election in 2018.
Heading into the election,Texas was aRepublican trifecta. It had held this status sinceRepublicans gained a majority in theTexas House of Representatives in 2003. Texas was also aRepublican triplex.
Texas was won by theRepublican candidate in each of the previous five presidential elections. The widest margin of victory wasGeorge W. Bush's 23 percent margin in 2004 while the narrowest wasDonald Trump's 9 percent margin in 2016.

Texas was one of36 states that held an election forgovernor in 2018.Democrats gained seven previouslyRepublican-held seats, andRepublicans gained one previously independent-held seat. Heading into the 2018 elections, there were16Democratic governors,33Republican governors, and one independent governor. In 2018, 26 of the 33 states with aRepublican governor held a gubernatorial election, while nine out of the 16 states with aDemocratic governor held a gubernatorial election.Seventeen of the36 seats up for election were open seats (four Democratic, 12 Republican, and one independent), meaning that the sitting governor was not seeking re-election. Clickhere for more information on other 2018 gubernatorial elections.

Candidates and election results

See also:Statistics on gubernatorial candidates, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Texas

IncumbentGreg Abbott defeatedLupe Valdez andMark Tippetts in the general election for Governor of Texas on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Greg Abbott (R)	55.8	4,656,196
	Lupe Valdez (D)	42.5	3,546,615
	Mark Tippetts (L)	1.7	140,632

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,343,443
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Janis Richards (G)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas

Lupe Valdez defeatedAndrew White in the Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Texas on May 22, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lupe Valdez	53.0	224,091
	Andrew White	47.0	198,407

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 422,498
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Texas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lupe Valdez	42.9	435,484
✔		Andrew White	27.4	278,333
		Cedric Davis	8.3	83,817
		Grady Yarbrough	5.4	54,372
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Payne	4.8	48,269
		Adrian Ocegueda	4.4	44,681
		Thomas Wakely	3.4	34,737
	Submit photo	James Clark	2.2	21,871
	Submit photo	Joe Mumbach	1.4	13,878

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,015,442
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Texas

IncumbentGreg Abbott defeatedBarbara Krueger andLarry SECEDE Kilgore in the Republican primary for Governor of Texas on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Abbott	90.4	1,389,562
	Submit photo	Barbara Krueger	8.3	127,134
		Larry SECEDE Kilgore	1.3	20,384

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,537,080
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Context of the 2018 election

Race rating

Race ratings: Texas gubernatorial election, 2018
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2018	October 30, 2018	October 23, 2018	October 16, 2018
The Cook Political Report	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every two weeks throughout the election season.

Other 2018 statewide elections

See also:States with both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections in 2018

This race took place in one of twenty-two states that held elections for bothgovernor andU.S. Senate in 2018.

A table of where these elections occurred, the names of incumbents prior to the 2018 elections, and links to our coverage of these races can be viewed by clicking "[show]" on the banner below:

States holding both Gubernatorial and Senate elections in 2018
State	Incumbent Governor	Open Seat?	Incumbent Senator	Open Seat?
Arizona	Doug Ducey	No	Jeff Flake	Yes
California	Jerry Brown	Yes	Dianne Feinstein	No
Connecticut	Dan Malloy	Yes	Chris Murphy	No
Florida	Rick Scott	Yes	Bill Nelson	No
Hawaii	David Ige	No	Mazie Hirono	No
Maine	Paul LePage	Yes	Angus King	No
Maryland	Larry Hogan	No	Ben Cardin	No
Massachusetts	Charlie Baker	No	Elizabeth Warren	No
Michigan	Rick Snyder	Yes	Debbie Stabenow	No
Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Yes	Amy Klobuchar	No
Nebraska	Pete Ricketts	No	Deb Fischer	No
Nevada	Brian Sandoval	Yes	Dean Heller	No
New Mexico	Susana Martinez	Yes	Martin Heinrich	No
New York	Andrew Cuomo	No	Kirsten Gillibrand	No
Ohio	John Kasich	Yes	Sherrod Brown	No
Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf	No	Bob Casey, Jr.	No
Rhode Island	Gina Raimondo	No	Sheldon Whitehouse	No
Tennessee	Bill Haslam	Yes	Bob Corker	Yes
Texas	Greg Abbott	No	Ted Cruz	No
Vermont	Phil Scott	No	Bernie Sanders	No
Wisconsin	Scott Walker	No	Tammy Baldwin	No
Wyoming	Matt Mead	Yes	John Barrasso	No

Republican winning streak

See also:Winning streaks in 2018 gubernatorial elections

Abbott's victory in the general election was the seventh in a series beginning withGeorge W. Bush's (R) victory in 1994, continuing a record-long Republican winning streak in Texas gubernatorial elections. The longest Democratic winning streak in state history was 51 elections, occurring between 1873 and 1974.

Wave election analysis

See also:Wave elections (1918-2016)

The termwave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makessignificant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?

Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from PresidentWoodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 toDonald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016.We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.

Applying this definition togubernatorial elections, we found that Republicans needed to loseseven seats for 2018 to qualify as awave election.

The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 gubernatorial waves from 1918 to 2016.Click here to read the full report.

Gubernatorial wave elections
Year	President	Party	Election type	Gubernatorial seats change	Elections analyzed^[1]
1970	Nixon	R	First midterm	-12	35
1922	Harding	R	First midterm	-11	33
1932	Hoover	R	Presidential	-10	35
1920	Wilson	D	Presidential	-10	36
1994	Clinton	D	First midterm	-10	36
1930	Hoover	R	First midterm	-9	33
1938	Roosevelt	D	Second midterm	-9	33
1966	Johnson	D	First midterm^[2]	-9	35
1954	Eisenhower	R	First midterm	-8	33
1982	Reagan	R	First midterm	-7	36
2010	Obama	D	First midterm	-7	33

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Texas heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Republicans held bothU.S. Senate seats in Texas.
Republicans held 25 of 36U.S. House seats in Texas, and Democrats held 11.

State executives

As of May 2018, Republicans held six of 11state executive positions and five positions were held by nonpartisan officials.
The governor of Texas was RepublicanGreg Abbott.

State legislature

Republicans controlled both chambers of theTexas State Legislature. They had a 93-55 majority in the state House and a 21-10 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

Texas was a Republicantrifecta, meaning that the Republican Party held the governorship, a majority in the state Senate, and a majority in the state House.

2018 elections

See also:Texas elections, 2018

Texas held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Texas
	Texas	U.S.
Total population:	27,429,639	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	261,232	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	74.9%	73.6%
Black/African American:	11.9%	12.6%
Asian:	4.2%	5.1%
Native American:	0.5%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.5%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	38.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	81.9%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	27.6%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$53,207	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	19.9%	11.3%
Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Texas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

As of July 2016, Texas had a population of approximately 27,862,596 people, and its three largest cities wereHouston (pop. est. 2.3 million),San Antonio (pop. est. 1.5 million), andDallas (pop. est. 1.3 million).^[3]^[4]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Texas from 2000 to 2016.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Texas every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Texas 2000-2016^[5]^[6]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Donald Trump	52.23%	Hillary Clinton	43.24%	8.99%
2012	Mitt Romney	57.17%	Barack Obama	41.38%	15.79%
2008	John McCain	55.45%	Barack Obama	43.68%	11.77%
2004	George W. Bush	61.09%	John Kerry	38.22%	22.87%
2000	George W. Bush	59.30%	Al Gore	37.98%	21.32%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Texas from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Texas 2000-2016^[7]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014^[8]	John Cornyn	61.56%	David Alameel	34.36%	27.20%
2012^[9]	Ted Cruz	56.46%	Paul Sadler	40.62%	15.84%
2008^[10]	John Cornyn	54.82%	Richard Noriega	42.84%	11.98%
2006^[11]	Kay Bailey Hutchison	61.69%	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	36.04%	25.65%
2002^[12]	John Cornyn	55.30%	Ron Kirk	43.33%	11.97%
2000^[13]	Kay Bailey Hutchison	65.04%	Gene Kelly	32.35%	32.69%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2014

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2014. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Texas.

Election results (Governor), Texas 2000-2016^[14]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Greg Abbott	59.27%	Wendy Davis	38.90%	20.37%
2010	Rick Perry	54.97%	Bill White	42.30%	12.67%
2006	Rick Perry	39.03%	Chris Bell	29.79%	9.24%
2002	Rick Perry	57.81%	Tony Sanchez	39.96%	17.85%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Texas in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Texas 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	25	69.4%	11	30.6%	R+14
2014	25	69.4%	11	30.6%	R+14
2012	24	66.7%	12	33.3%	R+12
2010	23	71.9%	9	28.1%	R+14
2008	20	62.5%	12	37.5%	R+8
2006	19	59.4%	13	40.6%	R+6
2004	21	65.6%	11	34.4%	R+10
2002	15	46.9%	17	53.1%	D+2
2000	13	43.3%	17	56.7%	D+4

Trifectas, 1992-2017

Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Texas Party Control: 1992-2026
Three years of Democratic trifectas • Twenty-four years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is aPivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas	0.48%	1.61%	2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election,Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote.Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.^[15]^[16]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	26.82%	72.17%	R+45.3	22.76%	75.13%	R+52.4	R
2	20.93%	77.91%	R+57	17.59%	79.78%	R+62.2	R
3	22.26%	76.65%	R+54.4	21.37%	75.80%	R+54.4	R
4	25.04%	73.93%	R+48.9	22.70%	74.70%	R+52	R
5	23.75%	75.33%	R+51.6	20.20%	77.72%	R+57.5	R
6	28.44%	70.49%	R+42	28.89%	67.98%	R+39.1	R
7	27.14%	71.97%	R+44.8	24.48%	73.09%	R+48.6	R
8	24.96%	74.07%	R+49.1	21.12%	76.63%	R+55.5	R
9	27.47%	71.73%	R+44.3	22.23%	76.13%	R+53.9	R
10	25.56%	73.21%	R+47.7	25.20%	71.62%	R+46.4	R
11	26.75%	72.23%	R+45.5	24.48%	72.79%	R+48.3	R
12	36.06%	62.67%	R+26.6	32.54%	64.35%	R+31.8	R
13	22.71%	76.25%	R+53.5	20.47%	77.18%	R+56.7	R
14	34.77%	62.91%	R+28.1	38.79%	54.03%	R+15.2	R
15	21.79%	76.77%	R+55	28.86%	66.69%	R+37.8	R
16	18.22%	80.76%	R+62.5	18.80%	78.35%	R+59.5	R
17	37.30%	60.79%	R+23.5	33.92%	62.02%	R+28.1	R
18	27.18%	71.69%	R+44.5	23.96%	73.47%	R+49.5	R
19	22.22%	76.79%	R+54.6	17.21%	81.00%	R+63.8	R
20	26.22%	72.13%	R+45.9	25.81%	70.27%	R+44.5	R
21	23.92%	74.97%	R+51.1	21.50%	76.09%	R+54.6	R
22	66.82%	32.57%	D+34.3	65.95%	31.80%	D+34.1	D
23	44.24%	54.56%	R+10.3	40.89%	55.86%	R+15	R
24	25.11%	73.48%	R+48.4	27.42%	68.20%	R+40.8	R
25	28.74%	69.92%	R+41.2	27.55%	69.14%	R+41.6	R
26	35.86%	62.95%	R+27.1	45.81%	50.71%	R+4.9	R
27	68.80%	30.44%	D+38.4	70.03%	27.23%	D+42.8	D
28	34.81%	64.22%	R+29.4	43.01%	53.21%	R+10.2	R
29	35.44%	63.32%	R+27.9	41.21%	54.83%	R+13.6	R
30	30.24%	68.64%	R+38.4	26.80%	70.36%	R+43.6	R
31	61.89%	37.31%	D+24.6	55.47%	42.31%	D+13.2	D
32	41.43%	56.92%	R+15.5	42.04%	53.45%	R+11.4	R
33	26.49%	72.25%	R+45.8	31.27%	64.67%	R+33.4	R
34	54.64%	44.24%	D+10.4	53.40%	43.18%	D+10.2	D
35	66.43%	32.71%	D+33.7	63.43%	33.59%	D+29.8	D
36	74.73%	24.41%	D+50.3	73.70%	23.21%	D+50.5	D
37	69.28%	29.75%	D+39.5	68.98%	27.77%	D+41.2	D
38	66.13%	32.95%	D+33.2	65.76%	30.74%	D+35	D
39	74.02%	25.10%	D+48.9	70.48%	26.40%	D+44.1	D
40	75.32%	23.68%	D+51.6	70.73%	25.91%	D+44.8	D
41	56.64%	42.35%	D+14.3	59.53%	36.87%	D+22.7	D
42	75.54%	23.57%	D+52	73.73%	23.49%	D+50.2	D
43	46.96%	52.09%	R+5.1	43.79%	53.10%	R+9.3	R
44	30.83%	67.97%	R+37.1	30.22%	65.99%	R+35.8	R
45	41.83%	55.19%	R+13.4	44.53%	49.14%	R+4.6	R
46	76.62%	20.14%	D+56.5	78.16%	16.34%	D+61.8	D
47	39.32%	58.05%	R+18.7	46.98%	47.16%	R+0.2	R
48	56.86%	39.56%	D+17.3	65.17%	28.12%	D+37	D
49	70.19%	24.89%	D+45.3	76.63%	16.65%	D+60	D
50	57.79%	38.81%	D+19	63.38%	30.05%	D+33.3	D
51	78.49%	17.43%	D+61.1	79.52%	14.04%	D+65.5	D
52	42.57%	54.91%	R+12.3	46.12%	47.56%	R+1.4	R
53	22.29%	76.50%	R+54.2	20.74%	76.30%	R+55.6	R
54	45.85%	53.04%	R+7.2	44.07%	51.07%	R+7	R
55	33.08%	65.48%	R+32.4	31.96%	63.28%	R+31.3	R
56	29.70%	69.02%	R+39.3	31.16%	64.82%	R+33.7	R
57	25.97%	73.09%	R+47.1	22.50%	75.69%	R+53.2	R
58	21.12%	77.52%	R+56.4	18.84%	77.90%	R+59.1	R
59	21.36%	77.31%	R+56	19.19%	77.44%	R+58.2	R
60	15.70%	83.09%	R+67.4	13.33%	84.19%	R+70.9	R
61	16.19%	82.54%	R+66.3	14.49%	82.74%	R+68.3	R
62	24.72%	73.77%	R+49.1	20.89%	76.05%	R+55.2	R
63	26.39%	72.13%	R+45.7	30.22%	65.26%	R+35	R
64	37.33%	60.30%	R+23	40.00%	54.49%	R+14.5	R
65	40.84%	57.52%	R+16.7	46.51%	48.62%	R+2.1	R
66	37.46%	61.15%	R+23.7	46.24%	49.45%	R+3.2	R
67	37.26%	61.08%	R+23.8	44.69%	50.41%	R+5.7	R
68	17.78%	81.15%	R+63.4	14.23%	83.37%	R+69.1	R
69	23.27%	75.20%	R+51.9	20.26%	76.12%	R+55.9	R
70	29.25%	69.37%	R+40.1	32.82%	62.78%	R+30	R
71	22.84%	75.76%	R+52.9	21.49%	74.23%	R+52.7	R
72	23.33%	75.26%	R+51.9	21.45%	74.81%	R+53.4	R
73	20.22%	78.37%	R+58.2	21.25%	75.11%	R+53.9	R
74	56.99%	41.57%	D+15.4	56.27%	39.58%	D+16.7	D
75	72.33%	26.62%	D+45.7	73.74%	21.38%	D+52.4	D
76	76.91%	21.86%	D+55.1	77.93%	17.86%	D+60.1	D
77	64.07%	34.29%	D+29.8	68.79%	25.97%	D+42.8	D
78	54.41%	44.15%	D+10.3	59.28%	35.16%	D+24.1	D
79	64.73%	34.12%	D+30.6	68.62%	26.73%	D+41.9	D
80	68.25%	30.91%	D+37.3	65.06%	32.31%	D+32.7	D
81	24.20%	74.66%	R+50.5	26.33%	70.49%	R+44.2	R
82	19.38%	79.31%	R+59.9	20.58%	75.76%	R+55.2	R
83	21.27%	77.50%	R+56.2	19.94%	76.49%	R+56.5	R
84	34.95%	63.28%	R+28.3	35.12%	59.58%	R+24.5	R
85	37.99%	61.03%	R+23	41.09%	56.10%	R+15	R
86	16.18%	82.55%	R+66.4	16.16%	80.17%	R+64	R
87	22.12%	76.56%	R+54.4	21.74%	74.43%	R+52.7	R
88	19.06%	79.89%	R+60.8	16.48%	80.59%	R+64.1	R
89	31.79%	66.67%	R+34.9	36.08%	59.03%	R+23	R
90	73.70%	25.21%	D+48.5	74.97%	21.48%	D+53.5	D
91	30.45%	67.90%	R+37.5	32.14%	63.08%	R+30.9	R
92	37.22%	61.08%	R+23.9	40.54%	54.66%	R+14.1	R
93	38.26%	60.21%	R+21.9	40.40%	54.84%	R+14.4	R
94	38.10%	60.29%	R+22.2	40.87%	54.30%	R+13.4	R
95	76.11%	22.99%	D+53.1	74.24%	22.89%	D+51.4	D
96	40.22%	58.60%	R+18.4	42.55%	53.74%	R+11.2	R
97	38.92%	59.59%	R+20.7	42.59%	52.42%	R+9.8	R
98	23.57%	75.01%	R+51.4	28.91%	66.33%	R+37.4	R
99	30.70%	67.69%	R+37	32.12%	63.36%	R+31.2	R
100	77.89%	21.07%	D+56.8	77.24%	19.30%	D+57.9	D
101	64.01%	34.87%	D+29.1	66.06%	30.36%	D+35.7	D
102	45.32%	53.02%	R+7.7	52.27%	42.74%	D+9.5	R
103	69.87%	28.77%	D+41.1	73.55%	22.33%	D+51.2	D
104	72.70%	26.36%	D+46.3	75.60%	20.85%	D+54.7	D
105	46.48%	52.14%	R+5.7	52.13%	43.60%	D+8.5	R
106	30.86%	67.69%	R+36.8	35.83%	59.70%	R+23.9	R
107	46.89%	51.83%	R+4.9	52.37%	43.40%	D+9	D
108	39.31%	58.99%	R+19.7	50.32%	44.01%	D+6.3	R
109	81.75%	17.68%	D+64.1	81.55%	16.42%	D+65.1	D
110	88.74%	10.77%	D+78	86.76%	11.25%	D+75.5	D
111	77.24%	22.06%	D+55.2	77.40%	20.17%	D+57.2	D
112	43.50%	55.03%	R+11.5	48.28%	47.10%	D+1.2	R
113	46.31%	52.53%	R+6.2	49.13%	47.23%	D+1.9	R
114	43.48%	55.23%	R+11.7	52.14%	43.21%	D+8.9	R
115	43.23%	55.27%	R+12	51.54%	43.64%	D+7.9	R
116	60.53%	37.80%	D+22.7	63.73%	31.10%	D+32.6	D
117	51.99%	46.85%	D+5.1	53.23%	42.14%	D+11.1	D
118	55.33%	43.41%	D+11.9	55.58%	40.41%	D+15.2	D
119	60.26%	38.58%	D+21.7	60.13%	36.08%	D+24.1	D
120	64.75%	34.11%	D+30.6	63.51%	32.10%	D+31.4	D
121	37.61%	60.88%	R+23.3	43.42%	51.69%	R+8.3	R
122	30.87%	67.87%	R+37	37.75%	57.87%	R+20.1	R
123	61.36%	36.80%	D+24.6	65.02%	30.27%	D+34.7	D
124	60.94%	37.65%	D+23.3	62.19%	33.04%	D+29.1	D
125	59.11%	39.59%	D+19.5	61.62%	33.69%	D+27.9	D
126	36.72%	62.08%	R+25.4	43.00%	52.94%	R+9.9	R
127	29.60%	69.21%	R+39.6	34.90%	61.23%	R+26.3	R
128	26.59%	72.37%	R+45.8	28.77%	68.15%	R+39.4	R
129	33.88%	64.47%	R+30.6	40.06%	55.33%	R+15.3	R
130	22.81%	75.91%	R+53.1	27.96%	68.06%	R+40.1	R
131	83.65%	15.69%	D+68	84.29%	13.35%	D+70.9	D
132	39.77%	58.92%	R+19.2	45.68%	50.04%	R+4.4	R
133	30.41%	68.14%	R+37.7	41.12%	54.52%	R+13.4	R
134	41.74%	56.39%	R+14.7	55.09%	39.61%	D+15.5	R
135	39.86%	58.83%	R+19	46.82%	48.89%	R+2.1	R
136	41.43%	55.34%	R+13.9	47.69%	45.16%	D+2.5	R
137	63.91%	34.49%	D+29.4	67.00%	28.92%	D+38.1	D
138	39.30%	59.18%	R+19.9	47.85%	47.78%	D+0.1	R
139	75.62%	23.61%	D+52	76.12%	20.61%	D+55.5	D
140	70.10%	28.98%	D+41.1	75.09%	21.87%	D+53.2	D
141	87.41%	12.07%	D+75.3	85.19%	12.59%	D+72.6	D
142	77.41%	21.97%	D+55.4	76.20%	20.97%	D+55.2	D
143	67.18%	31.86%	D+35.3	71.02%	26.02%	D+45	D
144	50.77%	47.88%	D+2.9	57.75%	38.37%	D+19.4	D
145	60.26%	38.28%	D+22	66.92%	28.72%	D+38.2	D
146	78.82%	20.05%	D+58.8	79.43%	17.32%	D+62.1	D
147	78.07%	20.30%	D+57.8	78.99%	16.78%	D+62.2	D
148	56.59%	41.08%	D+15.5	63.82%	30.50%	D+33.3	D
149	58.76%	40.12%	D+18.6	64.25%	32.50%	D+31.8	D
150	30.28%	68.55%	R+38.3	36.63%	59.18%	R+22.6	R
Total	41.40%	57.19%	R+15.8	43.48%	52.53%	R+9.1	-
Source:Daily Kos

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↑The number of gubernatorial seats up for election varies, with as many as 36 seats and as few as 12 seats being up in a single even-numbered year.
↑Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
↑United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts Texas," accessed December 12, 2017
↑United States Census Bureau, "QuickFacts Houston; San Antonio; Dallas," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2012 Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results," January 30, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "Federal Elections 2014: Election Results for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2014 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2012 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2008 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2006 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2002 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Federal Election Commission, "2000 Official Election Results for United States Senate," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, "Texas Election Results," accessed December 13, 2017
↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
↑Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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