Texas Attorney General election, 2018 (March 6 Republican primary)

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Texas Attorney General
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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): Ken Paxton (Republican)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Texas
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A Republican Party primary election took place on March 6, 2018, in Texas to determine which candidate would run as the party's nominee in the state's November 6, 2018, attorney general election.

For more information about attorney general elections in 2018, click here.

SETTING THE STAGE

Heading into the 2018 election, the sitting attorney general was Ken Paxton (R), who was first elected in 2014. Paxton announced on April 21, 2016, that he planned on running for re-election in 2018.

Texas was under a Republican trifecta. It had held this status since Republicans gained a majority in the Texas House of Representatives in 2003. Texas was also a Republican triplex.

Texas was won by the Republican candidate in each of the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016. The widest margin of victory was George W. Bush's 23 percent margin in 2004 while the narrowest was Donald Trump's nine percent margin in 2016.

Candidates and election results[edit]

Incumbent Ken Paxton advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 6, 2018.

Context of the 2018 election[edit]

Past elections[edit]

2014[edit]

See also: Texas attorney general election, 2014

In the 2014 Republican primary election between Ken Paxton, Dan Branch, and Barry Smitherman, no candidate received an outright majority of votes. Paxton and Branch advanced to a runoff election, which Paxton won by a 30 percent margin.^[1][2]

Texas Attorney General Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ken Paxton	44.5%	569,034
Dan Branch	33.4%	428,034
Barry Smitherman	22.1%	282,701
Total Votes		1,279,769
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

Texas Attorney General Republican Runoff, 2014
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ken Paxton	65%	489,586
Dan Branch	35%	263,194
Total Votes		752,780
Election results via Texas Secretary of State.

Voter information[edit]

How the primary works[edit]

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Texas utilizes an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party in advance in order to participate in that party's primary. The voter must sign a pledge stating the following (the language below is taken directly from state statutes):^[3][4]

“

The following pledge shall be placed on the primary election ballot above the listing of candidates' names: 'I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year.'[5]

”

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Poll times[edit]

In Texas, all polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote. Texas is divided between Central and Mountain time zones.^[6]

Registration requirements[edit]

To register to vote in Texas, an applicant must be a United States citizen, a resident of the county in which he or she is registering, and at least 17 years and 10 months old.^[7]

The deadline to register to vote is 30 days before the election. Prospective voters can request a postage-paid voter registration form online or complete the form online and return it to the county voter registrar. Applications are also available at a variety of locations including the county voter registrar’s office, the secretary of state’s office, libraries, and high schools. Voter registration certificates are mailed to newly registered voters.^[8]

Automatic registration[edit]

Texas does not practice automatic voter registration.

Online registration[edit]

See also: Online voter registration

Texas does not permit online voter registration.

Same-day registration[edit]

Texas does not allow same-day voter registration.

Residency requirements[edit]

Prospective voters must reside in the county in which they are registering to vote.

Verification of citizenship[edit]

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

Texas does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. Section 18.068 of the Texas Election Code says the following:

“	The secretary of state shall quarterly compare the information received under Section 16.001 of this code and Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines that a voter on the registration list is deceased or has been excused or disqualified from jury service because the voter is not a citizen, the secretary shall send notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the counties considered appropriate by the secretary.[5]	”
—Section 18.068, Texas Election Code[9]

In January 2019, the Texas secretary of state’s office announced that it would be providing local election officials with a list of registered voters who obtained driver’s licenses or IDs with documentation such as work visas or green cards. Counties would then be able to require voters on the list to provide proof of citizenship within 30 days.^[10] The review was halted by a federal judge in February 2019, and Secretary of State David Whitley rescinded the advisory in April.^[11][12] A news release from Whitley’s office stated that “... going forward, the Texas Secretary of State's office will send to county voter registrars only the matching records of individuals who registered to vote before identifying themselves as non-U.S. citizens to DPS when applying for a driver's license or personal identification card. This will ensure that naturalized U.S. citizens who lawfully registered to vote are not impacted by this voter registration list maintenance process.”^[13]

Verifying your registration[edit]

The Texas Secretary of State’s office allows residents to check their voter registration status online by visiting this website.

Voter ID requirements[edit]

Texas requires voters to present photo identification while voting.^[14]

The following list of accepted ID was current as of November 2019. Click here for the Texas Secretary of State's page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

• Texas driver’s license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
• Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS
• Texas Personal Identification Card issued by DPS
• Texas handgun license issued by DPS
• United States Military Identification Card containing the person’s photograph
• United States Citizenship Certificate containing the person’s photograph
• United States passport (book or card)

Identification provided by voters aged 18-69 must be expired for no more than four years before the election date. Voters aged 70 and older can use an expired ID card regardless of how long ago the ID expired.^[14]

Voters who are unable to provide one of the ID options listed above can sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration and provide one of the following supporting documents:^[14]

• Copy or original of a government document that shows the voter’s name and an address, including the voter’s voter registration certificate
• Copy of or original current utility bill
• Copy of or original bank statement
• Copy of or original government check
• Copy of or original paycheck
• Copy of or original of (a) a certified domestic (from a U.S. state or territory) birth certificate or (b) a document confirming birth admissible in a court of law which establishes the voter’s identity (which may include a foreign birth document)

The following voters are exempt from showing photo ID:^[14]

• Voters with a disability
  • Voters with a disability "may apply with the county voter registrar for a permanent exemption to presenting an acceptable photo identification or following the Reasonable Impediment Declaration procedure in the county."
• Voters who have a religious objection to being photographed

Voters who do not have a photo ID can obtain a Texas Election Identification Certificate (EIC) at any Texas driver’s license office during regular business hours. Voters can also obtain an Election Identification Certificate from a mobile station. Locations are listed here.^[14]

Early voting[edit]

Texas permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Absentee voting[edit]

Texas voters are eligible to vote absentee in an election if:

• They cannot make it to the polls on Election Day because they will be away from the county on Election Day and during early voting;
• They are sick or disabled;
• They are 65 years of age or older; or
• They are confined in jail.^[15]

To vote absentee, a request must be received by county election officials no later than close of regular business on the eleventh day before the election. The completed ballot must then be returned by the close of polls on Election Day.^[16]

State overview[edit]

Partisan control[edit]

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

Congressional delegation[edit]

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

State executives[edit]

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

State legislature[edit]

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

Trifecta status[edit]

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

2018 elections[edit]

See also: Texas elections, 2018

Texas held elections for the following positions in 2018:

• The Class 1 U.S. Senate seat held by Ted Cruz (R)
• All 36 U.S. House seats
• Governor
• Five lower state executive positions
• 15 of 31 state Senate seats
• All 150 state House seats
• Local judicial offices
• Local school boards
• Municipal elections in Arlington, Austin, Bexar County, Collin County, Corpus Christi, Dallas County, Denton County, El Paso County, Fort Bend County, Garland, Harris County, Irving, Laredo, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Nueces County, Tarrant County, Travis County, Webb County, and Williamson County

Demographics[edit]

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) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here 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 census here.

As of July 2016, Texas had a population of approximately 27,862,596 people, and its three largest cities were Houston (pop. est. 2.3 million), San Antonio (pop. est. 1.5 million), and Dallas (pop. est. 1.3 million).^[17][18]

State election history[edit]

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

Historical elections[edit]

Presidential elections, 2000-2016[edit]

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[19][20]
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[edit]

This chart shows the results of U.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[21]
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014[22]	John Cornyn	61.56%	David Alameel	34.36%	27.20%
2012[23]	Ted Cruz	56.46%	Paul Sadler	40.62%	15.84%
2008[24]	John Cornyn	54.82%	Richard Noriega	42.84%	11.98%
2006[25]	Kay Bailey Hutchison	61.69%	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	36.04%	25.65%
2002[26]	John Cornyn	55.30%	Ron Kirk	43.33%	11.97%
2000[27]	Kay Bailey Hutchison	65.04%	Gene Kelly	32.35%	32.69%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2014[edit]

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[28]
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[edit]

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Texas in the U.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[edit]

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

Texas Party Control: 1992-2022
Three years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty 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
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
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
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

Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald 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[edit]

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 by Daily Kos.^[29][30]

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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