2008 United States presidential election in Texas

For related races, see 2008 United States presidential election.

2008 United States presidential election in Texas

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| ← 2004 | November 4, 2008 | 2012 →

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Turnout| 59.5% (of registered voters)
45.5% (of voting age population)[1]
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Nominee  | John McCain | Barack Obama |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Home state  | Arizona | Illinois
Running mate  | Sarah Palin | Joe Biden
Electoral vote  | 34 | 0
Popular vote  | 4,479,328 | 3,528,633
Percentage  | 55.38% | 43.63%

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County results

Congressional district results

Precinct results

McCain

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90–100%

Obama

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90–100%

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George W. Bush
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Barack Obama
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The 2008 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Prior to the election, all news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or a safe red state. Polling throughout the state showed McCain consistently and substantially leading Obama. On Election Day, McCain easily won the state, although his margin of victory was significantly less than that of George W. Bush in 2000 or 2004. This was the first election since 1996 in which the margin of victory was less than one million votes. Regardless, with its 34 electoral votes, Texas was the largest prize for McCain in 2008.

This election marked the last time (through the 2024 presidential election) that the Democratic candidate won Brewster County. It was also the last in which Kenedy County voted for the winning candidate until 2024.

## Primaries

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* 2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses
* 2008 Texas Republican presidential primary

## Campaign

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### Predictions

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There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:

Source  | Ranking

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D.C. Political Report[2] | Likely R
Cook Political Report[3] | Solid R
The Takeaway[4] | Solid R
Electoral-vote.com[5] | Solid R
Washington Post[6] | Solid R
Politico[7] | Solid R
RealClearPolitics[8] | Solid R
FiveThirtyEight[6] | Solid R
CQ Politics[9] | Solid R
The New York Times[10] | Solid R
CNN[11] | Safe R
NPR[6] | Solid R
MSNBC[6] | Solid R
Fox News[12] | Likely R
Associated Press[13] | Likely R
Rasmussen Reports[14] | Safe R

### Polling

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Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: Texas

McCain won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 52% to 41%.[15]

### Fundraising

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Obama raised $20,424,500. McCain raised $17,990,153.[16]

### Advertising and visits

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Obama and his interest groups spent $9,917,565. McCain and his interest groups spent $33,983.[17] Both campaigns visited the state twice.[18]

## Analysis

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Voter casting a ballot in Texas

Texas, split between the south and southwest regions of the United States, has become a consistently Republican state at all levels and is the home state of then President George W. Bush. Economically and racially diverse, Texas includes a very large swath of the Bible Belt, a region in which many voters, especially those in rural areas, identify as born-again or evangelical Christians, and tend to vote Republican due to their socially conservative views. Although once part of the Solid South, Texas has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

McCain did well throughout the state, winning the vast majority of counties by double digits. He took almost every county in Eastern Texas, including many traditionally-Democratic areas. All the suburbs of the major cities voted Republican by large margins. He also dominated the Texas Panhandle (including Amarillo), the Permian Basin (including Midland and Odessa) and the South Plains (including Lubbock), three of the most conservative regions in the country. He won these three regions by margins of three-to-one—his largest margin of victory in the entire country.[19] These areas had been among the first in Texas where the old-line conservative Democrats started splitting their tickets and voting Republican nationally; some counties in this region haven't supported a Democrat since Harry S. Truman in 1948. King County, a thinly populated county near the Panhandle, gave McCain 92.64% of the vote to Obama's 4.91%, McCain's best margin in any county in the nation.

Despite the expected loss, Obama improved substantially upon John Kerry's performance in 2004, narrowing the margin of victory from 22.83% down to 11.77%. He was able to flip major urban counties such as Dallas, Bexar and Harris counties—home to the cities of Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston respectively. Dallas and Harris had been among the first areas of the state to turn Republican, largely due to an influx of Northern expatriates in the 1940s and 1950s. Neither county had supported a Democrat for president since 1964. Bexar had last gone Democratic in 1996.[20] A strong turnout of minority voters gave Obama the edge in these three counties. Obama also performed strongly in Travis County, which contains the state capital and liberal bastion of Austin; El Paso County, which contains the city of El Paso, due in large part to heavy support by Hispanics; and many of the Latino-majority counties in the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, which have strongly supported Democrats for decades. Although Obama lost Tarrant county, he did do well in the southern and eastern parts of Fort Worth and the eastern part of Arlington.[21]

During the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn was reelected with 54.82% of the vote to Democrat Rick Noriega’s 42.84%. Libertarian Yvonne Adams Schick received the remaining 2.34%. Republicans also knocked off a Democratic incumbent from Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, however, Democrats picked up three seats in the Texas House of Representatives and one seat in the Texas Senate.

## Results

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2008 United States presidential election in Texas

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | John McCain | Sarah Palin | 4,479,328 | 55.45% | 34
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 3,528,633  | 43.68%  | 0
| Libertarian | Bob Barr | Wayne Allyn Root | 56,116  | 0.69%  | 0
| Independent | Ralph Nader | Matt Gonzalez | 5,751  | 0.07%  | 0
| Constitution | Chuck Baldwin | Darrell Castle  | 5,708  | 0.07%  | 0
| Green | Cynthia McKinney | Rosa Clemente | 909  | 0.01%  | 0
| Others  | \-  | \-  | 1,350  | 0.02%  | 0
Totals | 8,086,952 | 100.00% | 34
Voter turnout (voting age population)  | 46.8%

### By county

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County  | John McCain
Republican  | Barack Obama
Democratic  | Various candidates
Other parties  | Margin  | Total

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
Anderson | 11,884  | 71.35%  | 4,630  | 27.80%  | 141  | 0.85%  | 7,254  | 43.55%  | 16,655
Andrews | 3,816  | 82.44%  | 790  | 17.07%  | 23  | 0.49%  | 3,026  | 65.37%  | 4,629
Angelina | 19,569  | 67.13%  | 9,379  | 32.17%  | 205  | 0.70%  | 10,190  | 34.96%  | 29,153
Aransas | 6,693  | 68.45%  | 3,006  | 30.74%  | 79  | 0.81%  | 3,687  | 37.71%  | 9,778
Archer | 3,595  | 82.36%  | 740  | 16.95%  | 30  | 0.69%  | 2,855  | 65.41%  | 4,365
Armstrong | 856  | 86.46%  | 128  | 12.93%  | 6  | 0.61%  | 728  | 73.53%  | 990
Atascosa | 5,462  | 54.96%  | 4,415  | 44.43%  | 61  | 0.61%  | 1,047  | 10.53%  | 9,938
Austin | 8,786  | 74.96%  | 2,821  | 24.07%  | 114  | 0.97%  | 5,965  | 50.89%  | 11,721
Bailey | 1,618  | 69.86%  | 682  | 29.45%  | 16  | 0.69%  | 936  | 40.41%  | 2,316
Bandera | 6,935  | 74.59%  | 2,250  | 24.20%  | 112  | 1.21%  | 4,685  | 50.39%  | 9,297
Bastrop | 13,817  | 53.02%  | 11,687  | 44.84%  | 558  | 2.14%  | 2,130  | 8.18%  | 26,062
Baylor | 1,262  | 76.81%  | 366  | 22.28%  | 15  | 0.91%  | 896  | 54.53%  | 1,643
Bee | 4,471  | 54.81%  | 3,645  | 44.69%  | 41  | 0.50%  | 826  | 10.12%  | 8,157
Bell | 49,242  | 54.36%  | 40,413  | 44.61%  | 935  | 1.03%  | 8,829  | 9.75%  | 90,590
Bexar | 246,275  | 46.69%  | 275,527  | 52.23%  | 5,690  | 1.08%  | -29,252  | -5.54%  | 527,492
Blanco | 3,418  | 69.20%  | 1,467  | 29.70%  | 54  | 1.10%  | 1,951  | 39.50%  | 4,939
Borden | 316  | 87.53%  | 40  | 11.08%  | 5  | 1.39%  | 276  | 76.45%  | 361
Bosque | 5,762  | 75.36%  | 1,797  | 23.50%  | 87  | 1.14%  | 3,965  | 51.86%  | 7,646
Bowie | 24,162  | 68.67%  | 10,815  | 30.74%  | 209  | 0.59%  | 13,347  | 37.93%  | 35,186
Brazoria | 67,515  | 64.34%  | 36,480  | 34.76%  | 945  | 0.90%  | 31,035  | 29.58%  | 104,940
Brazos | 37,465  | 63.85%  | 20,502  | 34.94%  | 706  | 1.21%  | 16,963  | 28.91%  | 58,673
Brewster | 1,855  | 47.56%  | 1,970  | 50.51%  | 75  | 1.93%  | -115  | -2.95%  | 3,900
Briscoe | 617  | 74.34%  | 205  | 24.70%  | 8  | 0.96%  | 412  | 49.64%  | 830
Brooks | 556  | 24.08%  | 1,747  | 75.66%  | 6  | 0.26%  | -1,191  | -51.58%  | 2,309
Brown | 12,052  | 79.95%  | 2,822  | 18.72%  | 200  | 1.33%  | 9,230  | 61.23%  | 15,074
Burleson | 4,547  | 68.22%  | 2,053  | 30.80%  | 65  | 0.98%  | 2,494  | 37.42%  | 6,665
Burnet | 12,059  | 71.38%  | 4,608  | 27.28%  | 226  | 1.34%  | 7,451  | 44.10%  | 16,893
Caldwell | 6,107  | 52.43%  | 5,403  | 46.39%  | 138  | 1.18%  | 704  | 6.04%  | 11,648
Calhoun | 4,106  | 59.69%  | 2,729  | 39.67%  | 44  | 0.64%  | 1,377  | 20.02%  | 6,879
Callahan | 4,589  | 80.28%  | 1,063  | 18.60%  | 64  | 1.12%  | 3,526  | 61.68%  | 5,716
Cameron | 26,671  | 35.06%  | 48,480  | 63.72%  | 926  | 1.22%  | -21,809  | -28.66%  | 76,077
Camp | 2,798  | 61.27%  | 1,734  | 37.97%  | 35  | 0.76%  | 1,064  | 23.30%  | 4,567
Carson | 2,548  | 85.50%  | 406  | 13.62%  | 26  | 0.88%  | 2,142  | 71.88%  | 2,980
Cass | 8,279  | 69.89%  | 3,490  | 29.46%  | 77  | 0.65%  | 4,789  | 40.43%  | 11,846
Castro | 1,562  | 68.18%  | 719  | 31.38%  | 10  | 0.44%  | 843  | 36.80%  | 2,291
Chambers | 9,988  | 75.14%  | 3,188  | 23.98%  | 116  | 0.88%  | 6,800  | 51.16%  | 13,292
Cherokee | 11,695  | 71.24%  | 4,610  | 28.08%  | 112  | 0.68%  | 7,085  | 43.16%  | 16,417
Childress | 1,782  | 77.61%  | 497  | 21.65%  | 17  | 0.74%  | 1,285  | 55.96%  | 2,296
Clay | 4,213  | 78.91%  | 1,085  | 20.32%  | 41  | 0.77%  | 3,128  | 58.59%  | 5,339
Cochran | 758  | 71.71%  | 284  | 26.87%  | 15  | 1.42%  | 474  | 44.84%  | 1,057
Coke | 1,252  | 79.80%  | 299  | 19.06%  | 18  | 1.14%  | 953  | 60.74%  | 1,569
Coleman | 3,011  | 81.33%  | 643  | 17.37%  | 48  | 1.30%  | 2,368  | 63.96%  | 3,702
Collin | 184,897  | 62.16%  | 109,047  | 36.66%  | 3,513  | 1.18%  | 75,850  | 25.50%  | 297,457
Collingsworth | 943  | 78.91%  | 234  | 19.58%  | 18  | 1.51%  | 709  | 59.33%  | 1,195
Colorado | 5,795  | 69.38%  | 2,508  | 30.03%  | 50  | 0.59%  | 3,287  | 39.35%  | 8,353
Comal | 35,233  | 73.01%  | 12,384  | 25.66%  | 644  | 1.33%  | 22,849  | 47.35%  | 48,261
Comanche | 3,813  | 73.09%  | 1,334  | 25.57%  | 70  | 1.34%  | 2,479  | 47.52%  | 5,217
Concho | 807  | 74.93%  | 257  | 23.86%  | 13  | 1.21%  | 550  | 51.07%  | 1,077
Cooke | 11,871  | 78.86%  | 3,051  | 20.27%  | 132  | 0.87%  | 8,820  | 58.59%  | 15,054
Coryell | 11,550  | 63.00%  | 6,619  | 36.11%  | 163  | 0.89%  | 4,931  | 26.89%  | 18,332
Cottle | 509  | 72.20%  | 187  | 26.52%  | 9  | 1.28%  | 322  | 45.68%  | 705
Crane | 1,119  | 76.96%  | 319  | 21.94%  | 16  | 1.10%  | 800  | 55.02%  | 1,454
Crockett | 1,026  | 66.41%  | 512  | 33.14%  | 7  | 0.45%  | 514  | 33.27%  | 1,545
Crosby | 1,221  | 63.79%  | 684  | 35.74%  | 9  | 0.47%  | 537  | 28.05%  | 1,914
Culberson | 257  | 33.86%  | 492  | 64.82%  | 10  | 1.32%  | -235  | -30.96%  | 759
Dallam | 1,269  | 79.86%  | 302  | 19.01%  | 18  | 1.13%  | 967  | 60.85%  | 1,589
Dallas | 310,000  | 41.89%  | 422,989  | 57.15%  | 7,085  | 0.96%  | -112,989  | -15.26%  | 740,074
Dawson | 2,906  | 70.95%  | 1,152  | 28.13%  | 38  | 0.92%  | 1,754  | 42.82%  | 4,096
Deaf Smith | 3,466  | 73.06%  | 1,247  | 26.29%  | 31  | 0.65%  | 2,219  | 46.77%  | 4,744
Delta | 1,580  | 72.25%  | 589  | 26.93%  | 18  | 0.82%  | 991  | 45.32%  | 2,187
Denton | 149,935  | 61.63%  | 91,160  | 37.47%  | 2,168  | 0.90%  | 58,775  | 24.16%  | 243,263
DeWitt | 4,888  | 73.77%  | 1,716  | 25.90%  | 22  | 0.33%  | 3,172  | 47.87%  | 6,626
Dickens | 730  | 75.10%  | 234  | 24.07%  | 8  | 0.83%  | 496  | 51.03%  | 972
Dimmit | 874  | 24.37%  | 2,692  | 75.05%  | 21  | 0.58%  | -1,818  | -50.68%  | 3,587
Donley | 1,374  | 81.30%  | 291  | 17.22%  | 25  | 1.48%  | 1,083  | 64.08%  | 1,690
Duval | 1,076  | 24.40%  | 3,298  | 74.80%  | 35  | 0.80%  | -2,222  | -50.40%  | 4,409
Eastland | 5,165  | 79.35%  | 1,271  | 19.53%  | 73  | 1.12%  | 3,894  | 59.82%  | 6,509
Ector | 26,199  | 73.49%  | 9,123  | 25.59%  | 329  | 0.92%  | 17,076  | 47.90%  | 35,651
Edwards | 673  | 65.02%  | 346  | 33.43%  | 16  | 1.55%  | 327  | 31.59%  | 1,035
El Paso | 61,783  | 33.28%  | 122,021  | 65.73%  | 1,826  | 0.99%  | -60,238  | -32.45%  | 185,630
Ellis | 38,078  | 70.71%  | 15,333  | 28.47%  | 442  | 0.82%  | 22,745  | 42.24%  | 53,853
Erath | 10,768  | 76.81%  | 3,128  | 22.31%  | 123  | 0.88%  | 7,640  | 54.50%  | 14,019
Falls | 3,328  | 59.44%  | 2,225  | 39.74%  | 46  | 0.82%  | 1,103  | 19.70%  | 5,599
Fannin | 8,092  | 69.20%  | 3,464  | 29.62%  | 138  | 1.18%  | 4,628  | 39.58%  | 11,694
Fayette | 7,582  | 70.43%  | 3,014  | 28.00%  | 169  | 1.57%  | 4,568  | 42.43%  | 10,765
Fisher | 1,083  | 60.71%  | 687  | 38.51%  | 14  | 0.78%  | 396  | 22.20%  | 1,784
Floyd | 1,784  | 70.77%  | 730  | 28.96%  | 7  | 0.27%  | 1,054  | 41.81%  | 2,521
Foard | 327  | 60.78%  | 198  | 36.80%  | 13  | 2.42%  | 129  | 23.98%  | 538
Fort Bend | 103,206  | 50.89%  | 98,368  | 48.50%  | 1,248  | 0.61%  | 4,838  | 2.39%  | 202,822
Franklin | 3,392  | 75.53%  | 1,036  | 23.07%  | 63  | 1.40%  | 2,356  | 52.46%  | 4,491
Freestone | 5,205  | 71.42%  | 2,034  | 27.91%  | 49  | 0.67%  | 3,171  | 43.51%  | 7,288
Frio | 1,644  | 40.47%  | 2,405  | 59.21%  | 13  | 0.32%  | -761  | -18.74%  | 4,062
Gaines | 3,385  | 83.23%  | 650  | 15.98%  | 32  | 0.79%  | 2,735  | 67.25%  | 4,067
Galveston | 62,258  | 59.29%  | 41,805  | 39.81%  | 941  | 0.90%  | 20,453  | 19.48%  | 105,004
Garza | 1,356  | 77.49%  | 375  | 21.43%  | 19  | 1.08%  | 981  | 56.06%  | 1,750
Gillespie | 9,563  | 77.51%  | 2,576  | 20.88%  | 199  | 1.61%  | 6,987  | 56.63%  | 12,338
Glasscock | 502  | 90.13%  | 52  | 9.34%  | 3  | 0.53%  | 450  | 80.79%  | 557
Goliad | 2,298  | 62.87%  | 1,329  | 36.36%  | 28  | 0.77%  | 969  | 26.51%  | 3,655
Gonzales | 4,076  | 64.83%  | 2,167  | 34.47%  | 44  | 0.70%  | 1,909  | 30.36%  | 6,287
Gray | 6,924  | 85.13%  | 1,153  | 14.18%  | 56  | 0.69%  | 5,771  | 70.95%  | 8,133
Grayson | 31,136  | 68.33%  | 13,900  | 30.51%  | 528  | 1.16%  | 17,236  | 37.82%  | 45,564
Gregg | 29,203  | 68.54%  | 13,166  | 30.90%  | 241  | 0.56%  | 16,037  | 37.64%  | 42,610
Grimes | 5,562  | 66.83%  | 2,704  | 32.49%  | 56  | 0.68%  | 2,858  | 34.34%  | 8,322
Guadalupe | 30,869  | 64.91%  | 16,156  | 33.97%  | 535  | 1.12%  | 14,713  | 30.94%  | 47,560
Hale | 7,171  | 72.12%  | 2,708  | 27.24%  | 64  | 0.64%  | 4,463  | 44.88%  | 9,943
Hall | 930  | 73.58%  | 324  | 25.63%  | 10  | 0.79%  | 606  | 47.95%  | 1,264
Hamilton | 2,876  | 76.12%  | 863  | 22.84%  | 39  | 1.04%  | 2,013  | 53.28%  | 3,778
Hansford | 1,847  | 87.87%  | 240  | 11.42%  | 15  | 0.71%  | 1,607  | 76.45%  | 2,102
Hardeman | 1,199  | 75.17%  | 373  | 23.39%  | 23  | 1.44%  | 826  | 51.78%  | 1,595
Hardin | 16,603  | 80.20%  | 3,939  | 19.03%  | 160  | 0.77%  | 12,664  | 61.17%  | 20,702
Harris | 571,883  | 48.82%  | 590,982  | 50.45%  | 8,607  | 0.73%  | -19,099  | -1.63%  | 1,171,472
Harrison | 17,103  | 65.38%  | 8,887  | 33.97%  | 168  | 0.65%  | 8,216  | 31.41%  | 26,158
Hartley | 1,711  | 86.20%  | 250  | 12.59%  | 24  | 1.21%  | 1,461  | 73.61%  | 1,985
Haskell | 1,388  | 65.60%  | 699  | 33.03%  | 29  | 1.37%  | 689  | 32.57%  | 2,116
Hays | 29,638  | 50.19%  | 28,431  | 48.15%  | 983  | 1.66%  | 1,207  | 2.04%  | 59,052
Hemphill | 1,345  | 85.67%  | 216  | 13.76%  | 9  | 0.57%  | 1,129  | 71.91%  | 1,570
Henderson | 20,857  | 71.94%  | 7,913  | 27.29%  | 223  | 0.77%  | 12,944  | 44.65%  | 28,993
Hidalgo | 39,668  | 30.29%  | 90,261  | 68.92%  | 1,043  | 0.79%  | -50,593  | -38.63%  | 130,972
Hill | 9,264  | 70.25%  | 3,811  | 28.90%  | 113  | 0.85%  | 5,453  | 41.35%  | 13,188
Hockley | 5,795  | 75.80%  | 1,797  | 23.51%  | 53  | 0.69%  | 3,998  | 52.29%  | 7,645
Hood | 17,299  | 76.46%  | 5,087  | 22.48%  | 238  | 1.06%  | 12,212  | 53.98%  | 22,624
Hopkins | 9,299  | 71.98%  | 3,530  | 27.32%  | 90  | 0.70%  | 5,769  | 44.66%  | 12,919
Houston | 5,872  | 68.09%  | 2,656  | 30.80%  | 96  | 1.11%  | 3,216  | 37.29%  | 8,624
Howard | 7,029  | 72.55%  | 2,545  | 26.27%  | 115  | 1.18%  | 4,484  | 46.28%  | 9,689
Hudspeth | 458  | 51.00%  | 430  | 47.88%  | 10  | 1.12%  | 28  | 3.12%  | 898
Hunt | 20,573  | 69.68%  | 8,594  | 29.11%  | 357  | 1.21%  | 11,979  | 40.57%  | 29,524
Hutchinson | 7,361  | 84.02%  | 1,322  | 15.09%  | 78  | 0.89%  | 6,039  | 68.93%  | 8,761
Irion | 644  | 78.82%  | 164  | 20.07%  | 9  | 1.11%  | 480  | 58.75%  | 817
Jack | 2,528  | 83.63%  | 470  | 15.55%  | 25  | 0.82%  | 2,058  | 68.08%  | 3,023
Jackson | 3,723  | 73.46%  | 1,301  | 25.67%  | 44  | 0.87%  | 2,422  | 47.79%  | 5,068
Jasper | 9,022  | 70.62%  | 3,658  | 28.63%  | 96  | 0.75%  | 5,364  | 41.99%  | 12,776
Jeff Davis | 749  | 60.60%  | 468  | 37.86%  | 19  | 1.54%  | 281  | 22.74%  | 1,236
Jefferson | 42,905  | 48.52%  | 44,888  | 50.76%  | 637  | 0.72%  | -1,983  | -2.24%  | 88,430
Jim Hogg | 472  | 26.01%  | 1,336  | 73.61%  | 7  | 0.38%  | -864  | -47.60%  | 1,815
Jim Wells | 4,841  | 41.69%  | 6,706  | 57.75%  | 65  | 0.56%  | -1,865  | -16.06%  | 11,612
Johnson | 36,685  | 73.30%  | 12,912  | 25.80%  | 453  | 0.90%  | 23,773  | 47.50%  | 50,050
Jones | 4,203  | 72.37%  | 1,528  | 26.31%  | 77  | 1.32%  | 2,675  | 46.06%  | 5,808
Karnes | 2,736  | 60.44%  | 1,760  | 38.88%  | 31  | 0.68%  | 976  | 21.56%  | 4,527
Kaufman | 23,735  | 67.53%  | 11,161  | 31.76%  | 249  | 0.71%  | 12,574  | 35.77%  | 35,145
Kendall | 12,971  | 77.46%  | 3,599  | 21.49%  | 176  | 1.05%  | 9,372  | 55.97%  | 16,746
Kenedy | 94  | 46.53%  | 108  | 53.47%  | 0  | 0.00%  | -14  | -6.94%  | 202
Kent | 342  | 76.34%  | 99  | 22.10%  | 7  | 1.56%  | 243  | 54.24%  | 448
Kerr | 16,752  | 74.27%  | 5,570  | 24.69%  | 234  | 1.04%  | 11,182  | 49.58%  | 22,556
Kimble | 1,487  | 80.68%  | 342  | 18.56%  | 14  | 0.76%  | 1,145  | 62.12%  | 1,843
King | 151  | 92.64%  | 8  | 4.91%  | 4  | 2.45%  | 143  | 87.73%  | 163
Kinney | 907  | 58.48%  | 633  | 40.81%  | 11  | 0.71%  | 274  | 17.67%  | 1,551
Kleberg | 4,540  | 45.97%  | 5,256  | 53.22%  | 80  | 0.81%  | -716  | -7.25%  | 9,876
Knox | 986  | 72.08%  | 367  | 26.83%  | 15  | 1.09%  | 619  | 45.25%  | 1,368
Lamar | 12,952  | 70.54%  | 5,243  | 28.55%  | 167  | 0.91%  | 7,709  | 41.99%  | 18,362
Lamb | 3,344  | 73.90%  | 1,156  | 25.55%  | 25  | 0.55%  | 2,188  | 48.35%  | 4,525
Lampasas | 5,651  | 74.02%  | 1,903  | 24.93%  | 80  | 1.05%  | 3,748  | 49.09%  | 7,634
La Salle | 714  | 40.20%  | 1,052  | 59.23%  | 10  | 0.57%  | -338  | -19.03%  | 1,776
Lavaca | 6,293  | 76.30%  | 1,869  | 22.66%  | 86  | 1.04%  | 4,424  | 53.64%  | 8,248
Lee | 4,312  | 67.62%  | 2,000  | 31.36%  | 65  | 1.02%  | 2,312  | 36.26%  | 6,377
Leon | 5,566  | 79.05%  | 1,418  | 20.14%  | 57  | 0.81%  | 4,148  | 58.91%  | 7,041
Liberty | 15,448  | 71.23%  | 5,991  | 27.62%  | 248  | 1.15%  | 9,457  | 43.61%  | 21,687
Limestone | 5,079  | 66.20%  | 2,516  | 32.79%  | 77  | 1.01%  | 2,563  | 33.41%  | 7,672
Lipscomb | 1,093  | 87.02%  | 155  | 12.34%  | 8  | 0.64%  | 938  | 74.68%  | 1,256
Live Oak | 3,095  | 74.11%  | 1,048  | 25.10%  | 33  | 0.79%  | 2,047  | 49.01%  | 4,176
Llano | 7,281  | 75.62%  | 2,250  | 23.37%  | 98  | 1.01%  | 5,031  | 52.25%  | 9,629
Loving | 67  | 84.81%  | 12  | 15.19%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 55  | 69.62%  | 79
Lubbock | 66,304  | 67.98%  | 30,486  | 31.26%  | 744  | 0.76%  | 35,818  | 36.72%  | 97,534
Lynn | 1,473  | 69.61%  | 627  | 29.63%  | 16  | 0.76%  | 846  | 39.98%  | 2,116
Madison | 2,891  | 70.96%  | 1,146  | 28.13%  | 37  | 0.91%  | 1,745  | 42.83%  | 4,074
Marion | 2,567  | 60.37%  | 1,644  | 38.66%  | 41  | 0.97%  | 923  | 21.71%  | 4,252
Martin | 1,389  | 80.99%  | 314  | 18.31%  | 12  | 0.70%  | 1,075  | 62.68%  | 1,715
Mason | 1,544  | 72.80%  | 546  | 25.74%  | 31  | 1.46%  | 998  | 47.06%  | 2,121
Matagorda | 7,835  | 63.32%  | 4,440  | 35.88%  | 98  | 0.80%  | 3,395  | 27.44%  | 12,373
Maverick | 2,316  | 21.17%  | 8,554  | 78.20%  | 69  | 0.63%  | -6,238  | -57.03%  | 10,939
McCulloch | 2,263  | 75.18%  | 728  | 24.19%  | 19  | 0.63%  | 1,535  | 50.99%  | 3,010
McLennan | 49,044  | 61.56%  | 29,998  | 37.65%  | 632  | 0.79%  | 19,046  | 23.91%  | 79,674
McMullen | 400  | 74.49%  | 132  | 24.58%  | 5  | 0.93%  | 268  | 49.91%  | 537
Medina | 10,480  | 66.59%  | 5,147  | 32.71%  | 110  | 0.70%  | 5,333  | 33.88%  | 15,737
Menard | 712  | 69.94%  | 295  | 28.98%  | 11  | 1.08%  | 417  | 40.96%  | 1,018
Midland | 36,155  | 78.13%  | 9,691  | 20.94%  | 428  | 0.93%  | 26,464  | 57.19%  | 46,274
Milam | 5,217  | 62.43%  | 3,044  | 36.42%  | 96  | 1.15%  | 2,173  | 26.01%  | 8,357
Mills | 1,753  | 80.52%  | 398  | 18.28%  | 26  | 1.20%  | 1,355  | 62.24%  | 2,177
Mitchell | 1,815  | 74.66%  | 586  | 24.11%  | 30  | 1.23%  | 1,229  | 50.55%  | 2,431
Montague | 6,245  | 78.55%  | 1,597  | 20.09%  | 108  | 1.36%  | 4,648  | 58.46%  | 7,950
Montgomery | 119,884  | 75.76%  | 36,703  | 23.19%  | 1,664  | 1.05%  | 83,181  | 52.57%  | 158,251
Moore | 4,282  | 78.76%  | 1,123  | 20.65%  | 32  | 0.59%  | 3,159  | 58.11%  | 5,437
Morris | 3,158  | 60.18%  | 2,055  | 39.16%  | 35  | 0.66%  | 1,103  | 21.02%  | 5,248
Motley | 522  | 87.88%  | 67  | 11.28%  | 5  | 0.84%  | 455  | 76.60%  | 594
Nacogdoches | 14,828  | 63.39%  | 8,393  | 35.88%  | 170  | 0.73%  | 6,435  | 27.51%  | 23,391
Navarro | 10,810  | 66.23%  | 5,400  | 33.09%  | 111  | 0.68%  | 5,410  | 33.14%  | 16,321
Newton | 3,446  | 65.51%  | 1,751  | 33.29%  | 63  | 1.20%  | 1,695  | 32.22%  | 5,260
Nolan | 3,485  | 68.83%  | 1,521  | 30.04%  | 57  | 1.13%  | 1,964  | 38.79%  | 5,063
Nueces | 52,391  | 51.75%  | 47,912  | 47.33%  | 927  | 0.92%  | 4,479  | 4.42%  | 101,230
Ochiltree | 2,851  | 91.70%  | 243  | 7.82%  | 15  | 0.48%  | 2,608  | 83.88%  | 3,109
Oldham | 813  | 88.37%  | 102  | 11.09%  | 5  | 0.54%  | 711  | 77.28%  | 920
Orange | 21,509  | 73.14%  | 7,646  | 26.00%  | 251  | 0.86%  | 13,863  | 47.14%  | 29,406
Palo Pinto | 7,264  | 73.45%  | 2,499  | 25.27%  | 127  | 1.28%  | 4,765  | 48.18%  | 9,890
Panola | 7,582  | 74.22%  | 2,586  | 25.31%  | 48  | 0.47%  | 4,996  | 48.91%  | 10,216
Parker | 36,974  | 77.11%  | 10,502  | 21.90%  | 475  | 0.99%  | 26,472  | 55.21%  | 47,951
Parmer | 2,969  | 79.96%  | 719  | 19.36%  | 25  | 0.68%  | 2,250  | 60.60%  | 3,713
Pecos | 2,480  | 61.85%  | 1,476  | 36.81%  | 54  | 1.34%  | 1,004  | 25.04%  | 4,010
Polk | 13,731  | 68.15%  | 6,230  | 30.92%  | 188  | 0.93%  | 7,501  | 37.23%  | 20,149
Potter | 20,761  | 69.17%  | 8,939  | 29.78%  | 313  | 1.05%  | 11,822  | 39.39%  | 30,013
Presidio | 489  | 27.83%  | 1,252  | 71.26%  | 16  | 0.91%  | -763  | -43.43%  | 1,757
Rains | 3,146  | 74.27%  | 1,048  | 24.74%  | 42  | 0.99%  | 2,098  | 49.53%  | 4,236
Randall | 41,948  | 80.93%  | 9,468  | 18.27%  | 416  | 0.80%  | 32,480  | 62.66%  | 51,832
Reagan | 795  | 79.98%  | 197  | 19.82%  | 2  | 0.20%  | 598  | 60.16%  | 994
Real | 1,238  | 76.04%  | 375  | 23.03%  | 15  | 0.93%  | 863  | 53.01%  | 1,628
Red River | 3,461  | 68.51%  | 1,539  | 30.46%  | 52  | 1.03%  | 1,922  | 38.05%  | 5,052
Reeves | 1,445  | 46.96%  | 1,606  | 52.19%  | 26  | 0.85%  | -161  | -5.23%  | 3,077
Refugio | 1,855  | 56.88%  | 1,382  | 42.38%  | 24  | 0.74%  | 473  | 14.50%  | 3,261
Roberts | 477  | 92.08%  | 41  | 7.92%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 436  | 84.16%  | 518
Robertson | 3,980  | 59.31%  | 2,675  | 39.87%  | 55  | 0.82%  | 1,305  | 19.44%  | 6,710
Rockwall | 23,300  | 72.45%  | 8,492  | 26.40%  | 370  | 1.15%  | 14,808  | 46.05%  | 32,162
Runnels | 3,118  | 80.63%  | 720  | 18.62%  | 29  | 0.75%  | 2,398  | 62.01%  | 3,867
Rusk | 13,646  | 72.89%  | 4,983  | 26.62%  | 93  | 0.49%  | 8,663  | 46.27%  | 18,722
Sabine | 3,749  | 76.92%  | 1,077  | 22.10%  | 48  | 0.98%  | 2,672  | 54.82%  | 4,874
San Augustine | 2,342  | 63.04%  | 1,328  | 35.75%  | 45  | 1.21%  | 1,014  | 27.29%  | 3,715
San Jacinto | 6,151  | 68.66%  | 2,721  | 30.38%  | 86  | 0.96%  | 3,430  | 38.28%  | 8,958
San Patricio | 12,404  | 57.97%  | 8,854  | 41.38%  | 138  | 0.65%  | 3,550  | 16.59%  | 21,396
San Saba | 1,941  | 79.00%  | 487  | 19.82%  | 29  | 1.18%  | 1,454  | 59.18%  | 2,457
Schleicher | 970  | 74.39%  | 324  | 24.85%  | 10  | 0.76%  | 646  | 49.54%  | 1,304
Scurry | 4,414  | 79.26%  | 1,088  | 19.54%  | 67  | 1.20%  | 3,326  | 59.72%  | 5,569
Shackelford | 1,284  | 85.32%  | 208  | 13.82%  | 13  | 0.86%  | 1,076  | 71.50%  | 1,505
Shelby | 6,630  | 71.91%  | 2,548  | 27.64%  | 42  | 0.45%  | 4,082  | 44.27%  | 9,220
Sherman | 884  | 86.67%  | 127  | 12.45%  | 9  | 0.88%  | 757  | 74.22%  | 1,020
Smith | 55,187  | 69.36%  | 23,726  | 29.82%  | 648  | 0.82%  | 31,461  | 39.54%  | 79,561
Somervell | 2,677  | 75.77%  | 799  | 22.62%  | 57  | 1.61%  | 1,878  | 53.15%  | 3,533
Starr | 1,492  | 15.24%  | 8,274  | 84.50%  | 26  | 0.26%  | -6,782  | -69.26%  | 9,792
Stephens | 2,869  | 81.37%  | 626  | 17.75%  | 31  | 0.88%  | 2,243  | 63.62%  | 3,526
Sterling | 520  | 84.01%  | 97  | 15.67%  | 2  | 0.32%  | 423  | 68.34%  | 619
Stonewall | 524  | 71.29%  | 206  | 28.03%  | 5  | 0.68%  | 318  | 43.26%  | 735
Sutton | 1,189  | 75.35%  | 381  | 24.14%  | 8  | 0.51%  | 808  | 51.21%  | 1,578
Swisher | 1,683  | 66.39%  | 813  | 32.07%  | 39  | 1.54%  | 870  | 34.32%  | 2,535
Tarrant | 348,420  | 55.43%  | 274,880  | 43.73%  | 5,253  | 0.84%  | 73,540  | 11.70%  | 628,553
Taylor | 34,317  | 72.34%  | 12,690  | 26.75%  | 432  | 0.91%  | 21,627  | 45.59%  | 47,439
Terrell | 323  | 62.24%  | 186  | 35.84%  | 10  | 1.92%  | 137  | 26.40%  | 519
Terry | 2,879  | 67.27%  | 1,379  | 32.22%  | 22  | 0.51%  | 1,500  | 35.05%  | 4,280
Throckmorton | 671  | 80.07%  | 166  | 19.81%  | 1  | 0.12%  | 505  | 60.26%  | 838
Titus | 6,028  | 65.20%  | 3,145  | 34.02%  | 72  | 0.78%  | 2,883  | 31.18%  | 9,245
Tom Green | 27,362  | 70.41%  | 11,158  | 28.71%  | 341  | 0.88%  | 16,204  | 41.70%  | 38,861
Travis | 136,981  | 34.25%  | 254,017  | 63.52%  | 8,890  | 2.23%  | -117,036  | -29.27%  | 399,888
Trinity | 4,095  | 67.39%  | 1,925  | 31.68%  | 57  | 0.93%  | 2,170  | 35.71%  | 6,077
Tyler | 5,644  | 71.35%  | 2,166  | 27.38%  | 100  | 1.27%  | 3,478  | 43.97%  | 7,910
Upshur | 11,222  | 74.00%  | 3,790  | 24.99%  | 152  | 1.01%  | 7,432  | 49.01%  | 15,164
Upton | 898  | 75.02%  | 288  | 24.06%  | 11  | 0.92%  | 610  | 50.96%  | 1,197
Uvalde | 4,590  | 52.36%  | 4,126  | 47.07%  | 50  | 0.57%  | 464  | 5.29%  | 8,766
Val Verde | 5,752  | 44.87%  | 6,982  | 54.46%  | 86  | 0.67%  | -1,230  | -9.59%  | 12,820
Van Zandt | 15,734  | 77.15%  | 4,505  | 22.09%  | 156  | 0.76%  | 11,229  | 55.06%  | 20,395
Victoria | 19,878  | 66.22%  | 9,832  | 32.75%  | 310  | 1.03%  | 10,046  | 33.47%  | 30,020
Walker | 11,623  | 60.71%  | 7,334  | 38.31%  | 189  | 0.98%  | 4,289  | 22.40%  | 19,146
Waller | 8,265  | 53.30%  | 7,153  | 46.12%  | 90  | 0.58%  | 1,112  | 7.18%  | 15,508
Ward | 2,667  | 74.04%  | 899  | 24.96%  | 36  | 1.00%  | 1,768  | 49.08%  | 3,602
Washington | 10,176  | 70.78%  | 4,034  | 28.06%  | 167  | 1.16%  | 6,142  | 42.72%  | 14,377
Webb | 13,119  | 28.02%  | 33,452  | 71.45%  | 250  | 0.53%  | -20,333  | -43.43%  | 46,821
Wharton | 9,431  | 65.41%  | 4,937  | 34.24%  | 50  | 0.35%  | 4,494  | 31.17%  | 14,418
Wheeler | 1,918  | 85.43%  | 314  | 13.99%  | 13  | 0.58%  | 1,604  | 71.44%  | 2,245
Wichita | 31,731  | 69.01%  | 13,868  | 30.16%  | 383  | 0.83%  | 17,863  | 38.85%  | 45,982
Wilbarger | 3,283  | 72.81%  | 1,196  | 26.52%  | 30  | 0.67%  | 2,087  | 46.29%  | 4,509
Willacy | 1,456  | 29.70%  | 3,409  | 69.53%  | 38  | 0.77%  | -1,953  | -39.83%  | 4,903
Williamson | 88,323  | 55.49%  | 67,691  | 42.53%  | 3,152  | 1.98%  | 20,632  | 12.96%  | 159,166
Wilson | 10,904  | 66.63%  | 5,362  | 32.76%  | 100  | 0.61%  | 5,542  | 33.87%  | 16,366
Winkler | 1,529  | 75.25%  | 477  | 23.47%  | 26  | 1.28%  | 1,052  | 51.78%  | 2,032
Wise | 15,973  | 77.39%  | 4,471  | 21.66%  | 195  | 0.95%  | 11,502  | 55.73%  | 20,639
Wood | 13,658  | 76.80%  | 4,010  | 22.55%  | 116  | 0.65%  | 9,648  | 54.25%  | 17,784
Yoakum | 1,989  | 80.92%  | 450  | 18.31%  | 19  | 0.77%  | 1,539  | 62.61%  | 2,458
Young | 5,942  | 81.34%  | 1,303  | 17.84%  | 60  | 0.82%  | 4,639  | 63.50%  | 7,305
Zapata | 919  | 32.07%  | 1,939  | 67.66%  | 8  | 0.27%  | -1,020  | -35.59%  | 2,866
Zavala | 596  | 15.38%  | 3,263  | 84.18%  | 17  | 0.44%  | -2,667  | -68.80%  | 3,876
Totals | 4,479,328 | 55.38% | 3,528,633 | 43.63% | 79,830 | 0.99% | 950,695 | 11.75% | 8,087,791
County flips:

Democratic

Hold

Flip

|  Republican

Hold

|

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Bexar (largest city: San Antonio)
* Brewster (largest city: Alpine)
* Cameron (largest community: Brownsville)
* Culberson (largest municipality: Van Horn)
* Dallas (largest city: Dallas)
* Frio (largest municipality: Pearsall)
* Harris (largest community: Houston)
* Kleberg (largest municipality: Kingsville)
* Reeves (largest municipality: Pecos)
* Val Verde (largest municipality: Del Rio)

### By congressional district

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John McCain carried 21 of the state's 32 congressional districts, including one district held by a Democrat.

District  | McCain  | Obama  | Representative

|
|
|

1st | 68.93% | 30.53%  | Louie Gohmert
2nd | 59.75% | 39.69%  | Ted Poe
3rd | 57.58% | 41.73%  | Sam Johnson
4th | 69.10% | 30.17%  | Ralph Hall
5th | 63.33% | 36.05%  | Jeb Hensarling
6th | 59.77% | 39.59%  | Joe Barton
7th | 58.36% | 40.94%  | John Culberson
8th | 73.76% | 25.53%  | Kevin Brady
9th | 22.54%  | 77.08% | Al Green
10th | 54.96% | 44.18%  | Michael McCaul
11th | 75.47% | 23.75%  | Mike Conaway
12th | 62.90% | 36.36%  | Kay Granger
13th | 76.54% | 22.71%  | Mac Thornberry
14th | 66.27% | 33.08%  | Ron Paul
15th | 39.63%  | 59.82% | Rubén Hinojosa
16th | 33.57%  | 65.81% | Silvestre Reyes
17th | 67.21% | 32.02%  | Chet Edwards
18th | 22.19%  | 77.37% | Sheila Jackson Lee
19th | 71.93% | 27.36%  | Randy Neugebauer
20th | 35.65%  | 63.59% | Charlie Gonzalez
21st | 58.49% | 40.71%  | Lamar S. Smith
22nd | 58.23% | 41.14%  | Nick Lampson (110th Congress)
Pete Olson (111th Congress)
23rd | 48.12%  | 50.92% | Ciro Rodriguez
24th | 54.96% | 44.37%  | Kenny Marchant
25th | 39.71%  | 59.15% | Lloyd Doggett
26th | 58.00% | 41.33%  | Michael C. Burgess
27th | 45.98%  | 53.32% | Solomon Ortiz
28th | 43.53%  | 55.93% | Henry Cuellar
29th | 37.73%  | 61.65% | Gene Green
30th | 17.92%  | 81.69% | Eddie Bernice Johnson
31st | 57.51% | 41.53%  | John Carter
32nd | 53.03% | 46.21%  | Pete Sessions

## Electors

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Main article: List of 2008 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 34 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them.[22] An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 34 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:[23][24][25]

1. Marcia Daughtrey
2. Virgil Vickery
3. Charlie O'Reilly
4. Brenda Zielke
5. Mary Darby
6. Melba McDow
7. Paul Pressler
8.   9. Deborah Cupples
10. Frank Alvarez
11. Russ Duerstine
12. Zan Prince
13. Bruce Harris
14. Gordon Starkenburg
15. Sandra Cararas
16. Donene O'Dell
17. Larry Lovelace
18. Nelda Eppes
19. Kenneth Corbin
20. Gene Ryder
21. Robert Hierynomus
22. Terese Raia
23. Arturo Martinez de Vara
24. Thomas Ferguson
25. Robert Long
26. Pat Peale
27. Joel Yowell
28. Judith Hooge
29. Giovanna Searcy
30. Patricia Ann Van Winkle
31. Ronny Risinger
32. Frank Eikenburg
33. Genny Hensz
34. Talmadge Heflin

## See also

[edit]

* United States presidential elections in Texas
* Presidency of Barack Obama

## References

[edit]

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Attorney General|

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Comptroller|

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Amendments|

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Municipal|

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Dallas|

* 2015
* 2019
* 2021

El Paso|

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* 2020
* 2024

Houston|

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* 2005
* 2007
* 2009

Plano|

* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Mayoral|

| Arlington|

* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021

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Austin|

* 2003
* 2006
* 2009
* 2012
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2024

Corpus Christi|

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* 2014
* 2016
* 2017 special
* 2018
* 2020

Dallas|

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* 1904
* 1925
* 1961
* 1963
* 1965
* 1995
* 1999
* 2002 special
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

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* 2003
* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2020
* 2024

Fort Worth|

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* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Houston|

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* 1989
* 1991
* 1993
* 1995
* 1997
* 1999
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023

Laredo|

* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Lubbock|

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

San Antonio|

* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Garland|

* 2021
* 2023
* 2025

Denton|

* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

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