TEXAS 38 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Texas Secretary of State) 
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2016 est.           27,862,596
Registered Voters, Nov. 2016                                  15,249,541 
Texas has: 254 Counties.
Largest counties (five over 1 million): Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Travis. 
Largest cities (three over 1 million): Houston, San Antonio, Dallas. 

Government
Governor: Greg Abbott (R) elected in 2014.
State Legislature: Texas Legislature - Texas House of Representatives: 150 seats  Texas Senate: 31 seats
Local: Cities, Counties, Regional Councils of Government   NACO
U.S. House: 25R, 11D - 1. L.Gohmert (R) | 2. T.Poe (R) | 3. S.Johnson (R) | 4. J.Ratcliffe (R) | 5. J.Hensarling (R) | 6. J.Barton (R) | 7. J.Culberson (R) | 8. K.Brady (R) | 9. A.Green (D) | 10. M.McCaul (R) | 11. M.Conaway (R) | 12. K.Granger (R) | 13. M.Thornberry (R) | 14. R.Weber (R) | 15. R. Hinojosa (D) | 16. B.O'Rourke (D) | 17. B. Flores (R) | 18. S.Jackson Lee (D) | 19. R.Neugebauer (R) | 20. J.Castro (D) | 21. L.Smith (R) | 22. P.Olson (R) | 23. W.Hurd (R) | 24. K.Marchant (R) | 25. R.Williams (R) | 26. M.Burgess (R) | 27. B.Farenthold (R) | 28. H.Cuellar (D) | 29. G.Green (D) | 30. E.B.Johnson (D) | 31. J.Carter (R) | 32. P.Sessions (R) | 33. M.Veasey (D) | 34. F.Vela (D) | 35. L.Doggett (D) | 36. B.Babin (R) >
U.S. Senate: Ted Cruz (R) elected in 2012, John Cornyn (R) re-elected in 2014. 
2016 U.S. House: The race that drew the most attention was TX-23 (Western Texas along the border from El Paso and all the way to San Antonio), where freshman Rep. Will Hurd (R) defeated former Rep. Pete Gallego (D) and Ruben Corvalan (L) by 110,577 (48.29%) to 107,526 (46.96%) and 10,862 (4.74%).
There were two open seats due to retirements, both stayed in the same party: 
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ying to succeed Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D), first elected in Nov. 1996, in TX-15 (Rio Grande Valley north to Guadalupe Co.), attorney Vicente Gonzalez (D) defeated pastor Tim Westley (R) by 57.31% to 37.68% with 3.07% for nurse Vanessa Tijerina (G) and 1.94% for retired federal employee Ross Lynn Leone (L).
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In the race to succeed Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R), first elected in a 2003 special election, in TX-19 (29 counties in West Texas incl. Abilene and Lubbock), Texas Tech Vice Chancellor Jodey Arrington (R) trounced Troy Bonar (L) and Mark Lawson (G), garnering 86.65% of the vote.
State Legislature:
All 150 House seats and 16 of 31 Senate seats were up.  Democrats picked up a handful of seats in the House, going from 99R, 50D and 1I to 95R, 55D.  The balance in the Senate remained unchanged at 20R, 11D.

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The Lone Star State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voting Eligible Population*: 17,396,296.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 51.6%.


Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 11, 2016.
Early Voting: Oct. 24-Nov. 4, 2016.




Official Results >

 
Trump/Pence (Rep.)
4,685,047
(52.23)
Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)
3,877,868
(43.24)
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)
283,492
(3.16)
Stein/Baraka (Grn.)
71,558
(0.80)
McMullin/Johnson (w/in)
42,366
(0.47)
Castle/Bradley (w/in)
4,261
(0.05)
more w/ins (11)
4,634
(0.05)
Total........8,969,226


Overview: Texas last voted for the Democratic candidate for president in 1976 (Jimmy Carter), and the last time a Democrat was elected statewide in Texas was in 1994.
   
However, Democrats saw signs that something might be afoot.  Along with several other states, the Clinton campaign designated Texas an "expansion state."  On Sept. 7 the Dallas Morning News endorsed Clinton, its first endorsement of a Democrat for president since before World War II.  National Democrats opened several offices, starting with one in Houston on Sept. 10.  The Clinton campaign even ran a very modest one-week ad buy totalling around $100,000, first reported Oct. 17.  In addition Hillary Clinton herself had  long ties to the state; she came here for several months in 1972 to register black and Hispanic voters in South Texas for the DNC during the McGovern presidential campaign.  
   In terms of visits by the candidates, Texas  mostly served as a fundraising stop.
    Texas is a minority-majority state.  According to the Pew Research Center (>), the state has a Hispanic population of about 10.4 million, accounting for 39% of the total population, the third highest share of any state.  4.8 million of these people are eligible to vote, or 28% of the total eligible to vote. 
   Implementation of Texas' tough voter ID law continued to be fraught with problems.  A report by ProPublica, co-published with The Texas Tribune, found "the state’s efforts to enact and enforce the strictest voter ID law in the nation were so plagued by delays, revisions, court interventions and inadequate education that the casting of ballots was inevitably troubled (>)."
  The Trump-Pence ticket prevailed with a plurality of 807,179 votes (8.99 percentage points), carrying 227 counties to 27 for Clinton-Kaine.  Trump did not end up winning all 38 electoral votes, however, as one Texas elector backed Kasich and another backed Ron Paul.
General Election Visits
Clinton  |  Trump
BALLOT [PDF]
Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Democrats
251 Delegates: 145 District, 48 At-Large, 29 PLEO, 29 Unpledged.

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Republicans
155 Delegates: 3 RNC; 44 At-Large; 108 by CD (3 x 36).

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General Election Winners in Texas, 1992-2012
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Bush
40.56%
Dole
48.75%
Bush
59.30%
Bush
61.09%
McCain
55.45%
Romney
57.16%
  and the details...
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 16,100,196.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 49.7%.


Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012.
Early Voting: October 22-November 2, 2012.




Official Results >

 
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
4,569,843
(57.16)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
3,308,124
(41.38)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
88,580
(1.10)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
24,657
(0.30)
w/ins (7)
2,647
(0.33)
Total........7,993,851


2012 Overview
Texas, which last voted for the Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976, remained solidly in the Republican column.  The Romney/Ryan ticket garnered a plurality of 1,261,719 votes (15.78 percentage points).  The state did not see much of the presidential campaign other than as a stop for fundraising; according to the FEC (>) during the primaries and general election presidential candidates raised a total of over $82 million from Texas contributors, including $39.7 for Romney and $24.2 million for Obama.  Texas is a minority-majority state; according to the 2010 Census the population was 45.3% white, 37.6% Hispanic, 11.8% black and 4.1% Asian.  The U.S. Department of Justice blocked a voter ID law, and the matter went to court on July 9, 2012.
General Elction Visits
Obama  | 
Romney
BALLOT [PDF]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 14,780,857.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.7%.

According to the unofficial tabulation 5.35 million people (about 66.5%) voted early.


                           Official Results >


+McCain/Palin (Rep.) 4,479,328
(55.45)
Obama/Biden (Dem.) 3,528,633 (43.68)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
56,116 (0.69)
Baldwin/Castle (w/in)
5,708
(0.07)
Hill/Bailey (w/in)
216
 -
Allen/Stath (w/in)
104
 -
Keyes/Sprouse, Jr. (w/in)
895
(0.01)
Nader/Gonzalez (w/in)
5,751
(0.07)
McKinney/Clemente (w/in)
909
(0.01)
Moore/Alexander (w/in)
135
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Total........8,077,795

2008 Overview
The major candidates made a few visits to Texas, almost all of which were for fundraising. McCain-Palin caried the state with a plurality of 950,795 votes (11.77 percentage points).
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader Barr

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 13,796,256.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.7%.


According to the unofficial tabulation a bit fewer than 3.8 million people (over 51% of voters) voted early. 
Official Results

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
4,526,917
(61.09)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
2,832,704
(38.22)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 38,787 (0.52)
Peroutka/Baldwin (w/in) 1,636
(0.02)
Brown/Herbert (w/in)
111
Cobb/LaMarche (w/in)
1,014
 (0.01)
Nader/Camejo (w/in)
9,159
(0.12)
more write ins (3)
437
 - 
Total........7,410,765
 

more write-ins: Kennedy/Rezac 126; Allen/Senegals 92; Falk/Peterman 219

Total Number of Voters: 7,482,947 
23,246 provisional ballots

2004 Overview
Bush won his home state with a plurality of 1,694,213 votes (22.87 percentage points), carrying 236 of the 254 counties.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 13,033,081.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 49.2%.


Early voting in person: Oct. 23-Nov. 3, 2000.

According to the unofficial tabulation more than 2.4 million people (over 38% of voters) voted early.

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
3,799,639
(59.30)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 2,433,746
(37.98)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
23,160
(0.36)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
137,994
(2.15)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
12,394
(0.19)
Phillips/Frazier (w/in)
567
(0.01)
McReynolds/Hollis (w/in)
74
 - 
Wright/Foster (w/in)
63
Total........6,407,637

2000 Overview
Gov. Bush won handily in his home state, gaining a plurality of 1,365,893 votes (21.32 percentage points) and carrying 230 of 254 counties.

General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Bush (Rep.).........2,496,071 (40.56)
Clinton (Dem.).....2,281,815 (37.08)
Perot (Ind.)..........1,354,781
 (22.01)
Others (1+w/ins)...... 21,351
(0.35)
Total........6,154,018

1996
Dole (Rep.)..........2,736,167 (48.75)
Clinton (Dem.).....2,459,683 (43.83)
Perot (Ind.).............378,537
 (6.74)
Others (3+w/ins).......37,259
(0.66)
Total........5,611,644