United States Senate election in Texas, 2008

Texas will elect a member of the United States Senate in 2008. John Cornyn of the Republican Party is the incumbent Senator and has announced he will seek re-election. As of June 2007, he had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating. [ [http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=59e13048-8ca9-4fc8-9302-dc8681fe64b0 Survey USA] ] His opponents in the election will be Texas State Representative Rick Noriega of the Democratic Party and Yvonne Adams Schick of the Libertarian Party.

Texas has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994. Texas' senior senator is Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who was re-elected with 62% of the vote in the 2006 midterm elections. Texas Governor Rick Perry, also of the GOP, won re-election with 39% of the vote in 2006, in a five way race.

"CQ Politics" rates this race as 'Republican Favored'. [ [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-senate Race Ratings Chart: Senate] "CQ Politics"] "The Cook Political Report" considers it 'Solid Republican'. [ [http://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/senate/raceratings_2008-10-09_12-20-35.php 2008 Senate Race Ratings] "The Cook Political Report", October 9, 2008] "The Rothenberg Political Report" considers it a 'Safe Republican'. [ [http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/09/2008-senate-ratings_29.html 2008 Senate Ratings] "The Rothenberg Political Report", September 29, 2008]

Candidates

Democratic

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Rick Noriega
votes = 1,108,318
percentage = 51.01%
change = +0.00%Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Gene Kelly
votes = 583,845
percentage = 26.87%
change = +0.00%Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Ray McMurrey
votes = 268,742
percentage = 12.37%
change = +0.00%Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Rhett Smith
votes = 211,811
percentage = 9.75%
change = +0.00%

Republican

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = John Cornyn
votes = 994,222
percentage = 81.49%
change = +4.17%Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Larry Kilgore
votes = 225,897
percentage = 18.51%
change = +0.00%

Libertarian

*Yvonne Adams Schick - On June 15, 2008, Schick was nominated at the Texas Libertarian Convention as the Libertarian Candidate. [cite web| url=http://yvonneforsenate.com/| title=Yvonne Schick for U.S. Senate| publisher=Yvonne Schick Campaign| accessdate=2008-10-11]

Polling

General Election

Election Results

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References

External links

* [http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml Elections Division] from the "Texas Secretary of State"
* [http://www.votesmart.org/election_congress_state.php?state_id=TX&go33.x=13&go33.y=10 U.S. Congress candidates for Texas] at Project Vote Smart
* [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=senate-TX Texas, U.S. Senate] from CQ Politics
* [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51778 Texas U.S. Senate] from "OurCampaigns.com"
* [http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/TX-Sen Texas Senate race] from "2008 Race Tracker"
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=TXS1&cycle=2008 Campaign contributions] from OpenSecrets.org
* [http://www.pollster.com/08-TX-Sen-GE-CvN.php Cornyn (R-i) vs Noriega (D)] graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
*"Official campaign websites"
** [http://www.JohnCornyn.com/ John Cornyn] , Republican candidate
** [http://www.ricknoriega.com/ Rick Noriega] , Democratic candidate
** [http://yvonneforsenate.com/ Yvonne Schick] , Libertarian candidate