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      The 2012 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2012, along with other elections to the United States Senate the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Kay Bailey Hutchison decided to retire instead of running for reelection to a fourth full term. This was the first open election for this seat since 1957.
      Libertarian John Jay Myers was elected by nomination at the Texas Libertarian Party State Convention on June 8, 2012. After the first round of primary voting on May 29, 2012, a runoff was held on July 31, 2012, for both the Democratic Party and Republican Party. Former state representative Paul Sadler and former state solicitor general Ted Cruz respectively won the Democratic and Republican runoffs; Cruz won the general election by a wide margin.


      Background


      In an interview with Texas Monthly published in December 2007, incumbent U.S. senator Kay Bailey Hutchison stated that she would not seek reelection and might also resign from the Senate as early as 2009 to run for Governor of Texas. After the 2008 elections, Hutchison formed an exploratory committee to run for the governorship in 2010. State Republican Party Chairman Cathie Adams later called upon Hutchison to clarify when she would vacate the Senate so that other Republican candidates could make preparations to run.
      On December 4, 2008, Hutchison set up an exploratory committee, setting up a primary battle with incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry. Fellow Texas U.S. senator and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn tried to convince Hutchison to stay in the Senate, for fear of losing the seat to the Democrats. On January 15, 2009, Hutchison transferred nearly all the money, approximately $8 million, from her federal campaign account to her gubernatorial exploratory committee. On November 13, 2009, Hutchison announced that she would not resign from the Senate seat until after the primary on March 2, 2010.
      Hutchison lost the gubernatorial primary to Perry and on March 31, 2010, she announced her intention to serve out her third term. On January 13, 2011, after some discussion about whether she would change her mind, Hutchison announced she would not seek re-election in 2012.


      = Requirements for nomination

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      Texas requires a majority for nomination, as well as a second round runoff between the two candidates with the two highest pluralities if none win a majority on the first round. No candidate won a majority in either 2012 major party first round primary, so both parties had a runoff on July 31, 2012.


      Republican primary




      = Candidates

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      Declared


      Glenn Addison, funeral home owner
      Joe Agris, plastic surgeon
      Curt Cleaver, owner of a hotel sales, consulting, and management company
      Ted Cruz, former State Solicitor General
      David Dewhurst, Texas Lieutenant Governor
      Ben Gambini
      Charles Holcomb, retired judge from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
      Craig James, sports commentator and former professional football player
      Tom Leppert, former mayor of Dallas
      Lela Pittenger, mediator


      Withdrew


      Elizabeth Ames Jones, Texas Railroad Commissioner (withdrew to run for state senate)
      Florence Shapiro, Texas state senator (dropped out)
      Michael Williams, former Texas Railroad Commissioner (withdrew to run for U.S. House)
      Roger Williams, former Texas Secretary of State (withdrew to run for U.S. House)


      Declined


      Kay Bailey Hutchison, incumbent U.S. senator
      Robert Paul, doctor and son of Ron Paul
      Ron Paul, U.S. representative (running for president)
      Dan Patrick, Texas state senator


      = Endorsements

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      = Polling

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      • Commissioned by David Dewhurst


      = Results

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      = Runoff

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      Polling




      Results




      Democratic primary




      = Candidates

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      Filed


      Addie Allen, disaster assistance employee for the Department of Homeland Security
      Sean Hubbard, businessman
      Paul Sadler, attorney and former state Representative
      Grady Yarbrough, retired teacher


      Withdrew


      Daniel Boone, retired Air Force Colonel (withdrew to run for 21st U.S. congressional district in Texas; lost in Democratic primary)
      Jason Gibson, president of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association (filed, but dropped out in February 2012)
      Ricardo Sanchez, former United States Army Lieutenant General (dropped out)


      Declined


      Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio
      Adrian Garcia, Harris County sheriff
      Ron Kirk, U.S. trade representative and former Mayor of Dallas
      Nick Lampson, former U.S. representative
      John Sharp, former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
      Leticia Van de Putte, Texas state senator
      Bill White, former Mayor of Houston, originally announced that he would be running for the seat when it is vacated by Hutchison. On December 4, 2009, White announced that he was running for governor instead. After receiving the Democratic nomination for governor and losing the general election, White declared on November 15, 2010, that he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2012.


      = Polling

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      = Results

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      = Runoff

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      Libertarian Party nomination


      The Libertarian Party was qualified for the ballot (based on its 2010 performance at the polls). The Texas Libertarian Party nominated John Jay Myers as its Senate candidate, using approval voting on June 9 at the state convention in Fort Worth. The nominating process followed a two-round debate featuring six candidates for the nomination.


      = Candidates

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      Robert Butler
      Wayne Huffman
      Scott Jameson
      John Jay Myers, restaurant owner
      S. Ropal Raju
      Jon Roland


      = Results

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      Green Party nomination


      The Green Party of Texas reported two candidates pre-selected at the June 9 convention: David B. Collins and Victoria Ann Zabaras. Collins was ultimately nominated (official blog).


      General election




      = Candidates

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      Ted Cruz, (Republican) former state solicitor general
      Paul Sadler, (Democratic) former state representative
      John Jay Myers, (Libertarian) restaurant owner
      David Collins (Green), IT service desk analyst
      Chris Tina Bruce (independent)
      Mike Champion (independent)


      = Debates

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      Complete video of debate, October 2, 2012 - C-SPAN
      Complete video of debate, October 19, 2012 - C-SPAN


      = Fundraising

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      = Top contributors

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      = Top industries

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      = Predictions

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      = Polling

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      = Results

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      Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic


      Bexar (largest city: San Antonio)
      Cameron (largest community: Brownsville)
      Jefferson (largest city: Beaumont)
      Frio (largest municipality: Pearsall)
      Kleberg (largest municipality: Kingsville)
      La Salle (largest municipality: Cotulla)
      Val Verde (largest municipality: Del Rio)
      Culberson (largest municipality: Van Horn)
      Dallas (largest city: Dallas)


      By congressional district


      Cruz won 25 of 36 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.


      See also


      2012 United States Senate elections
      2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas


      Notes




      References




      External links


      Elections Division from the Texas Secretary of State
      Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
      Outside spending at Sunlight Foundation
      Candidate issue positions at On the Issues
      Official campaign websites (Archived)

      Ted Cruz
      Paul Sadler
      John Jay Myers
      Tom Leppert
      Lela Pittenger
      Craig James
      David Dewhurst
      Andrew Castanuela
      Glenn Addison
      Stanley Garza
      Sean Hubbard*

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