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Texas's 36th Congressional District
Texas's 36th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. The first candidates ran in the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections, 2012 House elections for a seat in the 113th United States Congress. Steve Stockman won the general election, and represented the new district. On December 9, 2013, Stockman announced that he would not seek reelection in 2014, and would instead challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican senatorial primary, and was succeeded in the U.S. House by Brian Babin. Texas's 36th congressional district is located in southeast Texas and includes all of Chambers County, Texas, Chambers, Hardin County, Texas, Hardin, Jasper County, Texas, Jasper, Liberty County, Texas, Liberty, Newton County, Texas, Newton, and Tyler County, Texas, Tyler counties, plus portions of southeastern Harris County, Texas, Harris County and northwestern Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas US Congressional District 36 (since 2021)
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas's 31st Congressional District
Texas's 31st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a strip of Central Texas from the northern Austin, Texas, Austin suburbs up to Temple, Texas, Temple and Gatesville, Texas, Gatesville. The district is centered around Bell County, Texas, Bell and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties, two fast-growing suburban counties north of Austin; it includes the Williamson County portion of Austin itself. It also includes much of the area surrounding Fort Hood, giving the district a strong military presence, as well as four rural counties to the north and west of the district. John Carter (Texas politician), John Carter has served as the representative from this district since its creation. The 31st district is one of only two districts in Texas (the other being the Texas's 36th congressional district, 36th district) that has never been represented by a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Recent election resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Texas Gubernatorial Election
The 2018 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Texas, concurrently with the 2018 United States Senate election in Texas, election of Texas's Classes of United States Senators, Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as 2018 United States elections, other congressional, state and local elections throughout the United States and Texas. Incumbent Republican Party of Texas, Republican governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a second term in office defeating Texas Democratic Party, Democratic nominee Lupe Valdez, the former sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, and Libertarian Party of Texas, Libertarian nominee Mark Tippetts, a former member of the Lago Vista, Texas, Lago Vista city council. The Republican and Democratic party primaries were held on March 6, 2018, making them the first primaries of the 2018 electoral season. Abbott won the March 6 primary with 90% of the vote to receive the Republican nomination, while Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz was the solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008. After graduating from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics, eventually serving as a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration. In 2003, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott appointed Cruz to serve as Solicitor General, a position he held until 2008. Cruz was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, becoming the first Hispanic American to serve as a U.S. senator from Texas. In the Senate, he has taken consistently conservative positions on economic and social policy. He played a leading role in the 2013 federal government shutdown, seeking to force Congress and President Barack Obama to defund the Affordable Care Act. Cruz was reelected in a close race in 2018 against Democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 United States Senate Election In Texas
The 2018 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 6, 2018, along with 2018 United States Senate elections, other elections to the United States Senate and 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, elections to the United States House of Representatives in additional states. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz secured a second term, defeating Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke. The primary for all parties was held on March 6, 2018, making it the first primary of the 2018 season. As Cruz and O'Rourke both won majorities in their primaries, they did not participate in the May 22 runoff primary that was held for some nominations in Texas. No Democrat has won a general election for statewide office in Texas since Bob Bullock was reelected as lieutenant governor in 1994, with election forecasters declaring it a safe Republican seat at the beginning of the 2018 cycle. However, O'Rourke gradually closed the gap, and leading up to the el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'', bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 United States Presidential Election In Texas
The 2016 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. Primary elections were held on March 1, 2016. Texas was won by Republican Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence by a 8.99% margin over Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. Texas assigned its 38 Electoral College votes to the state's popular vote winner, but two faithless electors chose other candidates, making Texas the only state in 2016 to give Trump fewer than the assigned electoral votes. Even then, its 36 electoral votes were Trump's largest electoral prize in 2016. When the Electoral College met on December 19, 2016, only 36 of the 38 electors voted for Trump for president. Two electors defected; one voted for Ohio Governor John Kasich, and the other voted for former Congressman Ron Paul, making the latter, at 81 and despite not running, the oldest person to ever receive an electoral vote. For vice president, 37 el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Abbott
Gregory Wayne Abbott ( ; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist who has served since 2015 as the 48th governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th Texas Attorney General, attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Abbott is the longest-serving incumbent governor in the United States. Abbott was the third Republican to serve as attorney general of Texas since the Reconstruction era, Reconstruction era. He was elected to that office with 57% of the vote in 2002 Texas Attorney General election, 2002 and reelected with 60% in 2006 Texas Attorney General election, 2006 and 64% in 2010 Texas Attorney General election, 2010, becoming the longest-serving attorney general in state history, with 12 years of service. Before becoming attorney general, Abbott was a justice of the Texas Supreme Court, a position to which he was appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Texas Gubernatorial Election
The 2014 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican governor Rick Perry, who had served since the resignation of then-Governor George W. Bush on December 21, 2000, declined to run for an unprecedented fourth full term, making this the first open seat, open election for governor of the state since 1990 Texas gubernatorial election, 1990. The election took place between nominees who were selected on March 4, 2014: Republican Texas Attorney General, State Attorney General Greg Abbott and Democratic Texas Senate, State Senator Wendy Davis (politician), Wendy Davis. Also on the ballot were Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party candidate Kathie Glass and Green Party (United States), Green Party candidate Brandon Parmer. Abbott was projected to carry the election, and ultimately won handily with a 20.4 percentage point advantage. As of 2022, this is the most recent gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 United States Senate Election In Texas
The 2014 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Republican senator and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn ran for re-election to a third term. Primary elections were held on March 4, 2014. Since no Democratic candidate received over 50% in the first round of the primary, a runoff election was required on May 27, 2014. David Alameel, who came in first in the primary, won the runoff and became his party's nominee. In the general election, Cornyn defeated Alameel in a landslide. This is the last time Bexar, Fort Bend, Harris and Hays would vote for a Republican in a U.S. Senate election. Republican primary In February 2014, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was featured in a controversial television advertisement by Dwayne Stovall. Stovall belittled McConnell, Cornyn's superior in the Senate leadership, as an ineffective "Beltway turtle" who is out-of-touch with the party rank- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and retired politician. He served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He was the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's nominee in the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 U.S. presidential election. Mitt Romney is a son of George W. Romney, a former governor of Michigan. Raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Mitt spent over two years in France as a Mormon missionary. He married Ann Romney, Ann Davies in 1969; they have five sons. Active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) throughout his adult life, Romney served as Bishop (Latter Day Saints), bishop of his Ward (LDS Church), ward and later as a Stake (LDS Church), stake president for an area covering Boston and many of its suburbs. By 1971, he had participated in the political campaigns of both his paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 United States Presidential Election In Texas
The 2012 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia participated. Texas voters chose 38 electors to represent them in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic President of the United States, President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President of the United States, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican Party (United States), Republican challenger and former Governor of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, United States House of Representatives, Congressman Paul Ryan. The largest Republican stronghold in the country, Texas went decisively for Romney, awarding him 57.17% of the vote to Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.79%. Like previous Democratic candidates, Obama dominated the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
