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Live Tracking of Texas Races

We're keeping tabs on the hottest races in Texas right here at the Blue.

All these numbers will be continuously updated as numbers come in.

Last updated: 11/05/08 12:45am CST

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TX-Pres

  • Barack Obama (D): 43.6%
  • John McCain (R): 55.4%

TX-Sen

  • Rick Noriega (D): 42.9%
  • John Cornyn (R): 54.9%

TX-07

  • Michael Skelly (D): 41.8%
  • John Culberson (R): 56.5%

TX-10

  • Larry Joe Doherty (D): 43.2%
  • Michael McCaul (R): 53.9%

TX-22

  • Nick Lampson (D): 45.2%
  • Pete Olson (R): 52.6%

TX-Railroad Commissioner

  • Mark Thompson (D): 44.2%
  • Michael Williams (R): 52.3%

SD-10

  • Wendy Davis (D): 49.9%
  • Kim Brimer (R): 47.5%

SD-11

  • Joe Jaworski (D): 41.0%
  • Mike Jackson (R): 56.7%

SD-17

  • Chris Bell (D): 38.4%
  • Joan Huffman (R): 26.2%

The state house races were a mixed bag, with a number of good pickups balanced by a couple of heartbreakers.

HD-3

  • Mark Homer-I (D): 51.7%
  • Kirby Hollingsworth (R): 48.3%

HD-11

  • Chuck Hopson-I (D): 49.3%
  • Brian Walker (R): 49.1%

HD-17

  • Donnie Dippel (D): 42.8%
  • Tim Kleinschmidt (R): 54.0%

HD-32

  • Juan Garcia III-I (D): 46.8%
  • Todd Hunter (R): 50.1%

HD-52

  • Diana Maldonado (D): 48.6%
  • Bryan Daniel (R): 47.4%

HD-55

  • Sam Murphey (D): 43.3%
  • Ralph Sheffield (R): 53.9%

HD-78

  • Joe Moody (D): 51.5%
  • Dee Margo (R): 45.1%

HD-96

  • Chris Turner (D): 51.3%
  • Bill Zedler-I (R): 46.6%

HD-97

  • Dan Barrett-I (D): 42.7%
  • Mark Shelton (R): 55.4%

HD-101

  • Robert Miklos (D): 50.6%
  • Mike Anderson (R): 49.4%

HD-102

  • Carol Kent (D): 53.0%
  • Tony Goolsby (R): 47.0%

HD-105

  • Bob Romano (D): 48.66%
  • Linda Harper-Brown-I (R): 48.72%

HD-129

  • Sherrie Matula (D): 41.5%
  • John Davis-I (R): 58.5%

HD-133

  • Kristi Thibaut (D): 50.6%
  • Jim Murphy (R): 49.4%

HD-144

  • Joel Redmond (D): 48.6%
  • Ken Legler (R): 51.4%

HD-145

  • Carol Alvarado (D): 70.4%
  • Patricia Rodriguez (R): 29.6%

Also keep an eye out on the district judge races -- many of those are still nail-biters.

Harris County is looking pretty good across the board.

Harris-District Attorney

  • Brad Bradford (D): 50.2%
  • Pat Lykos (R): 49.8%

Harris-County Attorney

  • Vince Ryan (D): 51.4%
  • Mike Stafford (R): 48.6%

Harris-District Clerk

  • Loren Jackson (D): 51.0%
  • Theresa Chang (R): 49.0%

Harris-Sheriff

  • Adrian Garcia (D): 56.3%
  • Tommy Thomas (R): 43.7%

Harris-County Tax Assessor-Collector

  • Diane Trautman (D): 46.2%
  • Paul Bettencourt (R): 51.5%
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