United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the 36 U.S. Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

from the state of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, an increase of four seats in reapportionment

United States congressional apportionment

United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are redistributed amongst the 50 states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximately corresponds to its...

following the 2010 United States Census. The elections will coincide with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election

United States presidential election, 2012

The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...

and an election to the U.S. Senate

United States Senate election in Texas, 2012

The 2012 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 6, 2012 along other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Republican U.S...

. Primary election

Primary election

A primary election is an election in which party members or voters select candidates for a subsequent election. Primary elections are one means by which a political party nominates candidates for the next general election....

s will be held on March 6, 2012; if necessary a runoff election

Two-round system

The two-round system is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate...

will be held on May 22.

District 6

Republican Joe Barton

Joe Barton

Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton is a Republican politician, representing in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...

, who has represented Texas's 6th congressional district

Texas's 6th congressional district

Texas District 6 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area including four counties to the south of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County. As of the 2000 census, District 6 represents 651,620 people...

since 1985, will run for re-election in the redrawn 6th district rather than in the 33rd district

Texas's 33rd congressional district

Texas's 33rd Congressional District is a new district that will be created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates will run in the 2012 House elections, and be seated for the 113th United States Congress, which convenes in 2013.`...

, which includes his hometown of Arlington

Arlington, Texas

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...

. Joe Chow, a former mayor of Addison

Addison, Texas

Addison is a city in Dallas County, Texas . The population was 14,166 at the 2000 census, and 15,737 according to a 2009 estimate. Addison is a northern suburb of Dallas...

; Itamar Gelbman, a small business owner; and Frank Kuchar, a payroll

Payroll

In a company, payroll is the sum of all financial records of salaries for an employee, wages, bonuses and deductions. In accounting, payroll refers to the amount paid to employees for services they provided during a certain period of time. Payroll plays a major role in a company for several reasons...

accountant

Accountant

An accountant is a practitioner of accountancy or accounting , which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and others make decisions about allocating resources.The Big Four auditors are the largest...

, will challenge Barton in the Republican primary. Paul Perry may also run.

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District 8

Republican Kevin Brady

Kevin Brady

Kevin Patrick Brady is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around Houston and Beaumont....

, who has represented Texas's 8th congressional district

Texas's 8th congressional district

Texas District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that stretches from Montgomery County and Walker County to the Louisiana border. It includes much of the northern outlying areas of metro Houston and Beaumont. As of the 2000 census, District 8 represents...

since 1997, will run for re-election. Larry Youngblood, a computer consultant, will challenge Brady in the Republican primary. Scott Baker, a businessman, has formed an exploratory committee to seek the Republican nomination.

Neil Burns, a former executive at the Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Company is the United States-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company of Anglo Dutch origins, which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 22,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. The head office in the U.S. is in Houston, Texas...

, will seek the Democratic nomination. James Wright, a retiree from New Caney

New Caney, Texas

New Caney is an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Texas, United States within the metropolitan area. In 1980, population reached estimated 8000.-History:...

who unsuccessfully challenged Brady as the Democratic nominee in 2004

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2004

The 2004 House elections in Texas occurred on November 2, 2004 to elect the members of the State of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

and 2006, will run either as a Democrat or as an independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

.

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District 10

Republican Michael McCaul

Michael McCaul

Michael Thomas McCaul, Sr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Austin to Houston.-Early life, education and career:...

, who has represented Texas's 10th congressional district

Texas's 10th congressional district

Texas District 10 of the United States House of Representatives is a congressional district that serves the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston region stretching to the Austin area of Texas...

since 2005, will run for re-election instead of seeking the open U.S. Senate seat

United States Senate election in Texas, 2012

District 11

Republican Mike Conaway

Mike Conaway

Kenneth Michael "Mike" Conaway, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is located in West Texas and includes Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Brownwood and Fredericksburg....

has represented Texas's 11th congressional district

Texas's 11th congressional district

-References:*...

since 2005. Wade Brown, a real estate investor

Real estate investor

A real estate investor or a real estate entrepreneur to a lesser extent is someone who actively or passively invests in real estate. An active investor may buy a property, make repairs and/or improvements to the property, and sell it later for a profit. A passive investor might hire a firm to...

, and Chris Younts, an insurance agent and co-founder of the San Angelo Tea Party, will challenge Conaway in the Republican primary. Jim Riley, a businessman, will seek the Democratic nomination.
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District 13

Republican Mac Thornberry

Mac Thornberry

William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party....

, who has represented Texas's 13th congressional district

Texas's 13th congressional district

-References:*...

since 1995, is expected to seek re-election. Pam Barlow, a veterinarian

Veterinarian

A veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....

, will also run.
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District 14

Republican Ron Paul

Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...

, who has represented Texas's 14th congressional district

Texas's 14th congressional district

Texas's 14th district for the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that covers the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region, including Galveston, in the state of Texas. The district was created as a result of the 1900 U.S. Census and was first contested...

since 1997 and is running for the Republican presidential nomination

Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012

The 2012 Republican presidential primaries are the selection processes in which voters of the Republican Party will choose their nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election. The primary contest began with a fairly wide field, and is the first presidential primary...

, will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives.

Tim Day, a retired businessman and film-maker; George Harper, a Tea Party

Tea Party movement

The Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and libertarian, and has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009...

activist and civil designer in the petro-chemical industry; John Faulk; John Gay, a former Spring Independent School District

Spring Independent School District

Spring Independent School District is a school district based in the Gordon M. Anderson Leadership Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States....

administrator; Robert Gonzalez, the chair of the Clear Lake

Clear Lake (region)

Clear Lake, or the Clear Lake Area, is a region in parts of Harris and Galveston County in Texas, United States. It is part of the Galveston Bay Area, which itself is a section of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area...

Tea Party; Pearland

Pearland, Texas

Pearland , is a city located along the Gulf Coast region in the US state of Texas within the metropolitan area and is in the counties of Brazoria, Fort Bend, and Harris. As of the census of 2000, the city's population was 37,640. As of 2008, Pearland is estimated to have a population of 90,700...

City Councilmember Felicia Harris; Jay Old, an attorney; Michael Truncale, an attorney and regent

Board of Regents

In the United States, a board often governs public institutions of higher education, which include both state universities and community colleges. In each US state, such boards may govern either the state university system, individual colleges and universities, or both. In general they operate as...

of the Texas State University System

Texas State University System

The Texas State University System was created in 1911 to oversee the state's normal schools. Since its creation it has broadened its focus and comprises institutions of many different scopes. It is the oldest multi-system University System in Texas...

; and state representative

Texas House of Representatives

The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...

Randy Weber will run for the Republican nomination. Other potential Republican candidates include state representative

Texas House of Representatives

Dennis Bonnen, former Mayor of Pasadena

Pasadena, Texas

Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Harris County, 17th-largest in Texas, and 162nd largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston....

John Manlove, and former U.S. Representative Steve Stockman

Steve Stockman

Steve Stockman is a Republican politician who represented Texas's 9th Congressional District between 1995 and 1997.- Biography :Stockman was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, near Detroit. He graduated from Dondero High School....

. Debra Medina

Debra Medina

Debra Medina was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election. She participated in the January 14 televised debate with incumbent Governor Rick Perry and challenger U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison...

, who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Texas

Governor of Texas

The governor of Texas is the head of the executive branch of Texas's government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Texas Legislature, and to convene the legislature...

in 2010

Texas gubernatorial election, 2010

The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Texas, who will serve a four-year term beginning on January 18, 2011, and ending on January 20, 2015. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran successfully for re-election to a third term. He...

, is unlikely to run to succeed Paul. State representative

Texas House of Representatives

Larry Taylor has ruled out a bid.

Former U.S. Representative Nick Lampson

Nick Lampson

Nicholas Valentino 'Nick' Lampson is an American politician from the state of Texas and was a Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District of Texas. He was defeated by Pete Olson on November 4, 2008 in his re-election bid....

and Galveston

Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...

mayor Joe Jaworski may run for the Democratic nomination.

Eugene Flynn, a lawyer; Amy Jacobellis, a real estate agent; and Bob Smither, an engineering consultant, will seek the Libertarian

Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...

nomination.

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District 15

Democrat Rubén Hinojosa

Rubén Hinojosa

Rubén E. Hinojosa is the U.S. House of Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from the Rio Grande Valley to historic Goliad County and the Coastal Bend region...

has represented Texas's 15th congressional district

Texas's 15th congressional district

Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section of the far south of the state of Texas...

since 1997. Businessman Dale Brueggemann will seek the Republican nomination.
External links

Dale Brueggemann campaign website

District 16

Democrat Silvestre Reyes

Silvestre Reyes

Silvestre "Silver" Reyes is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the primary Committee in the U.S...

has represented Texas's 16th congressional district

Texas's 16th congressional district

Texas District 16 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves El Paso and the surrounding area in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 16 is Silvestre Reyes....

since 1997. Former El Paso

El Paso, Texas

El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

city council member Beto O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke, born September 26, 1972, is an American entrepreneur, civic leader, and former member of the Paso Del Norte Group. O'Rourke was the District 8 representative of El Paso, Texas, from June 2005 to June 2011. He is currently running for the Democratic nomination for...

will challenge Reyes in the Democratic primary.
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District 23

Republican Quico Canseco

Quico Canseco

Francisco "Quico" R. Canseco is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

has represented Texas's 23rd congressional district

Texas's 23rd congressional district

Texas's 23rd congressional district is the 8th largest congressional district in the country not counting at-large districts, stretching across the southwestern portion of Texas. It is a Latino-majority district and its current Representative is Republican Quico Canseco...

since January 2011. John Bustamante, a lawyer and the son of former U.S. Representative Albert Bustamante

Albert Bustamante

Albert Garza Bustamante is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. A Democrat, he was a prominent Hispanic member of the House....

; state representative

Texas House of Representatives

Pete Gallego

Pete P. Gallego is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 74th District since his election in 1990.He serves as on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials and is a former Chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus...

; and Ciro Rodriguez, who represented the 23rd district from 2007 until 2011, will seek the Democratic nomination. Manny Pelaez, an employment law

Labour law

Labour law is the body of laws, administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on, working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship between trade unions, employers and employees...

attorney and trustee

Trustee

Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...

of VIA Metropolitan Transit

VIA Metropolitan Transit

VIA Metropolitan Transit is the mass transit agency serving San Antonio, Texas. It began operation in 1978 as a successor to the San Antonio Transit System...

who had been considering a bid, will not run.
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District 24

Republican Kenny Marchant

Kenny Marchant

Kenny Ewell Marchant is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes several wealthy areas around Dallas and Fort Worth.-Early life, education and career:...

, who has represented Texas's 24th congressional district

Texas's 24th congressional district

Texas District 24 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a suburban area in between Fort Worth and Dallas in the state of Texas...

since 2005, will run for re-election. Grant Stinchfield, a former television reporter for KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV

KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 , is the NBC television station for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station was Texas' first television station when the station made its debut on September 28, 1948. Its transmitter is located in Cedar Hill...

, will challenge Marchant in the Republican primary.
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District 25

Democrat Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

, who has represented Texas's 25th congressional district

Texas's 25th congressional district

-2006 election:On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's 2003 redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23...

since 2005, will run for re-election in the new 35th district

Texas's 35th congressional district

Texas's 35th Congressional District is a new district that will be created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates will run in the 2012 House elections, and be seated for the 113th United States Congress, which convenes in 2013....

.

Bill Burch, the head of the Grass Roots Institute of Texas; Dianne Costa, a former mayor of Highland Village

Highland Village, Texas

Highland Village is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States, a suburb of Dallas hugging the south side of the far western branch of Lewisville Lake. As of the 2000 census the city population was 12,173, though the 2006 projection by the U.S. Census Bureau puts the city's population at 15,738...

; Dave Garrison, a former Halliburton

Halliburton

Halliburton is the world's second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people....

and USAA

USAA

United Services Automobile Association is a Fortune 500 financial services company offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families that serve, or served, in the United States military. In 2011, there were 8.4 million members. The company reported a net worth of $19.3 billion in...

executive; Justin Hewlett, the mayor of Cleburne

Cleburne, Texas

Cleburne is a city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. According to 2007 United States Census Bureau estimates, the population is 29,050. It is the county seat of Johnson County. Cleburne is named for a Confederate General, Patrick Cleburne...

; businessman Brian Matthews; businessman Ralph Pruyn; businessman Wes Riddle; Chad Wilbanks, a former executive director of the Texas Republican Party; and former Railroad Commissioner

Railroad Commission of Texas

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining .Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory...

Michael Williams

Michael L. Williams

Michael Lawrence Williams is a former member of the elected Texas Railroad Commission, a regulatory body over, not railroads, but the oil and natural gas industries. Williams is the first African American to hold a statewide elected executive office in Texas history. He was appointed to the...

are running for the Republican nomination in the 25th district. Donna Campbell, an ophthalmologist who unsuccessfully challenged Doggett as the Republican nominee in 2010, and state representatives

Texas House of Representatives

Jason Isaac and Sid Miller, all of whom had been considering bids, will not run.
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District 27

Republican Blake Farenthold has represented Texas's 27th congressional district

Texas's 27th congressional district

Texas District 27 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip in deep south Texas on the Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Brownsville...

since January 2011. State representatives

Texas House of Representatives

Todd Hunter

Todd Ames Hunter

Todd Ames Hunter currently serves as State Representative of District 32 in the 82nd Legislature, 2011, of the Texas House of Representatives. He was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Patricia London , and Richard Hunter...

and Raul Torres may challenge Farenthold in the Republican primary. Rose Meza Harrison, the chairwoman of the Nueces County Democratic Party, will run. Cameron County

Cameron County, Texas

Cameron County is the southernmost county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 406,220. Its county seat is Brownsville. Cameron was founded in 1848...

district attorney

District attorney

In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

Armando R. Villalobos, a Democrat, will run if Cameron County remains in the 27th district in redistricting.
External links

Rose Meza Harrison campaign website

District 30

Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eddie Bernice Johnson is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first registered nurse elected to the US Congress....

has represented Texas's 30th congressional district

Texas's 30th congressional district

Texas District 30 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves much of the city of Dallas and other parts of Dallas County . The current Representative from District 30 is Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who has represented the district since its creation in...

since 1993. State representative

Texas House of Representatives

Barbara Mallory Caraway

Barbara Mallory Caraway is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 110 since 2007.-Political career:...

will challenge Johnson in the Democratic primary. Taj Clayton, a lawyer, may also run in the Democratic primary.

District 33

Chuck Bradley, a retiree; Bill Lawrence, a former mayor of Highland Village

Highland Village, Texas

; Al Lee, a retired systems consultant; and former state Secretary of State

Secretary of State of Texas

The Secretary of State of Texas is one of six state officials designated by the Texas Constitution to form the executive department of that U.S. state...

Roger Williams will run for the Republican nomination in the new 33rd district

Texas's 33rd congressional district

. Former Railroad Commissioner

Railroad Commission of Texas

Michael Williams

Michael L. Williams

, a Republican, had planned to run in the 33rd district, but will instead run in the 25th district. Though his hometown of Arlington

Arlington, Texas

is contained entirely within the 33rd district, Republican Joe Barton

Joe Barton

Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton is a Republican politician, representing in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus...

, who has represented the 6th district since 1985, will run again in the 6th district.

David De La Paz will seek the Democratic nomination.

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District 34

The 34th district

Texas's 34th congressional district

Texas's 34th Congressional District is a new district that will be created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates will run in the 2012 House elections, and be seated for the 113th United States Congress, which convenes in 2013....

is based in the Rio Grande Valley

Rio Grande Valley

The Rio Grande Valley or the Lower Rio Grande Valley, informally called The Valley, is an area located in the southernmost tip of South Texas...

. Elmo Aycock, a sixth grade

Sixth grade

Sixth grade is a year of education in the United States and some other nations. The sixth grade is the sixth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 11 – 12 years old...

teacher, will seek the Democratic nomination. State senator

Texas Senate

The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...

Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Eduardo Andres “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. is a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 27th District since 1991.Lucio is the father of Eddie Lucio, III who currently serves in the Texas House of Representatives....

, and his son, state representative

Texas House of Representatives

Eddie Lucio III

Eddie Lucio III is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 38th District since 2007.Representative Eddie Lucio III was born and raised in the city of Brownsville, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University on an athletic scholarship. He later received a B.B.A. from...

, both of whom are Democrats, will not run.

William "Rusty" Faulk, Jr., a lawyer, will seek the Republican nomination.

District 35

Democrat Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Doggett

Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

, who has represented Texas's 25th congressional district

Texas's 25th congressional district

-2006 election:On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's 2003 redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23...

since 2005, will run for re-election in the new 35th district

Texas's 35th congressional district

. State representative

Texas House of Representatives

Joaquín Castro

Joaquín Castro is an American politician from San Antonio, Texas. Castro is a representative in the Texas Legislature representing District 125. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Higher Education Committee and is a member of the Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee...

for a brief time challenged Doggett in the Democratic primary, but with the court-ordered redistricting plan in late November, 2011, along with the surprise retirement announcement of U.S. Rep. Charlie González, Castro instead chose to run in the 20th district

Texas's 35th congressional district

c.

Susan Narvaiz

Susan Narvaiz

Susan Lea Clifford Narvaiz is the former mayor of San Marcos, Texas.Narvaiz is first vice president of the Capital Area Council of Governments, as well as a chairperson for both the Capital Area Council of Government Executive Committee and the Hays-Caldwell Public Utility Agency.She is on the...

, the former mayor of San Marcos

San Marcos, Texas

San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....

, will seek the Republican nomination.
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District 36

Texas's 36th congressional district

Texas's 36th Congressional District is a new district that will be created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates will run in the 2012 House elections, and be seated for the 113th United States Congress, which convenes in 2013....

will include all or part of Chambers County, Hardin County, Harris County

Harris County, Texas

As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

, Jasper County, Liberty County

Liberty County, Texas

Liberty County is a county located in Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,643. Its county seat is Liberty.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Newton County

Newton County, Texas

Newton County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. In of 2000, its population was 15,072. Its county seat is Newton. Newton county is named for John Newton, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War...

, Orange County

Orange County, Texas

Orange County is one of 254 counties of the State of Texas and its county seat is the city of Orange, Texas. In the year 2000, the population of Orange County was about 85,000. Orange County is the county in the very southeastern corner of Texas, with a boundary with Louisiana and a seacoast on the...

, Polk County and Tyler County. Jim Engstrand, a U.S. Army Reserve

United States Army Reserve

The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....

colonel

Colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, colonel is a senior field grade military officer rank just above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general...

and small business owner, State senator

Texas Senate

Mike Jackson will run for the Republican nomination. Brian Babin, a dentist who unsuccessfully challenged Jim Turner

Jim Turner (politician)

James "Jim" Turner , American politician, was the Democratic representative for the Texas 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 until 2005.-Early life, education, and early career:...

in 1996 and 1998; Travis Bryan, a precinct chair and former Texas State Guard

Texas State Guard

The Texas State Guard is one of three branches of the military forces of Texas, reporting to the Adjutant General, and under the command of the Governor. The other branches of the State Military Forces of Texas are the Texas Army National Guard, and the Texas Air National Guard.-History:The Texas...

soldier; and Pasadena

Pasadena, Texas

mayor John Manlove may also seek the Republican nomination. State representative

Texas House of Representatives

James White, also a Republican, had expressed interest, but will not run.
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