Texas House
District 2
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Turner |
Democratic |
102,908 |
52.2% |
| Brian Babin |
Republican |
89,838 |
45.6% |
| Henry McCullough |
Independent |
2,390 |
1.2% |
| David Constant |
Libertarian |
1,240 |
0.6% |
| Gary Hardy |
Natural law |
595 |
0.3% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Turner |
Democratic |
45,453 |
59.3% |
| Fred Hudson |
Democratic |
16,068 |
21.0% |
| Edgar Groce |
Democratic |
15,171 |
19.8% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Donna Peterson |
Republican |
8,047 |
35.2% |
| Brian Babin |
Republican |
7,094 |
31.0% |
| Ben Bius |
Republican |
2,986 |
13.1% |
| Jim Hughes |
Republican |
2,401 |
10.5% |
| Bob Currie |
Republican |
2,348 |
10.3% |
| 1996 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Brian Babin |
Republican |
7,405 |
66.8% |
| Donna Peterson |
Republican |
3,675 |
33.2% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Turner |
Democratic |
81,556 |
58.4% |
| Brian Babin |
Republican |
56,891 |
40.8% |
| Wendell Drye |
Libertarian |
1,142 |
0.8% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Turner |
Democratic |
162,891 |
91.1% |
| Gary Dye |
Libertarian |
15,939 |
8.9% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Turner |
Democratic |
85,492 |
60.8% |
| Van Brookshire |
Republican |
53,656 |
38.2% |
| Peter Beach |
Libertarian |
1,353 |
1.0% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
139,951 |
55.5% |
| Nick Lampson |
Democratic |
108,156 |
42.9% |
| Sandra Saulsbury |
Libertarian |
3,931 |
1.6% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
14,932 |
61.1% |
| George Fastuca |
Republican |
3,668 |
15.0% |
| Clint Moore |
Republican |
2,868 |
11.7% |
| Mark Henry |
Republican |
2,423 |
9.9% |
| John Nickell |
Republican |
285 |
1.2% |
| Andrew Bolton |
Republican |
246 |
1.0% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
90,490 |
65.6% |
| Gary Binderim |
Democratic |
45,080 |
32.7% |
| Justo Perez |
Libertarian |
2,295 |
1.7% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Gary Binderim |
Democratic |
18,491 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
16,723 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
175,101 |
88.9% |
| Craig Wolfe |
Libertarian |
21,813 |
11.1% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
36,562 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
130,020 |
88.6% |
| David Smith |
Libertarian |
16,711 |
11.4% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
39,685 |
100.0% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Dougherty |
Democratic |
6,676 |
100.0% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ted Poe |
Republican |
39,336 |
100.0% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
651,620 |
| Percentage White |
71.0% |
| Percentage Black |
19.1% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.4% |
| Percentage Asian |
2.6% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.8% |
| Percentage Other Race |
5.0% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
12.6% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
64.2% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
19.0% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
10.0% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$47,029 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
36.4% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
11.4% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
46.9% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
45.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
50.5% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.1% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
9.9% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
44.7% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
23.2% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
34.4% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
28.6% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
12.8% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
56.7% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
27.5% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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