Texas House
District 21
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
205,830 |
76.4% |
| Gordon Wharton |
Democratic |
60,338 |
22.4% |
| Randy Rutenbeck |
Natural law |
3,139 |
1.2% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
165,047 |
91.4% |
| Jeffrey Blunt |
Libertarian |
15,561 |
8.6% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
251,049 |
75.9% |
| Jim Green |
Democratic |
73,326 |
22.2% |
| C.W. Steinbrecher |
Libertarian |
6,503 |
2.0% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
161,836 |
72.9% |
| John Courage |
Democratic |
56,206 |
25.3% |
| D.G. Roberts |
Libertarian |
4,051 |
1.8% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
209,774 |
61.5% |
| Rhett Smith |
Democratic |
121,129 |
35.5% |
| Jason Pratt |
Libertarian |
10,216 |
3.0% |
| 2006 House Nonpartisan Special Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
122,486 |
60.1% |
| John Courage |
Democratic |
49,957 |
24.5% |
| Gene Kelly |
Democratic |
18,355 |
9.0% |
| Tommy Calvert |
Independent |
5,280 |
2.6% |
| James Strohm |
Libertarian |
4,076 |
2.0% |
| James Peterson |
Independent |
2,189 |
1.1% |
| Mark Rossano |
Independent |
1,439 |
0.7% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Courage |
Democratic |
11,264 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
27,166 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
243,471 |
80.0% |
| James Strohm |
Libertarian |
60,879 |
20.0% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
64,350 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
162,924 |
68.9% |
| Lainey Melnick |
Democratic |
65,927 |
27.9% |
| James Strohm |
Libertarian |
7,694 |
3.3% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lainey Melnick |
Democratic |
14,773 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
61,923 |
81.4% |
| Stephen Schoppe |
Republican |
14,166 |
18.6% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Candace Duval |
Democratic |
9,522 |
61.1% |
| Daniel Boone |
Democratic |
6,070 |
38.9% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Lamar Smith |
Republican |
52,404 |
76.6% |
| Richard Mack |
Republican |
10,111 |
14.8% |
| Richard Morgan |
Republican |
5,868 |
8.6% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
651,619 |
| Percentage White |
84.0% |
| Percentage Black |
3.9% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.5% |
| Percentage Asian |
3.1% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
2.5% |
| Percentage Other Race |
5.9% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
18.1% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
73.1% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
3.8% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
10.8% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$55,609 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
44.1% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
7.0% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
56.0% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
54.2% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
39.2% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.1% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
10.1% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
51.6% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
43.1% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
47.6% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
28.1% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
6.4% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
54.7% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
25.5% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.4% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.4% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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