How the 2010 Texas Primary Races Turned Out
Not every race turned out the way political insiders — or the candidates themselves — anticipated. Here are a dozen primary races that defied conventional wisdom, stunned incumbents and shocked long-shot contenders.
Railroad Commissioner
Republican incumbent Victor Carrillo got his race handed to him by challenger David Porter, losing by more than 20 percentage points. Gov. Rick Perry hand picked the petroleum geophysicist for the commission in 2003 — replacing Tony Garza, who was named U.S. Ambassador to Mexico by George W. Bush — and helped elect him to a six-year term in 2004. He spent far more money than Porter, a Midland ...
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Scott Ehlers
Don McLeroy loss? Kip Averitt defeating that tea bagger even though Averitt dropped out of the race? Or was that expected?