Texas Gubernatorial Elections - Texas Gubernatorial Election, 2010 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Previous GovernorRick PerryRepublican The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election will be 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 ends on January 20, 2015. In the Republican primary on March 2, two-term Governor Rick Perry faced Kay Bailey Hutchison, the current Senator from Texas, and Debra Medina, with Perry winning his party's nomination with 51 percent of the votes cast; thus avoiding a runoff. On the same day, seven candidates sought the Democratic nomination; former Mayor of Houston Bill White won the party's primary in a landslide, capturing 76 percent of the vote. Many third-party and independent candidates are seeking to appear on the ballot in November's general election. Five are running for the Libertarian nomination. The winner is guaranteed a place on the ballot, due to the Libertarian showing in the 2008 General Election (one Libertarian nominee that year drew over a million votes, according to the Texas Secretary of State). That nomination will be decided at the LP of Texas State Convention in June. The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is elected on a separate ticket. As a result, the Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect may be, and have in the past been, of different political parties. For that race, Linda Chavez-Thompson won the Democratic Party nomination and avoided a runoff; incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst was unopposed in his re-election bid. Scott Jameson is the only candidate for the Libertarian nomination. Texas does not have term limits for its governors; thus, a gubernatorial incumbent is free to run as often as s/he wishes provided s/he remains eligible for the office. The Republicans and Democrats ch... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19953329