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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Patrick Rose | 20% | |||
Sylvester Turner | 20% | |||
TX | Mayor | John Whitmire | Democratic | 20% |
David Farabee | 17% | |||
Mark Homer | 17% | |||
Eddie Lucio, Jr. | 17% | |||
Jim Dunnam | 16% | |||
Pete Gallego | 16% | |||
TX | State House - 31 | Ryan Guillén | Democratic | 16% |
TX | State Senate - 20 | Juan Hinojosa | Democratic | 16% |
Diana Maldonado | 16% | |||
Robert Miklos | 16% | |||
TX | State House - 78 | Joe Moody | Democratic | 16% |
Tara Rios Ybarra | 16% | |||
Kristi Thibaut | 16% | |||
Allen Vaught | 16% | |||
TX | State Senate - 23 | Royce West | Democratic | 16% |
TX | State Senate - 6 | Carol Alvarado | Democratic | 14% |
René Oliveira | 14% | |||
Ellen Cohen | 13% | |||
Joe Heflin | 13% | |||
Aaron Pena, Jr. | 13% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 20 | Joaquin Castro | Democratic | 12% |
Al Edwards | 12% | |||
Kirk England | 12% | |||
Joe Farias | 12% | |||
Mario Gallegos, Jr. | 12% | |||
TX | State Senate - 19 | Roland Gutierrez | Democratic | 12% |
TX | State House - 34 | Abel Herrero | Democratic | 12% |
Eddie Lucio III | 12% | |||
TX | State House - 116 | Trey Martinez Fischer | Democratic | 12% |
Jim McReynolds | 12% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Jr. | 12% | |||
Chente Quintanilla | 12% | |||
TX | State House - 141 | Senfronia Thompson | Democratic | 12% |
TX | State House - 101 | Chris Turner | Democratic | 12% |
Leticia Van de Putte | 12% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 33 | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 12% |
TX | State House - 149 | Hubert Vo | Democratic | 12% |
TX | State House - 140 | Armando Walle | Democratic | 12% |
TX | State Senate - 21 | Judith Zaffirini | Democratic | 12% |
Paula Hightower-Pierson | 11% | |||
Helen Giddings | 10% | |||
TX | State House - 131 | Alma Allen | Democratic | 8% |
Norma Chávez | 8% | |||
Garnet Coleman | 8% | |||
Joe Deshotel | 8% | |||
TX | State House - 142 | Harold Dutton, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
Craig Eiland | 8% | |||
Jessica Farrar | 8% | |||
Yvonne González Toureilles | 8% | |||
TX | State House - 143 | Ana Hernandez | Democratic | 8% |
Scott Hochberg | 8% | |||
Terri Hodge | 8% | |||
TX | State House - 48 | Donna Howard | Democratic | 8% |
Carol Kent | 8% | |||
David McQuade Leibowitz | 8% | |||
TX | State House - 39 | Armando Martinez | Democratic | 8% |
TX | State Senate - 26 | José Menéndez | Democratic | 8% |
TX | State House - 42 | Richard Raymond | Democratic | 8% |
Eddie Rodriguez | 8% | |||
Mark Strama | 8% | |||
Barbara Mallory Caraway | 6% | |||
TX | State House - 103 | Rafael Anchía | Democratic | 4% |
Valinda Bolton | 4% | |||
Lon Burnam | 4% | |||
Wendy Davis | 4% | |||
TX | State House - 111 | Yvonne Davis | Democratic | 4% |
Veronica Gonzales | 4% | |||
Marisa Marquez | 4% | |||
Ruth Jones McClendon | 4% | |||
Elliott Naishtat | 4% | |||
Dora Olivo | 4% | |||
Michael Villarreal | 4% | |||
TX | Mayor - At-Large | Kirk Watson | Democratic | 4% |
Roberto Alonzo | 0% | |||
Dawnna Dukes | 0% | |||
TX | Commissioner - Precinct 1 | Rodney Ellis | 0% | |
Ismael Flores | 0% | |||
Eliot Shapleigh | 0% |