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2016 Texas elections

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Elections were held in Texas on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Primaries were held on March 1, 2016, with runoffs taking place on May 24, 2016.[1]

2016 Texas elections
BERJAYA
 2014
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
2018 

In addition to the US Presidential Race, Texas voters elected 1 of 3 members of the Texas Railroad Commission, 8 of 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 3 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Texas, 3 of 9 seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 20 of 80 seats on the Texas Appellate Courts, all of the seats of the Texas House of Representatives and 16 of 34 seats in the Texas State Senate.[2]

Federal Offices

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President of The United States

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Texas had 38 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

United States House of Representatives

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There were 36 U.S. Representatives in Texas up for election.[3]

Railroad Commissioner

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2016 Texas Railroad Commissioner election
BERJAYA
 2014
November 8, 2016
2018 
 2010
2022 
  BERJAYA BERJAYA BERJAYA
Nominee Wayne Christian Grady Yarbrough Mark Miller
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 4,648,841 3,362,041 462,251
Percentage 53.07% 38.38% 5.28%

BERJAYA
BERJAYA
Christian:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Yarbrough:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Miller:      >90% Salinas:      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

Railroad Commissioner before election

David Porter
Republican

Elected Railroad Commissioner

Wayne Christian
Republican

Republican Wayne Christian won election to succeed commissioner David Porter, defeating Democrat Grady Yarbrough and Libertarian Mark Miller.

References

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  1. "Texas elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  2. "Texas Election Results 2016". The New York Times. August 1, 2017. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  3. "Texas Primary Election Results 2016". The New York Times. September 29, 2016. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 27, 2023.