2010Final results
2010 election for Texas Governor
Governor · Texas
Rick Perry (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Bill White (D) by 13.0 points.
Rick PerryRepublican · winner
56.5%2,737,481
Bill WhiteDemocrat
43.5%2,106,395
4,843,876 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET