2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Texas House District 12
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
James White (R) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Jim McReynolds (D) by 15.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James WhiteRepublican · winner
57.6%20,958
Jim McReynoldsDemocrat · incumbent
42.4%15,405
36,363 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET