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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Texas House District 3

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Erwin Cain (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Mark Homer (D) by 15.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Erwin CainRepublican · winner
56.6%19,974
Mark HomerDemocrat · incumbent
41.5%14,645
1.9%665
35,284 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

EvenD+0.52004D+16.62006D+3.72008R+15.12010R+52.02018R+54.72020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Erwin Cain (R)Mark Homer (D)

Also on the ballot: J. Douglas Froneberger (Libertarian), 1.9%