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2010Final results

2010 election for Texas Senate District 3

Texas State Senate · Texas

Robert Nichols (R) won with 88.9% of the vote, defeating David Scott (Lib) by 77.8 points.

Robert NicholsRepublican · winner · incumbent
88.9%153,906
David ScottLibertarian
11.1%19,211
173,117 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

EvenR+4.71994R+0.21996R+21.32000R+57.72018R+56.32022R+39.02026

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