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2010Final results

2010 election for Texas Senate District 8

Texas State Senate · Texas

Florence Shapiro (R) won with 84.0% of the vote, defeating Ed Kless (Lib) by 68.0 points.

Florence ShapiroRepublican · winner · incumbent
84.0%136,369
Ed KlessLibertarian
16.0%25,935
162,304 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+35.11976R+42.11980R+27.72012R+2.42018R+18.22022R+18.72024

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