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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas Senate District 10

Texas State Senate · Texas

Wendy R. Davis (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Mark M. Shelton (R) by 2.2 points.

Wendy R. DavisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.1%147,103
Mark M. SheltonRepublican
48.9%140,656
287,759 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+18.82002R+18.52004D+2.42008D+2.22012R+8.12014D+3.52018

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