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2008 Texas U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 2008 Texas U.S. Senate Election?

John Cornyn won the 2008 Texas U.S. Senate Election. John Cornyn received 4,337,469 popular votes (54.82%). The main challenger was Richard J. Rick Noriega (42.84%).

See the full head-to-head between Cornyn and Noriega

Cornyn +12.0 pts · won by 948,104 votes
John CornynRepublicanWINNER54.82%
4,337,469 votes
Richard J. Rick NoriegaDemocratic42.84%
3,389,365 votes
Yvonne Adams SchickLibertarian2.34%
185,241 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.