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2012 Texas U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 2012 Texas U.S. Senate Election?

Ted Cruz won the 2012 Texas U.S. Senate Election. Ted Cruz received 4,440,137 popular votes (56.46%). The main challenger was Paul Sadler (40.62%).

See the full head-to-head between Cruz and Sadler

Cruz +15.8 pts · won by 1,245,210 votes
Ted CruzRepublicanWINNER56.46%
4,440,137 votes
Paul SadlerDemocratic40.62%
3,194,927 votes
John Jay MyersLibertarian2.06%
162,354 votes
David B. CollinsGreen0.86%
67,404 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.