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  TX - District 17
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > TX - District 17
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2010 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 07:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorAshley
Last ModifiedRBH November 29, 2010 07:25pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionFiling deadline speculative.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameChet Edwards Votes134,592 (52.98%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011 Margin19,011 (+7.48%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 02, 2010 TX District 17 - D Primary Chet Edwards
Mar 02, 2010 TX District 17 - R Primary Bill Flores
Apr 13, 2010 TX District 17 - R Runoff Bill Flores
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Bill Flores
Safe 5
Strong 1
Lean 5
Slight 24
Chet Edwards
Lean 1
Slight 4
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/02/2010 10/21/2010

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Bill Flores (I) Rep. Chet Edwards Richard B. Kelly
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian
Votes106,696 (61.80%) 63,138 (36.57%) 2,808 (1.63%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -43,558 (-25.23%) -103,888 (-60.18%)
Predict Avg.56.00% 40.00% 4.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (D) 
10/19-10/21
52.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ccAdvertising (R) 
10/12-10/12
47.42% (+0.0) 36.36% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D) 
10/04-10/05
46.00% (+0.0) 42.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
OnMessage Inc. (R) 
09/19-09/20
55.00% (+2.0) 36.00% (-5.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
OnMessage Inc. (R) 
05/02-05/03
53.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Dallas Morning News
  Texas Farm Bureau
  National Rifle Association (NRA)
IND Monsieur
LBT Jed

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Aug 13, 2010 11:40am General Key GOP House candidate declines to support Boehner for speaker  Article RP 
Aug 09, 2010 07:00pm Endorsement NRA chooses Edwards in Texas  Article Jason 
May 10, 2010 11:35am Blog Entry TX17: New GOP Poll Has Bad News for Chet Edwards  Article BILLYW 

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