nine republican seats are up for election in 2018.
nine republican seats are up for election in 2018.
how many republican seats are up for election in 2018?
nine
in 2003, dewhurst assisted the republican leadership, including then u.s. house majority leader tom delay, texas house speaker tom craddick, and governor rick perry, in passing a sweeping congressional redistricting bill that increased the number of republican u.s. house seats in texas from fifteen to twenty-one in the 2004 elections. the republican seats dropped to nineteen in the 2006 elections under a modified court redistricting plan. minority democrats retain thirteen u.s. house seats from texas. in his capacity as the presiding officer of the texas senate, dewhurst, in the third consecutive special session called by the governor, allowed the suspension of the custom that two thirds of the body must vote to consider a bill.
david dewhurst
bullet::::- 13 republican seats were considered likely republican and 13 democratic seats were considered likely democratic, meaning that while these races were not competitive at the moment, they could become competitive.









































bullet::::- 12 republican seats were considered lean republican and 5 democratic seats were considered lean democratic, as they were politically competitive, but one party had a distinct advantage.









































bullet::::- 5 republican seats (the open seats being vacated by bob beauprez, sherwood boehlert, jim kolbe, bob ney and jim nussle) were considered lean democratic. no democratic seats were considered lean republican.
predictions for the 2006 united states house of representatives elections