United States Senate election in Texas, 2008
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The 2008 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn won re-election to a second term.
Turnout, 2,178,252
Cornyn, running as an incumbent, had a 42% approval rating with a 43% disapproval rating in June 2007. Texas is a red state, that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won with over 55% of the vote. Cornyn slightly underperformed McCain. However, Noriega underperformed both 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Texas and Cornyn's 2002 opponent, Ron Kirk, with Noriega receiving just 42.8% of the vote.
CQ Politics rated this race as 'Republican Favored'.The Cook Political Report considered it 'Solid Republican'.The Rothenberg Political Report considered it a 'Safe Republican'.
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