Lamar Smith
Electoral history

Lamar Smith

Section Title: Electoral history
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Year	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%

1986	Lamar Smith	Republican	100,346	61%	Pete Snelson	Democratic	63,779	39%	James Robinson	Libertarian	1,432	1%

1988	Lamar Smith	Republican	203,989	93%	James Robinson	Libertarian	14,801	7%

1990	Lamar Smith	Republican	144,570	75%	Kirby Roberts	Democratic	48,585	25%

1992	Lamar Smith	Republican	190,979	72%	James Gaddy	Democratic	62,827	24%	William Grisham	Libertarian	10,847	4%

1994	Lamar Smith	Republican	165,595	90%	Kerry Lowry	Independent	18,480	10%

1996	Lamar Smith	Republican	205,830	76%	Gordon Wharton	Democratic	60,338	22%	Randy Rutenbeck	Natural Law	3,139	1%

1998	Lamar Smith	Republican	165,047	91%	Jeffrey Blunt	Libertarian	15,561	9%

2000	Lamar Smith	Republican	251,049	76%	Jim Green	Democratic	73,326	22%	C.W. Steinbrecher	Libertarian	6,503	2%

2002	Lamar Smith	Republican	161,836	73%	John Courage	Democratic	56,206	25%	D.G. Roberts	Libertarian	4,051	2%

2004	Lamar Smith	Republican	209,774	61%	Rhett Smith	Democratic	121,129	36%	Jason Pratt	Libertarian	10,216	3%

2006	Lamar Smith	Republican	122,486	60%	John Courage	Democratic	49,957	25%	Gene Kelly	Democratic	18,355	9%	Tommy Calvert	Independent	5,280	3%

2008	Lamar Smith	Republican	243,471	80%	James Strohm	Libertarian	60,879	20%

2010	Lamar Smith	Republican	162,924	69%	Lainey Melnick	Democratic	65,927	28%	James Strohm	Libertarian	7,694	3%

2012	Lamar Smith	Republican	187,015	61%	Candace Duval	Democratic	109,326	35%	John-Henry Liberty	Libertarian	12,524	4%

2014	Lamar Smith	Republican	135,660	72%	Antonio Diaz	Green	27,831	15%	Ryan Shields	Libertarian	25,505	13%

2016	Lamar Smith	Republican	202,967	57%	Tom Wakely	Democratic	129,765	36%	Mark Loewe	Libertarian	14,735	4%	Antonio Diaz	Green	8,564	2%

Sentence(s)

In 2010, Lamar Smith faced two candidates, Democratic nominee Lainey Melnick and Libertarian nominee James Arthur Strohm, and won with 69% of the vote.

final_sentence: In 2010, Lamar Smith faced two candidates, Democratic nominee Lainey Melnick and Libertarian nominee James Arthur Strohm, and won with 69% of the vote.