Go Enter ZIP code or state abbreviation. Though none of Texas's 30 House seats are expected to change party control this year, a few of the state's incumbents have competitive challengers - leaving open the possibility of Election Day upsets. Bentsen anticipated a significant challenge since the state's March 7 primary, when Sudan, a lawyer, edged insurance company owner Tom Reiser in an expensive Republican primary. We are feeling a lot more confident that most people expected.
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And Sudan campaign manager George Hutson contends that exit polling from early balloting has shown a huge Republican turnout in Harris County, giving Sudan a large lead over the incumbent. Yet he will have to sway quite a few voters in order to outrun Bentsen, who was re-elected just two years ago with 58 percent of the vote. We expect an early evening Tuesday night. We know how to get out our vote and we expect to win handily. The 25th is one of the state's most eclectic districts, with multiple pockets of swing voters of varying ethnic backgrounds.