2010 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

2010 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

November 2, 2010
Turnout	29.9% 2.7%
Nominee Susan Combs Mary Ruwart Edward Lindsay Party Republican Libertarian Green Popular vote 3,307,935 417,523 252,233 Percentage 83.16% 10.50% 6.34%
County results Combs:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Comptroller before election Susan Combs Republican Elected Comptroller Susan Combs Republican

The 2010 Texas Comptroller election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the comptroller of public accounts of Texas. Incumbent Republican comptroller Susan Combs successfully ran for re-election against Libertarian Mary Ruwart and Green Party candidate Edward Lindsay, both of whom saw abnormally high levels of support for a third party because the state Democratic Party did not field a candidate.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Susan Combs, incumbent

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Combs	1,139,159	100.00
Total votes			1,139,159	100.0

General election

Candidates

• Susan Combs (R), incumbent comptroller
• Mary Ruwart (L), biomedical researcher
• Edward Lindsay (G), perennial candidate

Results

On election night Combs won re-election in a landslide against Ruwart and Lindsay.

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Combs (incumbent)	3,307,935	83.16
	Libertarian	Mary Ruwart	417,523	10.50
	Green	Edward Lindsay	252,233	6.34
Total votes			3,977,691	100.0
Turnout				29.97%
	Republican hold

See also

• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts