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Joe Cotten
| Joe Cotten | |
| Texas Railroad Commission | |
| Former Candidate | |
| Party | Republican |
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Elections
2012
Cotten ran for Texas Railroad Commission in 2012. He lost against Beryl Burgess, Warren Chisum, Christi Craddick, Roland Sledge and Becky Berger in the May 29 Republican Primary.
| Texas Railroad Commissioner, Full term, 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Christi Craddick |
35.9% | 421,610 |
| Warren Chisum |
27.2% | 320,052 |
| Becky Berger | 12% | 140,752 |
| Joe Cotten | 10.5% | 123,137 |
| Roland Sledge | 9.9% | 116,122 |
| Beryl Burgess | 4.6% | 53,553 |
| Total Votes | 1,175,226 | |
| Election Results Via: The Texas Secretary of State | ||
Dale Henry is running as a Democrat, Vivekananda Wall and Thomas Nance III are running as Libertarians and Chris Kennedy is running for the Green Party. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.
Incumbent Buddy Garcia (R) was appointed to serve in the seat until the general election and is not running for election.[1]
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