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In the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010,the [[conservative]] Landtroop, who then resided in Plainview in Hale County, unseated two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent Joseph P. Heflin of Crosbyton, 17,426 votes (61.6 percent) to 10,853 (38.4 percent). Landtroop won fifteen of the sixteen counties in the district, losing only in Heflin's own Crosby County. He secured comfortable margins in two of the larger counties in the district, Hale and Howard, which includes Big Spring.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>
In the [[general election]] held on November 2, 2010,the [[conservative]] Landtroop, who then resided in Plainview in Hale County, unseated two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent Joseph P. Heflin of Crosbyton, 17,426 votes (61.6 percent) to 10,853 (38.4 percent). Landtroop won fifteen of the sixteen counties in the district, losing only in Heflin's own Crosby County. He secured comfortable margins in two of the larger counties in the district, Hale and Howard, which includes Big Spring.<ref>Texas Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 2, 2010.</ref>
In the Republican runoff election held on July 31, 2012 in District 88, Landtroop was defeated for a second term by Ken King, a [[Moderate Republican]] and the president of the Canadian Independent School District in Canadian in Hemphill County in the northeastern Panhandle. King received 7,541 votes (54 percent) to Landtroop's 6,426 ballots (46 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican runoff primary, July 31, 2012.</ref>>
In the Republican runoff election held on July 31, 2012 in District 88, Landtroop was defeated for a second term by Ken King, a [[Moderate Republican]] and the president of the Canadian Independent School District in Canadian in Hemphill County in the northeastern Panhandle. King received 7,541 votes (54 percent) to Landtroop's 6,426 ballots (46 percent).<ref>Texas Secretary of State, Election Returns, Republican runoff primary, July 31, 2012.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==