Here are the 2008 candidates from this area of Texas.
| Democrat | Republican | |
| President | Barack Obama | John McCain |
| U.S. Senate | Rick Noriega | John Cornyn |
| U.S. Congress, Dist 17 | Chet Edwards | Rob Curnock |
| Texas House of Representatives, Dist 17 | Donnie Dippel | Tim Kleinschmidt |
| Texas Railroad Commissioner | Mark Thompson | Michael Williams |
| Texas Supreme Court – Chief Justice | Jim Jordan | Wallace Jefferson |
| Texas Supreme Court – Place 7 | Sam Houston | Dale Wainwright |
| Texas Supreme Court – Place 8 | Linda Yanez | Phil Johnson |
| Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – Place 3 | Susan Strawn | Tom Price |
| Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – Place 4 | J. R. Molina | Paul Womack |
| Texas Court of Criminal Appeals- Place 9 | none | Cathy Cochran |
| Texas Court of Appeals, 10thDist | Richard Ferguson | Rex Davis |
| Brazos County DistrictAttorney | Bill Turner | Rick Davis |