Republican Presidential candidates have carried the state in every election since 1976.

This was the last election in which a third-party candidate carried over 3% of the national popular vote.

Presidential strategies begin with the assumption that a candidate can carry his home state.

"I think on the specifics, you know, I'm going to let the candidate carry it," she says, then changes the subject.

Republican candidates have carried the state in three of the last four Presidential elections.

No Democratic Presidential candidate has carried the state since 1964.

Only three Democratic presidential candidates have carried the state since 1948.

But because he doesn't have the substantial campaign overhead that the major candidates carry, almost all of his money will be spent on advertising.

Since 2000, Democratic presidential candidates have carried the district by a margin of 26 points.

This was the first time that a Republican candidate for president had carried Texas.