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1986Final results

1986 election for Texas House District 87

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Chip Staniswalis (R) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Billie Nance Hill (D) by 16.0 points.

Chip StaniswalisRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.0%10,404
42.0%7,532
17,936 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+17.01984R+16.01986R+5.31988R+9.71992R+31.62002R+58.42010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET