1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Texas House District 88
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Dick Waterfield (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating J. W. Buchanan (D) by 8.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dick WaterfieldRepublican · winner
54.5%15,979
J. W. BuchananDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%13,361
29,340 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET