1988Final results
1988 Democratic primary runoff for Texas Senate District 31
Texas State Senate · Texas
Mel Phillips (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating H. Bryan Poff (D) by 15.8 points.
Mel PhillipsDemocrat · winner
57.9%12,091
H. Bryan PoffDemocrat
42.1%8,788
20,879 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET