1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Texas House District 129
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Mike Jackson (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Ed R. Watson (D) by 0.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike JacksonRepublican · winner
50.0%13,009
Ed R. WatsonDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%13,002
26,011 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET