1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for Texas House District 3
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Bill Thomas (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Lowell G. Walker (D) by 14.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill ThomasRepublican · winner
57.0%23,476
Lowell G. WalkerDemocrat
43.0%17,676
41,152 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