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1988 election for Texas House District 36

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Todd Hunter (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Gene Seaman (R) by 10.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Todd HunterDemocrat · winner
55.0%25,172
Gene SeamanRepublican
45.0%20,606
45,778 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

EvenD+45.01978D+30.61980D+9.81982R+13.51984D+10.01988D+22.61996

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