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1988Final results

1988 election for Texas House District 45

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Eldon Edge (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Charlie Britsch (R) by 9.9 points.

Eldon EdgeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.0%21,176
Charlie BritschRepublican
45.0%17,353
38,529 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+11.61980D+8.51982D+5.91984D+9.91988D+19.31990D+0.92002

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