1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Texas House District 47
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Libby Linebarger (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Anne Cooper (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Libby LinebargerDemocrat · winner
52.2%28,724
Anne CooperRepublican · incumbent
47.8%26,284
55,008 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