1988Final results
1988 election for Texas House District 59
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jim Horn (R) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Karen Warwick Abernathy (D) by 21.6 points.
Jim HornRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.8%27,279
Karen Warwick AbernathyDemocrat
39.2%17,593
44,872 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