1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1988 election for Texas Senate District 1
Texas State Senate · Texas
Bill Ratliff (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Richard Anderson (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill RatliffRepublican · winner
50.7%86,682
Richard AndersonDemocrat
49.3%84,333
171,015 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