1988Final results
1988 election for Texas Senate District 9
Texas State Senate · Texas
Chet Edwards (D) won with 93.6% of the vote, defeating Robert Henkelman (Lib) by 87.2 points.
Chet EdwardsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
93.6%140,762
Robert HenkelmanLibertarian
6.4%9,593
150,355 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