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1990Final results

1990 election for Texas House District 3

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Bill Thomas (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Jerry Mainord (D) by 7.8 points.

Bill ThomasRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.9%17,458
46.1%14,938
32,396 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+4.41984D+1.01986R+14.11988R+7.81990D+19.81994D+14.01998

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