1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Texas House District 49
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Elliott Naishtat (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Bob Richardson (R) by 10.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Elliott NaishtatDemocrat · winner
53.1%27,914
Bob RichardsonRepublican · incumbent
42.7%22,472
C. David EagleLibertarian
4.1%2,176
52,569 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET