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1990Final results

1990 election for Texas House District 81

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

John Hirschi (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Tom Haywood (R) by 5.7 points.

John HirschiDemocrat · winner
52.8%12,446
Tom HaywoodRepublican
47.2%11,106
23,552 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+35.91976D+5.71990R+8.61992R+50.22004R+50.02018R+35.12026

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