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1992Final results

1992 election for Texas House District 56

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Kip Averitt (R) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Jay Belew (D) by 19.4 points.

Kip AverittRepublican · winner
59.7%26,853
Jay BelewDemocrat
40.3%18,131
44,984 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenR+38.41998D+2.92002R+6.42004R+20.62010R+31.62018R+34.62020

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