1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Texas election results
Every race on Texas's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races197
Changed party13
Unopposed46%90 races
Incumbents defeated4
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | Robert Dole (R) | 4.9 |
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | Phil Gramm (R) | 10.8 |
U.S. House
D 16 · R 14 · 3 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX-1 | Max Sandlin (D) | 4.8 | |
| TX-2 | James Turner (D) | 6.6 | |
| TX-3 | Sam Johnson (R) | 48.5 | |
| TX-4 | Ralph M. Hall (D) | 29.5 | |
| TX-5 | Pete Sessions (R) | 6.1 | Flipped |
| TX-6 | Joe Barton (R) | 64.3 | |
| TX-7 | Bill Archer (R) | 66.3 | |
| TX-8 | Kevin Brady (R) | 2.5 | |
| TX-9 | Steve Stockman (R) | 2.3 | |
| TX-10 | Lloyd Doggett (D) | 14.8 | |
| TX-11 | Chet Edwards (D) | 14.5 | |
| TX-12 | Kay Granger (R) | 16.7 | Flipped |
| TX-13 | Mac Thornberry (R) | 34.6 | |
| TX-14 | Ron Paul (R) | 3.5 | Flipped |
| TX-15 | Rubén Hinojosa (D) | 25.6 | |
| TX-16 | Silvestre Reyes (D) | 43.0 | |
| TX-17 | Charles Stenholm (D) | 4.3 | |
| TX-18 | Sheila Jackson Lee (D) | 66.9 | |
| TX-19 | Larry Combest (R) | 60.7 | |
| TX-20 | Henry González (D) | 29.3 | |
| TX-21 | Lamar Smith (R) | 54.0 | |
| TX-22 | Thomas DeLay (R) | 36.2 | |
| TX-23 | Henry Bonilla (R) | 25.5 | |
| TX-24 | Martin Frost (D) | 16.7 | |
| TX-25 | Ken Bentsen (D) | 17.0 | |
| TX-26 | Richard Armey (R) | 47.3 | |
| TX-27 | Solomon Ortiz (D) | 30.8 | |
| TX-28 | Frank Tejeda (D) | 52.0 | |
| TX-29 | Gene Green (D) | 36.5 | |
| TX-30 | Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) | 36.3 |
Texas State Senate
D 8 · R 7 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | David Cain (D) | 4.3 | |
| SD-3 | Drew Nixon (R) | 0.2 | |
| SD-7 | Jon Lindsay (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Florence Shapiro (R) | 79.5 | |
| SD-9 | Jane Nelson (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Chris Harris (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-12 | Mike Moncrief (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Gonzalo Barrientos (D) | 69.7 | |
| SD-15 | John Whitmire (D) | 24.1 | |
| SD-21 | Judith Zaffirini (D) | 32.6 | |
| SD-24 | Troy Fraser (R) | 3.7 | Flipped |
| SD-25 | Jeffrey Wentworth (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-26 | Gregory Luna (D) | 35.1 | |
| SD-27 | Eddie Lucio Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | Eliot Shapleigh (D) | 47.4 |
Texas House of Representatives
D 82 · R 68 · 9 changed party
Texas
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab