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1996 election for Texas House District 11

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Todd Staples (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Doug Lowe (D) by 12.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Todd StaplesRepublican · winner
56.2%20,004
Doug LoweDemocrat
43.8%15,605
35,609 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+8.11988D+39.81990R+12.41996D+6.12000D+5.42004D+4.92006

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