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1996Final results

1996 election for Texas House District 28

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Robert L. Cook (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Chip Rayburn (R) by 9.8 points.

Robert L. CookDemocrat · winner
54.9%22,078
Chip RayburnRepublican
45.1%18,154
40,232 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

EvenR+24.01986D+9.81996D+29.21998D+26.72000R+28.32004R+26.02006

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