1996Final results
1996 election for Texas House District 45
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Edmund Kuempel (R) won with 88.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Utterback (Lib) by 77.4 points.
Edmund KuempelRepublican · winner · incumbent
88.7%37,524
Bill UtterbackLibertarian
11.3%4,784
42,308 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET