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1996Final results

1996 election for Texas House District 49

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Elliott Naishtat (D) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Emil Blomquist (R) by 26.4 points.

Elliott NaishtatDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%28,137
Emil BlomquistRepublican
36.8%16,399
44,536 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+15.21988D+10.41990D+27.11994D+26.41996D+26.51998D+23.92000

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