1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Texas House District 60
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
James L. Keffer (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating John Cook (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James L. KefferRepublican · winner
50.6%21,922
John CookDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%21,409
43,331 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