1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Texas House District 89
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Sue Palmer (R) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Homer Pete Dear (D) by 10.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sue PalmerRepublican · winner
55.1%19,218
Homer Pete DearDemocrat · incumbent
44.9%15,643
34,861 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