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2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2004 election for Texas House District 56

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Charles Anderson (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating John Mabry (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Charles AndersonRepublican · winner
53.2%31,042
John MabryDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%27,288
58,330 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenR+38.41998D+2.92002R+6.42004R+20.62010R+31.62018R+34.62020

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