2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2006 election for Texas House District 48
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Donna Howard (D) won with 77.8% of the vote, defeating Ben Easton (Lib) by 55.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Donna HowardDemocrat · winner
77.8%31,255
Ben EastonLibertarian
22.2%8,939
40,194 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET