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2006Final results

2006 election for Texas House District 96

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Bill Zedler (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Christopher Youngblood (D) by 8.2 points.

Bill ZedlerRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.5%19,520
44.3%16,483
Samuel S. ThomasLibertarian
3.2%1,206
37,209 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

EvenR+21.21990R+20.02002R+20.72004R+8.22006D+4.72008R+4.82010

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

The candidates