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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 Texas House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Texas House of Representatives district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 150 seats

After the electionD 74 · R 76
Races150
Changed party9
Unopposed27%40 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 74 · R 76

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Stephen J. Frost (D)8.6
HD-2Dan Flynn (R)70.1
HD-3Mark Homer (D)3.7
HD-4Betty Brown (R)27.4
HD-5Bryan Hughes (R)Unopposed
HD-6Leo Berman (R)75.5
HD-7Tommy Merritt (R)76.7
HD-8Byron Cook (R)Unopposed
HD-9Wayne Christian (R)27.4
HD-10James R. Pitts (R)71.0
HD-11Chuck Hopson (D)0.2
HD-12Jim McReynolds (D)14.1
HD-13Lois Kolkhorst (R)Unopposed
HD-14Fred Brown (R)64.4
HD-15Rob Eissler (R)Unopposed
HD-16Brandon Creighton (R)Unopposed
HD-17Tim Kleinschmidt (R)11.1Flipped
HD-18John Otto (R)37.1
HD-19Mike Hamilton (R)29.9
HD-20Dan Gattis (R)34.2
HD-21Allan B. Ritter (D)Unopposed
HD-22Joe Deshotel (D)88.9
HD-23Craig Eiland (D)73.6
HD-24Larry Taylor (R)72.6
HD-25Dennis Bonnen (R)71.9
HD-26Charlie Howard (R)Unopposed
HD-27Dora Olivo (D)31.1
HD-28John Zerwas (R)22.2
HD-29Randy Weber (R)20.9
HD-30Geanie W. Morrison (R)Unopposed
HD-31Ryan Guillen (D)Unopposed
HD-32Todd Hunter (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-33Solomon Ortiz Jr. (D)23.5
HD-34Abel Herrero (D)6.3
HD-35Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles (D)Unopposed
HD-36Ismael Flores (D)Unopposed
HD-37Rene O. Oliveira (D)Unopposed
HD-38Eddie Lucio III (D)Unopposed
HD-39Armando Martinez (D)Unopposed
HD-40Aaron Pena (D)Unopposed
HD-41Veronica Gonzales (D)31.6
HD-42Richard Raymond (D)Unopposed
HD-43Tara Rios Ybarra (D)74.4
HD-44Edmund Kuempel (R)64.8
HD-45Patrick M. Rose (D)21.9
HD-46Dawnna M. Dukes (D)73.0
HD-47Valinda Bolton (D)2.4
HD-48Donna Howard (D)11.8
HD-49Elliott Naishtat (D)Unopposed
HD-50Mark Strama (D)30.2
HD-51Eddie Rodriguez (D)79.0
HD-52Diana Maldonado (D)1.2Flipped
HD-53Harvey Hilderbran (R)77.8
HD-54Jimmie Don Aycock (R)56.1
HD-55Ralph Sheffield (R)10.5
HD-56Charles Anderson (R)72.8
HD-57Jim Dunnam (D)75.7
HD-58Rob Orr (R)44.3
HD-59Sid Miller (R)25.8
HD-60James L. Keffer (R)53.5
HD-61Phil King (R)48.3
HD-62Larry Phillips (R)36.8
HD-63Tan Parker (R)50.3
HD-64Myra Crownover (R)17.6
HD-65Burt Solomons (R)59.3
HD-66Brian McCall (R)70.0
HD-67Jerry A. Madden (R)56.9
HD-68Rick Hardcastle (R)Unopposed
HD-69David Farabee (D)72.4
HD-70Ken Paxton (R)72.4
HD-71Susan L. King (R)76.6
HD-72Drew Darby (R)73.9
HD-73Doug Miller (R)43.5
HD-74Pete P. Gallego (D)28.4
HD-75Chente Quintanilla (D)42.7
HD-76Norma Chavez (D)Unopposed
HD-77Marisa Marquez (D)Unopposed
HD-78Joe Moody (D)6.4Flipped
HD-79Joseph C. Pickett (D)Unopposed
HD-80Tracy O. King (D)Unopposed
HD-81Tryon D. Lewis (R)80.3
HD-82Tom Craddick (R)26.8
HD-83Delwin Jones (R)Unopposed
HD-84Carl H. Isett (R)Unopposed
HD-85Joe Heflin (D)6.8
HD-86John Smithee (R)60.4
HD-87David Swinford (R)69.6
HD-88Warren Chisum (R)Unopposed
HD-89Jodie Laubenberg (R)Unopposed
HD-90Lon Burnam (D)40.6
HD-91Kelly Hancock (R)25.4
HD-92Todd Smith (R)27.4
HD-93Paula Hightower Pierson (D)16.5
HD-94Diane Patrick (R)69.6
HD-95Marc A. Veasey (D)91.0
HD-96Chris Turner (D)4.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-97Mark M. Shelton (R)12.6
HD-98Vicki Truitt (R)43.8
HD-99Charlie Geren (R)32.4
HD-100Terri Hodge (D)86.9
HD-101Robert Miklos (D)1.1Flipped
HD-102Carol Kent (D)6.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-103Rafael Anchía (D)76.6
HD-104Roberto R. Alonzo (D)Unopposed
HD-105Linda Harperbrown (R)0.0
HD-106Kirk England (D)13.2Flipped
HD-107Allen Vaught (D)3.5
HD-108Dan Branch (R)21.2
HD-109Helen Giddings (D)88.3
HD-110Barbara Mallorycaraway (D)Unopposed
HD-111Yvonne Davis (D)59.7
HD-112Angie Button (R)16.4
HD-113Joe Driver (R)17.0
HD-114Will Hartnett (R)Unopposed
HD-115Jim Jackson (R)62.4
HD-116Trey Martinez Fischer (D)71.1
HD-117David McQuade Leibowitz (D)14.1
HD-118Joe Farias (D)23.4
HD-119Roland Gutierrez (D)Unopposed
HD-120Ruth Jones McClendon (D)Unopposed
HD-121Joe Straus (R)59.2
HD-122Frank J. Corte Jr. (R)36.1
HD-123Mike Villarreal (D)Unopposed
HD-124José Menéndez (D)Unopposed
HD-125Joaquin Castro (D)Unopposed
HD-126Patricia Harless (R)21.0
HD-127Joe Crabb (R)33.4
HD-128Wayne Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-129John E. Davis (R)17.0
HD-130Allen Fletcher (R)75.2
HD-131Alma Allen (D)Unopposed
HD-132Bill Callegari (R)64.9
HD-133Kristi Thibaut (D)1.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-134Ellen Cohen (D)13.2
HD-135Gary Elkins (R)18.4
HD-136Beverly Woolley (R)74.2
HD-137Scott Hochberg (D)78.5
HD-138Dwayne Bohac (R)18.0
HD-139Sylvester Turner (D)Unopposed
HD-140Armando Walle (D)Unopposed
HD-141Senfronia Thompson (D)59.0
HD-142Harold Dutton (D)Unopposed
HD-143Ana Hernandez (D)43.0
HD-144Ken Legler (R)2.3
HD-145Carol Alvarado (D)40.7
HD-146Al Edwards (D)Unopposed
HD-147Garnet F. Coleman (D)84.5
HD-148Jessica Farrar (D)32.5
HD-149Hubert Vo (D)12.7
HD-150Debbie Riddle (R)30.8

Texas House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner