2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Texas House District 102
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Carol Kent (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Tony Goolsby (R) by 6.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Carol KentDemocrat · winner
53.0%21,675
Tony GoolsbyRepublican · incumbent
47.0%19,210
40,885 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET