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2008 election for Texas House District 106

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Kirk England (D) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Karen Wiegman (R) by 13.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Kirk EnglandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.5%21,484
Karen WiegmanRepublican
42.3%16,362
Gene FreemanLibertarian
2.2%869
38,715 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

EvenR+16.42000R+5.12004R+1.12006D+13.22008R+0.92010R+42.42014

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

The candidates

Kirk England (D)Karen Wiegman (R)

Also on the ballot: Gene Freeman (Libertarian), 2.2%