2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Texas House District 133
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Kristi Thibaut (D) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Jim Murphy (R) by 1.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kristi ThibautDemocrat · winner
50.6%20,219
Jim MurphyRepublican · incumbent
49.4%19,722
39,941 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