2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Texas House District 17
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Tim Kleinschmidt (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Donnie Dippel (D) by 11.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim KleinschmidtRepublican · winner
54.0%32,238
Donnie DippelDemocrat
42.8%25,583
Alan W. DuesterhoftLibertarian
3.2%1,889
59,710 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