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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas House District 19

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Mike Hamilton (R) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Larry C. Hunter (D) by 29.9 points.

Mike HamiltonRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.9%32,545
Larry C. HunterDemocrat
34.0%17,306
Richard RamseyLibertarian
2.1%1,064
50,915 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+10.82002R+10.92004R+14.72006R+29.92008R+66.42018R+45.32022

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

The candidates

Mike Hamilton (R)Larry C. Hunter (D)

Also on the ballot: Richard Ramsey (Libertarian), 2.1%