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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas House District 20

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Dan Gattis (R) won with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Dillon (D) by 34.2 points.

Dan GattisRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.7%57,029
Jim DillonDemocrat
30.5%26,907
Craig C. WeemsLibertarian
4.8%4,199
88,135 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

EvenD+9.62000R+37.62004R+26.82006R+34.22008R+50.62014R+43.02018

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

The candidates

Dan Gattis (R)Jim Dillon (D)

Also on the ballot: Craig C. Weems (Libertarian), 4.8%