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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas House District 44

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Edmund Kuempel (R) won with 82.4% of the vote, defeating John Lynch (Lib) by 64.8 points.

Edmund KuempelRepublican · winner · incumbent
82.4%46,686
John LynchLibertarian
17.6%9,959
56,645 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+51.42014R+45.12016R+37.32018R+37.92020R+38.62022R+30.22024

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