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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas House District 56

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Charles Anderson (R) won with 86.4% of the vote, defeating David Meine (Lib) by 72.8 points.

Charles AndersonRepublican · winner · incumbent
86.4%44,067
David MeineLibertarian
13.6%6,946
51,013 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+38.41998D+2.92002R+6.42004R+20.62010R+31.62018R+34.62020

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