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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas House District 7

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Tommy Merritt (R) won with 88.3% of the vote, defeating Joey R. Stroman (Lib) by 76.7 points.

Tommy MerrittRepublican · winner · incumbent
88.3%40,671
Joey R. StromanLibertarian
11.7%5,368
46,039 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+2.91984R+26.91988R+21.81990R+39.82006R+48.42024R+34.72026

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