2008Final results
2008 election for Texas House District 82
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Tom Craddick (R) won with 62.1% of the vote, defeating Bill Dingus (D) by 26.8 points.
Tom CraddickRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.1%33,202
Bill DingusDemocrat
35.3%18,870
Sherry PhillipsLibertarian
2.6%1,372
53,444 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET