2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Texas House District 96
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Chris Turner (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Zedler (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Chris TurnerDemocrat · winner
51.3%41,977
Bill ZedlerRepublican · incumbent
46.6%38,108
Todd LittekenLibertarian
2.1%1,737
81,822 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