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2008Final results

2008 election for Texas Senate District 11

Texas State Senate · Texas

Mike Jackson (R) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Joe Jaworski (D) by 15.3 points.

Mike JacksonRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.5%155,772
Joe JaworskiDemocrat
41.2%113,567
2.3%6,419
275,758 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+3.01992R+11.21994R+14.21998R+15.32008R+32.02012R+21.32020

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

The candidates

Mike Jackson (R)Joe Jaworski (D)

Also on the ballot: Clifford Lee Messina (Libertarian), 2.3%