2008Final results
2008 election for Texas Senate District 16
Texas State Senate · Texas
John Carona (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Rain Levy Minns (D) by 15.2 points.
John CaronaRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.3%122,439
Rain Levy MinnsDemocrat
41.1%89,346
Paul E. OsbornLibertarian
2.7%5,825
217,610 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