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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas House District 139

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Sylvester Turner (D) won with 77.1% of the vote, defeating Sam Brocato (R) by 54.2 points.

Sylvester TurnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.1%39,022
Sam BrocatoRepublican
22.9%11,604
50,626 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+18.51988D+31.81990D+54.22012D+56.52026

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