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2014Final results

2014 election for Texas House District 8

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Byron Cook (R) won with 87.9% of the vote, defeating John Wilford (Lib) by 75.7 points.

Byron CookRepublican · winner · incumbent
87.9%25,897
John WilfordLibertarian
12.1%3,581
29,478 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenR+10.42002R+15.72006R+48.82010R+45.92012R+56.42018R+62.72024

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