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2020Final results

2020 election for Texas House District 52

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

James Talarico (D) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Lucio Valdez (R) by 3.0 points.

James TalaricoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.5%50,520
Lucio ValdezRepublican
48.5%47,611
98,131 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 2020

Races before and after

EvenR+19.42010R+17.92014D+3.52018D+3.02020R+11.92022R+12.52024

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