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The 2008 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 81st Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans maintained control of the House, losing three seats to the Democrats.
Following the 2002 elections, the Republicans gained control of the House, giving them a governmental trifecta for the first time since Reconstruction. [1] [2] Democrats made significant gains in the 2006 elections, and they gained two more seats following them, one due to a special election, and another due to the defection of Republican Kirk England to the Democratic Party. [3] [4] Democrats needed to gain five seats from the Republicans to win control of the chamber.
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Democrats gained a net of three seats from the Republicans, failing to take control of the chamber, but leaving Republicans with a very narrow majority. [6] Control of the chamber remained unclear for multiple days after the election due to a recount in District 105. Incumbent Republican Linda Harper-Brown led her Democratic challenger Bob Romano by 20 votes after election day counting concluded. The recount only reduced Harper-Brown's lead by one vote, confirming her victory in the seat and Republicans' control of the chamber. Had Romano won, the chamber would have been tied. [7] [8]
Party | Candi- dates | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||||||||
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Republican Party | 97 | 3,828,577 | 53.99% | 76 | 3 | ||||||||
Democratic Party | 111 | 2,965,717 | 41.82% | 74 | 3 | ||||||||
Libertarian Party | 84 | 319,020 | 4.50% | 0 | – | ||||||||
Total | 7,090,830 | 100.00% | 150 | – |
District 85 : District 85, located in West Texas near Lubbock, had been held by Democrat Pete Laney for decades, but his retirement in 2006 left the seat highly vulnerable for a Republican pickup as the area had swung rapidly towards the Republicans since the 1990s. In fact, no Democrat had won any of the counties contained within the district in a presidential election since 1996. Despite this swing, Democrat Joe Heflin managed to win the open seat with 49.01% of the vote in 2006. [9] The seat was again vulnerable in 2008, but Heflin managed to win re-election with 53.38%, severely outperforming Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who only won 27.33% of the district's vote in the concurrent presidential election. [10] [11] Heflin performed best in Crosby County, his home county. [12] [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Heflin | 22,865 | 53.38% | |
Republican | Issac M. Castro | 19,970 | 46.62% | |
Total votes | 42,835 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 97: A special election was held on November 6, 2007, to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Anna Mowery. Dan Barret, who had lost the seat to Mowery in 2006, [9] ran against 6 Republicans in the jungle primary, securing a plurality of 31.53% of the vote. [14] A runoff was held on December 18, 2007, between Barret and second-place finisher, Mark M. Shelton in which Barret won an upset victory with 52.19% of the vote. [3] As the legislative session had already ended, Barret did not spend any time legislating during his term. He was later defeated by Shelton in the 2008 general election, only securing 42.75% of the vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dan Barrett | 5,575 | 31.53% | |
Republican | Mark M. Shelton | 4,049 | 22.90% | |
Republican | Bob Leonard | 3,294 | 18.63% | |
Republican | Craig Goldman | 2,947 | 16.67% | |
Republican | Jeff Humber | 925 | 5.23% | |
Republican | Chris Hatch | 515 | 2.91% | |
Republican | James Dean Schull | 375 | 2.12% | |
Total votes | 17,680 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Dan Barrett | 5,365 | 52.19% | ||
Republican | Mark M. Shelton | 4,915 | 47.81% | ||
Total votes | 10,280 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | 19.49% |
District 106: Representative Kirk England was re-elected in 2006 as a Republican with 49.16% of the vote. [15] On September 20, 2007, he announced that he would switch parties and seek re-election as a Democrat. [4] He would later go on to win re-election in 2008 with 55.49% of the vote before losing re-election by 204 votes in 2010 to Republican Rodney Anderson. [16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kirk England | 21,484 | 55.49% | |
Republican | Karen Wiegman | 16,362 | 42.26% | |
Libertarian | Gene Freeman | 869 | 2.24% | |
Total votes | 38,715 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold |
District | Democratic | Republican | Libertarian | Total | Result | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
District 1 | 29,598 | 53.59% | 24,853 | 45.00% | 781 | 1.41% | 55,232 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 2 | - | - | 39,258 | 85.04% | 6,906 | 14.96% | 46,164 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 3 | 26,763 | 51.84% | 24,864 | 48.16% | - | - | 51,627 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 4 | 22,049 | 35.18% | 39,250 | 62.62% | 1,383 | 2.21% | 62,682 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 5 | - | - | 47,309 | 100.00% | - | - | 47,309 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 6 | - | - | 44,476 | 87.77% | 6,196 | 12.23% | 50,672 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 7 | - | - | 40,671 | 88.34% | 5,368 | 11.66% | 46,039 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 8 | - | - | 34,524 | 100.00% | - | - | 34,524 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 9 | 18,448 | 35.40% | 32,704 | 62.76% | 961 | 1.84% | 52,113 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 10 | - | - | 49,401 | 85.52% | 8,366 | 14.48% | 57,767 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 11 | 26,054 | 49.29% | 25,934 | 49.06% | 875 | 1.66% | 52,863 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 12 | 28,760 | 57.06% | 21,647 | 42.94% | - | - | 50,407 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 13 | - | - | 41,376 | 100.00% | - | - | 41,376 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 14 | - | - | 37,236 | 82.20% | 8,063 | 17.80% | 45,299 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 15 | - | - | 69,661 | 100.00% | - | - | 69,661 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 16 | - | - | 49,263 | 100.00% | - | - | 49,263 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 17 | 25,583 | 42.85% | 32,238 | 53.99% | 1,889 | 3.16% | 59,710 | 100.00% | Republican gain |
District 18 | 14,901 | 31.46% | 32,465 | 68.54% | - | - | 47,366 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 19 | 17,306 | 33.99% | 32,545 | 63.92% | 1,064 | 2.09% | 50,915 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 20 | 26,907 | 30.53% | 57,029 | 64.71% | 4,199 | 4.76% | 88,135 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 21 | 32,208 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 32,208 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 22 | 31,169 | 94.46% | - | - | 1,827 | 5.54% | 32,996 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 23 | 31,195 | 86.80% | - | - | 4,743 | 13.20% | 35,938 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 24 | - | - | 47,378 | 86.31% | 7,515 | 13.69% | 54,893 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 25 | - | - | 33,404 | 85.96% | 5,454 | 14.04% | 38,858 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 26 | - | - | 45,679 | 100.00% | - | - | 45,679 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 27 | 48,415 | 65.56% | 25,434 | 34.44% | - | - | 73,849 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 28 | 32,089 | 38.02% | 50,824 | 60.22% | 1,484 | 1.76% | 84,397 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 29 | 26,433 | 39.53% | 40,439 | 60.47% | - | - | 66,872 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 30 | - | - | 38,869 | 100.00% | - | - | 38,869 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 31 | 24,170 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 24,170 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 32 | 25,994 | 46.80% | 27,844 | 50.13% | 1,705 | 3.07% | 55,543 | 100.00% | Republican gain |
District 33 | 24,582 | 59.04% | 14,792 | 35.53% | 2,261 | 5.43% | 41,635 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 34 | 21,188 | 53.14% | 18,684 | 46.86% | - | - | 39,872 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 35 | 29,458 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 29,458 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 36 | 24,598 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 24,598 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 37 | 19,695 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 19,695 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 38 | 25,476 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 25,476 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 39 | 23,879 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 23,879 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 40 | 24,103 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 24,103 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 41 | 23,438 | 64.86% | 12,025 | 33.28% | 671 | 1.86% | 36,134 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 42 | 31,129 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 31,129 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 43 | 25,771 | 87.20% | - | - | 3,782 | 12.80% | 29,553 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 44 | - | - | 46,686 | 82.42% | 9,959 | 17.58% | 56,645 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 45 | 43,926 | 59.31% | 27,729 | 37.44% | 2,411 | 3.26% | 74,066 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 46 | 34,353 | 86.52% | - | - | 5,351 | 13.48% | 39,704 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 47 | 45,314 | 51.20% | 43,190 | 48.80% | - | - | 88,504 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 48 | 39,748 | 53.75% | 31,028 | 41.96% | 3,174 | 4.29% | 73,950 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 49 | 54,284 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 54,284 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 50 | 45,456 | 62.97% | 23,681 | 32.80% | 3,055 | 4.23% | 72,192 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 51 | 29,384 | 89.52% | - | - | 3,440 | 10.48% | 32,824 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 52 | 34,898 | 48.61% | 34,047 | 47.42% | 2,854 | 3.97% | 71,799 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 53 | - | - | 47,847 | 88.89% | 5,983 | 11.11% | 53,830 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 54 | - | - | 33,690 | 78.04% | 9,478 | 21.96% | 43,168 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 55 | 24,290 | 43.38% | 30,189 | 53.92% | 1,509 | 2.70% | 55,988 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 56 | - | - | 44,067 | 86.38% | 6,946 | 13.62% | 51,013 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 57 | 28,291 | 87.83% | - | - | 3,920 | 12.17% | 32,211 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 58 | 14,749 | 26.21% | 39,697 | 70.55% | 1,825 | 3.24% | 56,271 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 59 | 16,546 | 35.81% | 28,482 | 61.64% | 1,178 | 2.55% | 46,206 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 60 | 13,195 | 23.24% | 43,588 | 76.76% | - | - | 56,783 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 61 | 16,308 | 24.20% | 48,879 | 72.53% | 2,205 | 3.27% | 67,392 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 62 | 17,365 | 31.60% | 37,588 | 68.40% | - | - | 54,953 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 63 | 19,883 | 22.66% | 64,048 | 72.98% | 3,831 | 4.37% | 87,762 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 64 | 28,195 | 39.40% | 40,758 | 56.95% | 2,613 | 3.65% | 71,566 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 65 | - | - | 47,471 | 79.67% | 12,114 | 20.33% | 59,585 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 66 | - | - | 45,421 | 85.00% | 8,015 | 15.00% | 53,436 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 67 | - | - | 30,558 | 78.46% | 8,390 | 21.54% | 38,948 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 68 | - | - | 41,543 | 100.00% | - | - | 41,543 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 69 | 31,925 | 86.19% | - | - | 5,114 | 13.81% | 37,039 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 70 | - | - | 73,450 | 86.21% | 11,751 | 13.79% | 85,201 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 71 | - | - | 40,381 | 88.31% | 5,346 | 11.69% | 45,727 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 72 | - | - | 37,010 | 86.94% | 5,560 | 13.60% | 42,570 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 73 | 21,732 | 25.97% | 58,118 | 69.44% | 3,846 | 4.60% | 83,696 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 74 | 26,235 | 64.19% | 14,633 | 35.81% | - | - | 40,868 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 75 | 26,806 | 71.36% | 10,758 | 28.64% | - | - | 37,564 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 76 | 26,632 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 26,632 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 77 | 21,444 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 21,444 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 78 | 26,176 | 51.53% | 22,918 | 45.11% | 1,706 | 3.36% | 50,800 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 79 | 27,604 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,604 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 80 | 30,676 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 30,676 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 81 | - | - | 32,973 | 90.15% | 3,603 | 9.85% | 36,576 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 82 | 18,870 | 35.31% | 33,202 | 62.12% | 1,372 | 2.57% | 53,444 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 83 | - | - | 53,411 | 100.00% | - | - | 53,411 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 84 | - | - | 32,949 | 100.00% | - | - | 32,949 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 85 | 22,865 | 53.38% | 19,970 | 46.62% | - | - | 42,835 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 86 | 10,917 | 18.27% | 47,031 | 78.69% | 1,820 | 3.05% | 59,768 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 87 | - | - | 28,546 | 84.80% | 5,115 | 15.20% | 33,661 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 88 | - | - | 41,053 | 100.00% | - | - | 41,053 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 89 | - | - | 69,628 | 100.00% | - | - | 69,628 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 90 | 16,984 | 70.29% | 7,180 | 29.71% | - | - | 24,164 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 91 | 19,567 | 35.91% | 33,383 | 61.27% | 1,535 | 2.82% | 54,485 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 92 | 21,038 | 36.28% | 36,955 | 63.72% | - | - | 57,993 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 93 | 27,538 | 57.21% | 19,582 | 40.68% | 1,011 | 2.10% | 48,131 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 94 | - | - | 39,915 | 84.81% | 7,147 | 15.19% | 47,602 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 95 | 39,150 | 95.52% | - | - | 1,838 | 4.48% | 40,988 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 96 | 41,977 | 51.30% | 38,108 | 46.57% | 1,737 | 2.12% | 81,822 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 97 | 29,206 | 42.75% | 37,800 | 55.33% | 1,306 | 1.91% | 68,312 | 100.00% | Republican gain |
District 98 | 25,855 | 26.64% | 68,345 | 70.43% | 2,845 | 2.93% | 97,045 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 99 | 23,135 | 32.41% | 46,254 | 64.80% | 1,993 | 2.79% | 71,382 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 100 | 27,903 | 93.44% | - | - | 1,958 | 6.56% | 29,861 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 101 | 23,713 | 50.56% | 23,192 | 49.44% | - | - | 46,905 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 102 | 21,675 | 53.01% | 19,210 | 46.99% | - | - | 40,885 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 103 | 14,825 | 88.31% | - | - | 1,963 | 11.69% | 16,788 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 104 | 16,655 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 16,655 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 105 | 19,838 | 48.68% | 19,857 | 48.72% | 1,061 | 2.60% | 40,756 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 106 | 21,484 | 55.49% | 16,362 | 42.26% | 869 | 2.24% | 38,715 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 107 | 25,374 | 50.45% | 23,616 | 46.95% | 1,309 | 2.60% | 50,299 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 108 | 21,737 | 39.39% | 33,442 | 60.61% | - | - | 55,179 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 109 | 59,472 | 94.15% | - | - | 3,692 | 5.85% | 63,164 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 110 | 30,869 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 30,869 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 111 | 43,685 | 79.05% | 10,685 | 19.32% | 901 | 1.63% | 55,260 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 112 | 21,919 | 39.64% | 30,998 | 56.07% | 2,372 | 4.29% | 55,289 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 113 | 21,232 | 41.49% | 29,938 | 58.51% | - | - | 51,170 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 114 | - | - | 31,393 | 100.00% | - | - | 31,393 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 115 | - | - | 35,635 | 81.18% | 8,262 | 18.82% | 43,897 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 116 | 27,540 | 85.53% | - | - | 4,661 | 14.47% | 32,201 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 117 | 28,675 | 57.03% | 21,607 | 42.97% | - | - | 50,282 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 118 | 24,169 | 59.93% | 14,747 | 36.57% | 1,414 | 3.51% | 40,330 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 119 | 29,867 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 29,867 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 120 | 32,601 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 32,601 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 121 | - | - | 44,471 | 79.62% | 11,380 | 20.38% | 55,852 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 122 | 30,953 | 29.90% | 68,371 | 66.04% | 4,212 | 4.07% | 103,536 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 123 | 27,040 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,040 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 124 | 36,557 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 36,557 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 125 | 36,003 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 36,003 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 126 | 21,179 | 38.42% | 32,748 | 59.40% | 1,204 | 2.18% | 55,131 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 127 | 21,987 | 32.29% | 44,698 | 65.65% | 1,402 | 2.06% | 68,087 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 128 | - | - | 28,439 | 100.00% | - | - | 28,439 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 129 | 23,722 | 41.48% | 33,462 | 58.52% | - | - | 57,184 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 130 | - | - | 63,945 | 87.62% | 9,301 | 12.38% | 72,976 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 131 | 35,026 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 35,026 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 132 | - | - | 43,817 | 82.44% | 9,334 | 17.56% | 53,151 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 133 | 20,219 | 50.62% | 19,722 | 49.38% | - | - | 39,941 | 100.00% | Democratic gain |
District 134 | 37,892 | 55.46% | 28,843 | 42.22% | 1,585 | 2.32% | 68,320 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 135 | 18,733 | 39.95% | 27,382 | 58.39% | 778 | 1.66% | 46,893 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 136 | - | - | 41,117 | 87.10% | 6,087 | 12.90% | 47,204 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 137 | 12,233 | 89.25% | - | - | 1,473 | 10.75% | 13,706 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 138 | 15,052 | 40.99% | 21,666 | 59.01% | - | - | 36,718 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 139 | 35,220 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 35,220 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 140 | 13,348 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 13,348 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 141 | 32,747 | 87.72% | 8,197 | 19.70% | 656 | 1.58% | 41,600 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 142 | 35,159 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 35,159 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 143 | 11,881 | 70.69% | 4,647 | 27.65% | 278 | 1.65% | 16,806 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 144 | 19,078 | 48.85% | 19,980 | 51.15% | - | - | 39,058 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
District 145 | 16,946 | 70.35% | 5,877 | 29.65% | - | - | 19.823 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 146 | 41,669 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 41,669 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 147 | 35,951 | 92.23% | - | - | 3,030 | 7.77% | 38,981 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 148 | 21,535 | 66.24% | 10,975 | 33.76% | - | - | 32,510 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 149 | 25,562 | 56.34% | 19,806 | 43.66% | - | - | 45,371 | 100.00% | Democratic hold |
District 150 | 22,916 | 33.53% | 43,916 | 64.35% | 1,449 | 2.12% | 68,337 | 100.00% | Republican hold |
Total | 2,965,717 | 41.82% | 3,828,577 | 53.99% | 319,020 | 4.50% | 7,090,830 | 100.00% |
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas:
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William Ralph Keffer is an attorney in Dallas, Texas, who was from 2003 to 2007 a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 107. His older brother, Jim Keffer, is a still-serving Republican House member from District 60 in Eastland, near Abilene, Texas.
The 2020 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party's nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, defeated incumbent Republican president Donald Trump in the presidential election. Despite losing seats in the House of Representatives, Democrats retained control of the House and gained control of the Senate. As a result, the Democrats obtained a government trifecta, the first time since the elections in 2008 that the party gained unified control of Congress and the presidency. With Trump losing his bid for re-election, he became the first president to have seen his party lose the presidency and control of both the House and the Senate since Herbert Hoover in 1932. This was the first time since 1980 that either chamber of Congress flipped partisan control in a presidential year, and the first time Democrats did so since 1948.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 2020, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states to the 117th United States Congress, as well as six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories. Special House elections were also held on various dates throughout 2020.
The 2018 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 of the state senate's 31 districts. The winners of this election served in the 86th Texas Legislature. State senators serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate. A statewide map of Texas's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
The 2010 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 State Senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 82nd Texas Legislature. State senators typically serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate, but all Senators come up for election in the cycles following each decennial redistricting. As such, all of the seats up for this election were for two-year terms, with senators up for re-election in the following 2012 Texas State Senate elections.
The 2010 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 82nd Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms.
An election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect all 110 members to Michigan's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including governor, State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats won a majority of 56 out of 110 seats, winning control of the chamber for the first time since 2008.
The 2012 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 83rd Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. State representatives serve for two-year terms.
The 2004 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 State Senate districts. All of the seats up for this election were for two-year terms, with senators up for re-election in the 2008 elections. The winners of this election served in the 79th Texas Legislature.
The 2004 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 79th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans maintained control of the House, losing one seat to the Democrats.
The 2002 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 78th Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans gained control of the House with 88 seats to the Democrats' 62, giving them a governmental trifecta for the first time since Reconstruction.
The 2008 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 State Senate districts. The winners of this election served in the 81st Texas Legislature. The elected senators served four-year terms in the Texas Senate.
The 2006 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 80th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans maintained control of the House, losing five seats to the Democrats.