2016 Texas House of Representatives election

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2016 Texas House of Representatives election
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  2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018  

All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.39%
 Majority partyMinority party
  Joe Straus voting (cropped).jpg Texas State Rep. Chris Turner 2021 (alt cropped).jpg
Leader Joe Straus Chris Turner
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 121st 101st
Last election9852
Seats before9950
Seats won9555
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg5
Popular vote4,711,4812,746,667
Percentage61.45%35.83%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.88%Increase2.svg3.73%

 Third party
 
Party Independent
Last election0
Seats before1
Seats after0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote9,072
Percentage0.12%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.05%

TxHouse2016Election1.svg
2016 Texas State House election voteshares.svg
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
     Democratic gain
Republican:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%
Democratic:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     ≥90%

Speaker before election

Joe Straus
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 41 members to Texas' House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016 with a run-off on May 24, 2016. The winners of this election served in the 85th Texas Legislature.

Contents

Republicans retained control of the House despite losing four seats, winning 95 seats compared to 55 seats for the Democrats.

Predictions

Analysts expected Democrats to be able to make mild inroads in the House due to a highly-energized Latino electorate; however, they did not expect this to meaningfully reduce Republicans' control over the chamber.

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [1] Safe ROct. 12, 2016

Results

Statewide

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Texas House of Representatives election results
Texas House of Representatives 2016.svg
PartyCandi-
dates
Votes %Seats+/–
Republican Party 1144,711,48161.45%95Decrease2.svg4
Democratic Party 902,746,66735.83%55Increase2.svg5
Libertarian Party 26182,8152.38%0
Green Party 615,2860.20%0
Independent 19,0720.12%0Decrease2.svg1
Write-in 21,2370.02%0
Total2397,666,558100.00%150
Popular vote
Republican
61.82%
Democratic
35.83%
Libertarian
2.02%
Green
0.20%
Independent
0.12%
Write-in
0.02%
House seats won
Republican
63.33%
Democratic
36.67%

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 105, 0.14%
  2. District 107, 0.58% (gain)
  3. District 115, 1.78%
  4. District 117, 2.68% (gain)
  5. District 102, 9.32%
  6. District 54, 9.68%
  7. District 135, 9.70%

District

Results of the 2016 Texas House of Representatives election by district: [2]

District Democratic Republican OthersTotalResult
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1 --49,840100.00%--49,840100.00%Republican hold
District 2 --54,605100.00%--54,605100.00%Republican hold
District 3 --56,737100.00%--56,737100.00%Republican hold
District 4 --52,089100.00%--52,089100.00%Republican hold
District 5 --51,428100.00%--51,428100.00%Republican hold
District 6 --46,382100.00%--46,382100.00%Republican hold
District 7 --45,026100.00%--45,026100.00%Republican hold
District 8 --43,240100.00%--43,240100.00%Republican hold
District 9 --53,172100.00%--53,172100.00%Republican hold
District 10 --51,72986.94%7,77313.06%59,502100.00%Republican hold
District 11 14,27625.15%42,48174.85%--56,757100.00%Republican hold
District 12 --38,826100.00%--38,826100.00%Republican hold
District 13 14,96521.37%55,07378.63%--70,038100.00%Republican hold
District 14 --37,330100.00%--37,330100.00%Republican hold
District 15 --65,439100.00%--65,439100.00%Republican hold
District 16 --55,968100.00%--55,968100.00%Republican hold
District 17 --41,694100.00%--41,694100.00%Republican hold
District 18 --40,96688.01%5,58111.99%46,547100.00%Republican hold
District 19 --58,542100.00%--58,542100.00%Republican hold
District 20 --61,745100.00%--61,745100.00%Republican hold
District 21 --54,753100.00%--54,753100.00%Republican hold
District 22 38,009100.00%----38,009100.00%Democratic hold
District 23 25,50141.13%36,50158.87%--62,002100.00%Republican hold
District 24 --59,789100.00%--59,789100.00%Republican hold
District 25 --44,280100.00%--44,280100.00%Republican hold
District 26 28,91042.14%39,69357.86%--68,603100.00%Republican hold
District 27 45,71867.98%21,53632.02%--67,254100.00%Democratic hold
District 28 --56,822100.00%--56,822100.00%Republican hold
District 29 28,50538.93%44,71361.07%--73,218100.00%Republican hold
District 30 --47,975100.00%--47,975100.00%Republican hold
District 31 30,829100.00%----30,829100.00%Democratic hold
District 32 --40,435100.00%--40,435100.00%Republican hold
District 33 24,19928.88%56,80267.80%2,7833.32%83,784100.00%Republican hold
District 34 33,221100.00%----33,221100.00%Democratic hold
District 35 25,812100.00%----25,812100.00%Democratic hold
District 36 29,633100.00%----29,633100.00%Democratic hold
District 37 26,587100.00%----26,587100.00%Democratic hold
District 38 30,850100.00%----30,850100.00%Democratic hold
District 39 29,713100.00%----29,713100.00%Democratic hold
District 40 23,25773.78%8,26626.22%--31,523100.00%Democratic hold
District 41 24,86356.78%18,92443.22%--43,787100.00%Democratic hold
District 42 35,124100.00%----35,124100.00%Democratic hold
District 43 19,73538.87%31,04061.13%--50,775100.00%Republican hold
District 44 20,41127.43%53,99772.57%--74,408100.00%Republican hold
District 45 --47,937100.00%--47,937100.00%Republican hold
District 46 37,45770.29%10,20919.16%5,62310.55%53,289100.00%Democratic hold
District 47 42,63541.69%54,78453.57%4,8384.73%102,257100.00%Republican hold
District 48 60,51279.40%--15,70220.60%76,214100.00%Democratic hold
District 49 68,39884.41%--12,63115.59%81,029100.00%Democratic hold
District 50 43,63763.69%24,88236.31%--68,519100.00%Democratic hold
District 51 42,08287.23%--6,16212.77%48,244100.00%Democratic hold
District 52 --40,32975.51%13,08224.49%53,411100.00%Republican hold
District 53 14,25620.03%54,74176.92%2,1703.05%71,167100.00%Republican hold
District 54 23,79445.16%28,89454.84%--52,688100.00%Republican hold
District 55 --35,950100.00%--35,950100.00%Republican hold
District 56 --43,97986.54%6,84013.46%50,819100.00%Republican hold
District 57 --47,916100.00%--47,916100.00%Republican hold
District 58 --54,149100.00%--54,149100.00%Republican hold
District 59 --43,217100.00%--43,217100.00%Republican hold
District 60 --61,668100.00%--61,668100.00%Republican hold
District 61 --70,708100.00%--70,708100.00%Republican hold
District 62 --50,076100.00%--50,076100.00%Republican hold
District 63 --64,120100.00%--64,120100.00%Republican hold
District 64 26,28838.41%42,15861.59%--68,446100.00%Republican hold
District 65 26,75943.74%34,41856.26%--61,177100.00%Republican hold
District 66 27,24038.73%40,36857.39%2,7263.88%70,334100.00%Republican hold
District 67 29,03639.68%41,44056.63%2,7043.69%73,180100.00%Republican hold
District 68 --50,625100.00%--50,625100.00%Republican hold
District 69 --41,640100.00%--41,640100.00%Republican hold
District 70 24,05728.47%56,68467.08%3,7584.45%84,499100.00%Republican hold
District 71 10,64719.36%44,33580.64%--54,982100.00%Republican hold
District 72 --46,571100.00%--46,571100.00%Republican hold
District 73 --77,592100.00%--77,592100.00%Republican hold
District 74 31,724100.00%----31,724100.00%Democratic hold
District 75 32,576100.00%----32,576100.00%Democratic hold
District 76 32,956100.00%----32,956100.00%Democratic hold
District 77 28,819100.00%----28,819100.00%Democratic hold
District 78 31,18563.36%18,03036.64%--49,215100.00%Democratic hold
District 79 35,427100.00%----35,427100.00%Democratic hold
District 80 32,548100.00%----32,548100.00%Democratic hold
District 81 --37,306100.00%--37,306100.00%Republican hold
District 82 --47,432100.00%--47,432100.00%Republican hold
District 83 --53,437100.00%--53,437100.00%Republican hold
District 84 --35,627100.00%--35,627100.00%Republican hold
District 85 23,33439.60%35,59460.40%--58,928100.00%Republican hold
District 86 --58,050100.00%--58,050100.00%Republican hold
District 87 --38,067100.00%--38,067100.00%Republican hold
District 88 --41,209100.00%--41,209100.00%Republican hold
District 89 24,86132.67%48,34163.53%2,8903.80%76,092100.00%Republican hold
District 90 20,925100.00%----20,925100.00%Democratic hold
District 91 --43,601100.00%--43,601100.00%Republican hold
District 92 24,80638.74%35,62255.64%3,5995.62%64,027100.00%Republican hold
District 93 23,98739.33%37,00260.67%--60,989100.00%Republican hold
District 94 --39,22473.64%14,03726.36%53,261100.00%Republican hold
District 95 35,24675.60%11,37624.40%--46,622100.00%Democratic hold
District 96 29,43443.02%38,99156.98%--68,425100.00%Republican hold
District 97 27,01939.11%39,53757.23%2,5313.66%69,087100.00%Republican hold
District 98 21,54724.80%65,34875.20%--86,895100.00%Republican hold
District 99 --45,20182.79%9,39317.21%54,594100.00%Republican hold
District 100 33,19886.99%--4,96513.01%38,163100.00%Democratic hold
District 101 30,59166.33%15,53033.67%--46,121100.00%Democratic hold
District 102 26,20845.34%31,59554.66%--57,803100.00%Republican hold
District 103 30,323100.00%----30,323100.00%Democratic hold
District 104 26,751100.00%----26,751100.00%Democratic hold
District 105 23,65649.93%23,72050.07%--47,376100.00%Republican hold
District 106 --55,59680.80%13,20919.20%68,805100.00%Republican hold
District 107 27,92250.76%27,08649.24%--55,008100.00%Democratic gain
District 108 --47,79972.50%18,13127.50%65,930100.00%Republican hold
District 109 53,45882.74%11,15517.26%--64,613100.00%Democratic hold
District 110 31,380100.00%----31,380100.00%Democratic hold
District 111 44,91878.20%12,52021.80%--57,438100.00%Democratic hold
District 112 23,35142.78%31,23457.22%--54,585100.00%Republican hold
District 113 24,79544.84%30,50155.16%--55,296100.00%Republican hold
District 114 27,36740.57%37,58855.72%2,5023.71%67,457100.00%Republican hold
District 115 28,93949.11%29,98750.89%--58,926100.00%Republican hold
District 116 36,772100.00%----36,772100.00%Democratic hold
District 117 29,31951.27%27,78348.59%780.14%57,180100.00%Democratic gain
District 118 25,63255.17%20,83144.83%--46,463100.00%Democratic gain
District 119 33,384100.00%----33,384100.00%Democratic hold
District 120 31,51077.65%--9,07222.35%40,582100.00%Democratic gain
District 121 --56,970100.00%--56,970100.00%Republican hold
District 122 --73,957100.00%--73,957100.00%Republican hold
District 123 38,649100.00%----38,649100.00%Democratic hold
District 124 38,622100.00%----38,622100.00%Democratic hold
District 125 38,774100.00%----38,774100.00%Democratic hold
District 126 23,99139.17%35,52858.00%1,7352.83%61,254100.00%Republican hold
District 127 --49,71281.90%10,98718.10%60,699100.00%Republican hold
District 128 --42,28786.41%6,65313.59%48,940100.00%Republican hold
District 129 --47,339100.00%--47,339100.00%Republican hold
District 130 --62,952100.00%--62,952100.00%Republican hold
District 131 40,583100.00%----40,583100.00%Democratic hold
District 132 --40,00180.23%9,85419.77%49,855100.00%Republican hold
District 133 --54,471100.00%--54,471100.00%Republican hold
District 134 38,95843.30%48,19253.56%2,8313.15%89,981100.00%Republican hold
District 135 26,90545.15%32,68254.85%--59,587100.00%Republican hold
District 136 34,07745.00%41,64355.00%--75,720100.00%Republican hold
District 137 18,08866.99%8,17830.29%7352.72%27,001100.00%Democratic hold
District 138 --31,958100.00%--31,958100.00%Republican hold
District 139 41,913100.00%----41,913100.00%Democratic hold
District 140 22,349100.00%----22,349100.00%Democratic hold
District 141 33,831100.00%----33,831100.00%Democratic hold
District 142 36,280100.00%----36,280100.00%Democratic hold
District 143 26,247100.00%----26,247100.00%Democratic hold
District 144 16,28760.25%10,74539.75%--27,032100.00%Democratic gain
District 145 25,838100.00%----25,838100.00%Democratic hold
District 146 39,45297.15%--1,1592.85%40,611100.00%Democratic hold
District 147 43,90076.27%11,98520.82%1,6762.91%57,561100.00%Democratic hold
District 148 33,633100.00%----33,633100.00%Democratic hold
District 149 27,61363.55%15,84036.45%--43,453100.00%Democratic hold
District 150 27,89336.81%47,89263.19%--75,785100.00%Republican hold
Total2,746,66735.83%4,711,48161.45%208,4102.72%7,666,558100.00%

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