1996 Texas House of Representatives election

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1996 Texas House of Representatives election
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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Pete Laney Tom Craddick
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 12, 1993 January 9, 1973
Leader's seat 85th 82nd
Last election 89 61
Seats before 87 63
Seats won 82 68
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 2,015,951 2,502,499
Percentage 44.18% 54.84%
Swing Decrease 3.94% Increase 3.85%
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Speaker before election

Pete Laney
Democratic

 Elected Speaker

Pete Laney
Democratic

The 1996 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 75th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans gained five seats from the Democrats, reducing the Democratic majority to 82 out of 150 seats.

Democrats had held control of the Texas House of Representatives since Reconstruction. After the 1994 elections, Republican governor George W. Bush appointed Democratic Representative Elton Bomer of the 11th district as the state insurance commissioner.[1] In the ensuing special election, Republican Todd Staples narrowly avoided a runoff, defeating two Democrats to flip the seat.[2] Later in 1995, Representative Warren Chisum of the 88th district switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.[3]

Redistricting

Results

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