2008 Texas House of Representatives election

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2008 Texas House of Representatives election
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November 4, 2008
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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Rep
Leader Tom Craddick
(removed as leader)		 Jim Dunnam
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 9, 1973 January 14, 2003
Leader's seat 82nd 57th
Last election 81 69
Seats before 79 71
Seats won 76 74
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 3,828,577 2,965,717
Percentage 53.99% 41.82%
Swing Increase 0.47% Increase 1.31%
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     Republican gain      Democratic gain

Republican:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Democratic:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Speaker before election

Tom Craddick
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

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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