| Election Name: | 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
| Country: | Texas |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
| Seats For Election: | All 27 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1988 |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,735,940 |
| Percentage1: | 58.6% |
| Swing1: | 1.6% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 10 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,834,135 |
| Percentage2: | 39.3% |
| Swing2: | 2.7% |
The 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 8, 1988, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.[1]
These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1988, the United States House elections in other states, the presidential election, and various state and local elections.
Democrats maintained their majority of U.S. House seats from Texas, flipping two seats from the Republicans, increasing their majority to nineteen out of twenty seven seats.[2]
| 1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 2,735,940 | 58.59% | 17 | 19 | +2 | ||
| Republican | 1,834,135 | 39.28% | 10 | 8 | -2 | ||
| Libertarian | 98,602 | 2.11% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Independent | 1,013 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Totals | 4,669,690 | 100.00% | 27 | 27 | - | ||
See also: Texas's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jim Chapman ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 2nd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Charlie Wilson ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 3rd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Steve Bartlett ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 4th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Ralph Hall ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 5th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat John Wiley Bryant ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 6th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Joe Barton ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 7th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Bill Archer ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 8th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Jack Fields ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 9th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jack Brooks ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 10th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat J. J. Pickle ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 11th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Marvin Leath ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 12th congressional district. Incumbent Democratic Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Jim Wright ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 13th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Beau Boulter retired to run for U.S. Senator.[4]
See also: Texas's 14th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Mac Sweeney ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 15th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Kika de la Garza ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 16th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Ronald D. Coleman ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 17th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Charles Stenholm ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 18th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Mickey Leland ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 19th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Larry Combest ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 20th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Henry B. González ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 21st congressional district. Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 22nd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Tom DeLay ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 23rd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Albert Bustamante ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 24th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Martin Frost ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 25th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Michael A. Andrews ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 26th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Dick Armey ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 27th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election unopposed.