2006 Texas House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2006 Texas House of Representatives election
Seat Change2:	5
Leader2:	Jim Dunnam
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Leader Since2:	January 14, 2003
Leaders Seat2:	57th
Last Election2:	63
Seats Before2:	64
Seats Needed2:	11
Seats2:	69
Popular Vote2:	1,585,408
Swing1:	8.23%
Percentage2:	40.51%
Swing2:	3.16%
Speaker
Before Election:	Tom Craddick
Before Party:	Republican
After Election:	Tom Craddick
Percentage1:	53.51%
Country:	Texas
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 Texas House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 Texas House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2008
Seats For Election:	All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	76
Election Date:	November 7, 2006
Popular Vote1:	2,094,200
Leader1:	Tom Craddick
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since1:	January 9, 1973
Leaders Seat1:	82nd
Last Election1:	87
Seats Before1:	86
Seats1:	81
Seat Change1:	5
After Party:	Republican
Party3:	Libertarian
Last Election3:	0
Seats3:	0
Popular Vote3:	231,098
Percentage3:	5.91%
Seats Before3:	0
Swing3:	5.23%

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.

Background

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 gained a net of one seat back from the Republicans in the 2004 elections, holding onto many rural districts that Republicans had targeted.^[3]

Special Elections

District 48: A special election was held on January 7, 2006, to fill the unexpired term of Rep. Todd Baxter, who resigned on November 1, 2005.^[4] Democrat Donna Howard received 49.46% in the special election, narrowly missing the 50% mark needed to win outright, so she faced Republican Ben Bentzin in the runoff on February 14, 2006.^[5] Howard won the runoff with 57.62%, flipping the district.^[6]

Predictions

Analysts did not consider the Texas House to be a competitive legislative chamber.

Results

Democrats gained a net of five seats from the Republicans.^[8]

Statewide

Party		Candi-dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican Party	107	2,094,200	53.51%	81	5
	Democratic Party	113	1,585,408	40.51%	69	5
	Libertarian Party	88	231,098	5.91%	0	–
	Write-in	1	2,690	0.06%	0	–
Total			3,913,396	100.00%	150	–

Results by district

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Votes	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	%	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Votes	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	%		data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Votes	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	%	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	Votes	data-sort-type="number" scope="col"	%
District 1	21,841	86.79%	-	-	3,324	13.21%	25,165	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 2	11,926	37.14%	18,783	58.49%	1,404	4.37%	32,113	100.00%	Republican hold
District 3	19,632	58.32%	14,032	41.68%	-	-	33,664	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 4	13,128	36.22%	21,547	59.45%	1,567	4.32%	36,242	100.00%	Republican hold
District 5	-	-	26,286	81.94%	5,795	18.06%	32,081	100.00%	Republican hold
District 6	-	-	25,496	100.00%	-	-	25,496	100.00%	Republican hold
District 7	8,701	28.61%	20,810	68.44%	897	2.95%	30,408	100.00%	Republican hold
District 8	12,938	42.14%	17,767	57.86%	-	-	30,705	100.00%	Republican hold
District 9	-	-	20,838	100.00%	-	-	20,838	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	12,516	33.19%	25,196	66.81%	-	-	37,712	100.00%	Republican hold
District 11	17,603	51.00%	15,918	46.11%	998	2.89%	34,519	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 12	20,747	55.58%	15,707	42.08%	873	2.34%	37,327	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 13	-	-	24,170	82.84%	5,006	17.16%	29,176	100.00%	Republican hold
District 14	-	-	22,056	100.00%	-	-	22,056	100.00%	Republican hold
District 15	9,597	22.79%	30,880	73.33%	1,633	3.88%	42,110	100.00%	Republican hold
District 16	7,963	24.96%	23,945	75.04%	-	-	31,908	100.00%	Republican hold
District 17	19,640	48.92%	19,225	47.89%	1,283	3.20%	40,148	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 18	-	-	19,153	76.00%	6,048	24.00%	25,201	100.00%	Republican hold
District 19	11,957	42.64%	16,082	57.36%	-	-	28,039	100.00%	Republican hold
District 20	18,006	36.62%	31,158	63.38%	-	-	49,164	100.00%	Republican hold
District 21	20,811	100.00%	-	-	-	-	20,811	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 22	14,516	90.75%	-	-	1,479	9.25%	15,995	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 23	22,618	83.80%	-	-	4,374	16.20%	26,992	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 24	-	-	24,992	77.69%	7,176	22.31%	32,168	100.00%	Republican hold
District 25	-	-	21,867	100.00%	-	-	21,867	100.00%	Republican hold
District 26	-	-	26,374	100.00%	-	-	26,374	100.00%	Republican hold
District 27	20,898	60.80%	13,475	39.20%	-	-	34,373	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 28	14,760	37.04%	25,094	62.96%	-	-	39,854	100.00%	Republican hold
District 29	13,908	39.59%	21,221	60.41%	-	-	35,129	100.00%	Republican hold
District 30	-	-	24,725	100.00%	-	-	24,725	100.00%	Republican hold
District 31	12,711	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,711	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 32	17,607	48.26%	16,840	46.16%	2,038	5.59%	36,485	100.00%	Democratic gain
District 33	14,154	52.08%	13,023	47.92%	-	-	27,177	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 34	17,561	78.41%	-	-	4,835	21.59%	22,396	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 35	16,042	52.69%	12,780	41.98%	1,623	5.33%	30,445	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 36	8,776	100.00%	-	-	-	-	8,776	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 37	10,113	100.00%	-	-	-	-	10,113	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 38	11,335	63.94%	5,054	28.51%	1,339	7.55%	17,728	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 39	8,122	100.00%	-	-	-	-	8,122	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 40	7,073	100.00%	-	-	-	-	7,073	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 41	9,794	100.00%	-	-	-	-	9,794	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 42	12,787	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,787	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 43	12,164	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,164	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 44	-	-	28,931	100.00%	-	-	28,931	100.00%	Republican hold
District 45	25,080	60.12%	14,949	35.84%	1,686	4.04%	41,715	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 46	17,343	85.34%	-	-	2,980	14.66%	20,323	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 47	26,975	50.24%	24,447	45.54%	2,265	4.22%	53,687	100.00%	Democratic gain
District 48	31,255	77.76%	-	-	8,939	22.24%	40,194	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 49	32,381	84.12%	-	-	6,111	15.88%	38,492	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 50	25,098	61.71%	13,681	33.64%	1,892	4.65%	40,671	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 51	13,521	85.72%	-	-	2,252	14.28%	15,773	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 52	16,520	44.21%	18,853	50.45%	1,998	5.35%	37,371	100.00%	Republican hold
District 53	-	-	30,966	85.32%	5,328	14.68%	36,294	100.00%	Republican hold
District 54	9,802	36.32%	16,314	60.45%	873	3.23%	26,989	100.00%	Republican hold
District 55	8,837	33.65%	17,428	66.35%	-	-	26,265	100.00%	Republican hold
District 56	-	-	27,961	78.73%	7,556	21.27%	35,517	100.00%	Republican hold
District 57	19,274	86.16%	-	-	3,097	13.84%	22,371	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 58	11,419	32.92%	21,766	62.76%	1,497	4.32%	34,682	100.00%	Republican hold
District 59	12,198	44.46%	15,235	55.54%	-	-	27,433	100.00%	Republican hold
District 60	10,645	29.53%	24,223	67.19%	1,185	3.29%	36,053	100.00%	Republican hold
District 61	-	-	27,470	80.40%	6,696	19.60%	34,166	100.00%	Republican hold
District 62	12,725	38.85%	20,031	61.15%	-	-	32,756	100.00%	Republican hold
District 63	-	-	31,958	100.00%	-	-	31,958	100.00%	Republican hold
District 64	12,888	40.08%	19,266	59.92%	-	-	32,154	100.00%	Republican hold
District 65	-	-	20,687	78.39%	5,704	21.61%	26,391	100.00%	Republican hold
District 66	-	-	24,399	80.34%	5,972	19.66%	30,371	100.00%	Republican hold
District 67	-	-	18,211	100.00%	-	-	18,211	100.00%	Republican hold
District 68	-	-	26,949	100.00%	-	-	26,949	100.00%	Republican hold
District 69	17,571	58.19%	11,966	39.63%	659	2.18%	30,196	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 70	12,265	28.16%	30,062	69.03%	1,222	2.81%	43,549	100.00%	Republican hold
District 71	12,547	40.14%	18,026	57.66%	687	2.20%	31,260	100.00%	Republican hold
District 72	-	-	19,334	81.46%	4,401	18.54%	23,735	100.00%	Republican hold
District 73	-	-	35,785	75.15%	2,690	5.65%	47,617	100.00%	Republican hold
District 74	19,324	100.00%	-	-	-	-	19,324	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 75	10,413	65.71%	5,435	34.29%	-	-	15,848	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 76	12,886	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,886	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 77	11,375	100.00%	-	-	-	-	11,375	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 78	-	-	18,837	100.00%	-	-	18,837	100.00%	Republican hold
District 79	12,623	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,623	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 80	15,466	100.00%	-	-	-	-	15,466	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 81	-	-	16,187	84.78%	2,907	15.22%	19,094	100.00%	Republican hold
District 82	-	-	24,187	100.00%	-	-	24,187	100.00%	Republican hold
District 83	10,161	26.71%	27,887	73.29%	-	-	38,048	100.00%	Republican hold
District 84	8,068	33.87%	15,751	66.13%	-	-	23,819	100.00%	Republican hold
District 85	14,323	49.01%	14,106	48.27%	793	2.71%	29,222	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 86	-	-	28,951	86.46%	4,532	13.54%	33,483	100.00%	Republican hold
District 87	-	-	16,993	100.00%	-	-	16,993	100.00%	Republican hold
District 88	-	-	24,044	85.00%	4,244	15.00%	28,288	100.00%	Republican hold
District 89	11,522	26.11%	30,841	69.88%	1,773	4.02%	44,136	100.00%	Republican hold
District 90	9,650	86.43%	-	-	1,515	13.57%	11,165	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 91	11,361	37.77%	17,770	59.07%	950	3.16%	30,081	100.00%	Republican hold
District 92	-	-	22,491	100.00%	-	-	22,491	100.00%	Republican hold
District 93	10,936	49.61%	10,349	46.95%	759	3.44%	22,044	100.00%	Democratic gain
District 94	11,147	32.49%	21,800	63.54%	1,363	3.97%	34,310	100.00%	Republican hold
District 95	18,259	90.53%	-	-	1,909	9.47%	20,168	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 96	16,483	44.30%	19,520	52.46%	1,206	3.24%	37,209	100.00%	Republican hold
District 97	16,908	40.82%	23,164	55.93%	1,344	3.25%	41,416	100.00%	Republican hold
District 98	-	-	36,509	83.59%	7,165	16.41%	43,674	100.00%	Republican hold
District 99	12,285	33.83%	22,906	63.07%	1,125	3.10%	36,316	100.00%	Republican hold
District 100	12,523	88.81%	-	-	1,578	11.19%	14,101	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 101	-	-	13,248	76.23%	4,132	23.77%	17,380	100.00%	Republican hold
District 102	11,613	45.81%	13,166	51.94%	571	2.25%	25,350	100.00%	Republican hold
District 103	7,702	83.40%	-	-	1,533	16.60%	9,235	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 104	7,906	85.47%	-	-	1,344	14.53%	9,250	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 105	8,865	41.10%	11,881	55.09%	822	3.81%	21,568	100.00%	Republican hold
District 106	10,224	48.06%	10,459	49.16%	591	2.78%	21,274	100.00%	Republican hold
District 107	16,254	50.11%	15,145	46.69%	1,038	3.20%	32,437	100.00%	Democratic gain
District 108	12,447	40.42%	17,244	55.99%	1,106	3.59%	30,797	100.00%	Republican hold
District 109	26,511	90.41%	-	-	2,811	9.59%	29,322	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 110	14,896	100.00%	-	-	-	-	14,896	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 111	21,462	73.74%	7,641	26.26%	-	-	29,103	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 112	-	-	21,068	77.95%	5,961	22.05%	27,029	100.00%	Republican hold
District 113	9,793	37.91%	15,242	59.00%	799	3.09%	25,834	100.00%	Republican hold
District 114	12,791	42.30%	16,808	55.59%	639	2.11%	30,238	100.00%	Republican hold
District 115	-	-	22,050	100.00%	-	-	22,050	100.00%	Republican hold
District 116	14,276	85.30%	-	-	2,461	14.70%	16,737	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 117	13,024	59.62%	8,820	40.38%	-	-	21,844	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 118	10,982	48.24%	10,082	44.29%	1,701	7.47%	22,765	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 119	14,818	100.00%	-	-	-	-	14,818	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 120	14,563	85.83%	-	-	2,404	14.17%	16,967	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 121	-	-	26,836	77.44%	7,816	22.56%	34,652	100.00%	Republican hold
District 122	16,651	29.42%	37,625	66.47%	2,325	4.11%	56,601	100.00%	Republican hold
District 123	14,659	84.60%	-	-	2,668	15.40%	17,327	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 124	13,687	64.46%	7,546	35.54%	-	-	21,233	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 125	14,466	57.72%	9,516	37.97%	1,082	4.32%	25,064	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 126	9,114	32.59%	18,112	64.77%	736	2.63%	27,962	100.00%	Republican hold
District 127	14,305	39.86%	20,773	57.88%	814	2.27%	35,892	100.00%	Republican hold
District 128	-	-	15,327	100.00%	-	-	15,327	100.00%	Republican hold
District 129	14,397	42.33%	19,616	57.67%	-	-	34,013	100.00%	Republican hold
District 130	-	-	29,860	83.41%	5,941	16.59%	35,801	100.00%	Republican hold
District 131	14,379	94.59%	-	-	823	5.41%	15,202	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 132	-	-	21,221	82.42%	4,527	17.58%	25,748	100.00%	Republican hold
District 133	8,750	41.74%	11,693	55.77%	522	2.49%	20,965	100.00%	Republican hold
District 134	25,219	54.54%	20,005	43.26%	1,018	2.20%	46,242	100.00%	Democratic gain
District 135	-	-	16,083	100.00%	-	-	16,083	100.00%	Republican hold
District 136	9,976	29.10%	23,392	68.24%	910	2.65%	34,278	100.00%	Republican hold
District 137	5,201	57.83%	3,792	42.17%	-	-	8,993	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 138	8,286	38.72%	12,504	58.43%	610	2.85%	21,400	100.00%	Republican hold
District 139	13,969	100.00%	-	-	-	-	13,969	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 140	6,168	100.00%	-	-	-	-	6,168	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 141	12,926	100.00%	-	-	-	-	12,926	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 142	15,025	93.56%	-	-	1,035	6.44%	16,060	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 143	6,026	70.64%	2,218	26.00%	286	3.35%	8,530	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 144	8,017	40.57%	11,125	56.29%	620	3.14%	19,762	100.00%	Republican hold
District 145	7,773	100.00%	-	-	-	-	7,773	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 146	19,812	90.55%	-	-	2,068	9.45%	21,880	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 147	17,273	100.00%	-	-	-	-	17,273	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 148	12,790	84.27%	-	-	2,387	15.73%	15,177	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 149	12,621	54.28%	10,632	45.72%	-	-	23,253	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 150	9,554	29.73%	22,585	70.27%	-	-	32,139	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	1,585,408	40.51%	2,094,200	53.51%	233,788	5.98%	3,913,396	100.00%

House race summary, Districts 1–25

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House race summary, Districts 26–50

District 33

Incumbent Vilma Luna was unopposed in Democratic primary and was to be unopposed in the fall, but she withdrew from the race, allowing the Democratic Party a new nomination process and giving the Republican Party the chance to make its own nomination.

District 48

Ben Bentzin, unopposed in the Republican primary, withdrew from the race for House District 48 on August 21, 2006. Under the Texas Election Code, when a party nominee withdraws from a contested race, the party does not have the option to replace the candidate unless the candidate has been declared ineligible.

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Notes and References

1. News: Halbfinger . David M. . Yardley . Jim . 2002-11-07 . THE 2002 ELECTIONS: THE SOUTH; Vote Solidifies Shift of South To the G.O.P. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-03-17 . 0362-4331.
2. Book: Barta . Carolyn . Texas Almanac, 2004-2005 . Alvarez . Elizabeth Cruce . . 2004 . Dallas, Texas . 395–396 . en . Republicans Take Total Control of State Government.
3. Web site: Ramsey . Ross . 2004-11-08 . Paint It Red . 2023-05-06 . The Texas Tribune . en.
4. Web site: 2005-10-20 . Baxter resigning state House seat . 2022-04-24 . Plainview Herald . en-US.
5. Web site: Special Election, State Representative, District 48 . 2022-04-24 . elections.sos.state.tx.us.
6. Web site: Special Runoff Election, State Representative 48 . 2022-04-24 . elections.sos.state.tx.us.
7. Jacobson . Louis . July 7, 2006 . Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Status Report . The Rothenberg Political Report . 29 . 14 . 1–9 . https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0 . August 24, 2020 . Harvard Dataverse.
8. Web site: November 7, 2006 . 2006 General Election . 2023-06-29 . elections.sos.state.tx.us.

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