2016 Texas House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2016 Texas House of Representatives election
Country:	Texas
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Texas House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2014
Next Election:	2018 Texas House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2018
Seats For Election:	All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	76
Turnout:	59.39%
Leader1:	Joe Straus
Party1:	Republican Party of Texas
Leaders Seat1:	121st
Last Election1:	98
Seats Before1:	99
Seats1:	95
Seat Change1:	4
Popular Vote1:	4,711,481
Percentage1:	61.45%
Swing1:	1.88%
Leader2:	Chris Turner
Party2:	Texas Democratic Party
Leaders Seat2:	101st
Last Election2:	52
Seats Before2:	50
Seats2:	55
Seat Change2:	5
Popular Vote2:	2,746,667
Percentage2:	35.83%
Swing2:	3.73%
Speaker
Before Election:	Joe Straus
Before Party:	Republican Party of Texas
After Election:	Joe Straus
After Party:	Republican Party of Texas
Party4:	Independent (United States)
Seats Before4:	1
Seats After4:	0
Seat Change4:	1
Popular Vote4:	9,072
Percentage4:	0.12%
Swing4:	0.05%
Last Election4:	0

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.

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.

Results

Statewide

Summary of the November 8, 2016 Texas House of Representatives election results

Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
		114		4,711,481	61.45%	95	4
		90	2,746,667	35.83%	55	5
		26	182,815	2.38%	0	–
		6	15,286	0.20%	0	–
		1	9,072	0.12%	0	1
		2	1,237	0.02%	0	–
Total	239	7,666,558	100.00%	150	–

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District

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

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2	!	scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	-	-	49,840	100.00%	-	-	49,840	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,605	100.00%	-	-	54,605	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	56,737	100.00%	-	-	56,737	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	52,089	100.00%	-	-	52,089	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	51,428	100.00%	-	-	51,428	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	46,382	100.00%	-	-	46,382	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	45,026	100.00%	-	-	45,026	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	43,240	100.00%	-	-	43,240	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	53,172	100.00%	-	-	53,172	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	51,729	86.94%	7,773	13.06%	59,502	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,276	25.15%	42,481	74.85%	-	-	56,757	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	38,826	100.00%	-	-	38,826	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,965	21.37%	55,073	78.63%	-	-	70,038	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	37,330	100.00%	-	-	37,330	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	65,439	100.00%	-	-	65,439	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	55,968	100.00%	-	-	55,968	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	41,694	100.00%	-	-	41,694	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	40,966	88.01%	5,581	11.99%	46,547	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	58,542	100.00%	-	-	58,542	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	61,745	100.00%	-	-	61,745	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,753	100.00%	-	-	54,753	100.00%	Republican hold
	38,009	100.00%	-	-	-	-	38,009	100.00%	Democratic hold
	25,501	41.13%	36,501	58.87%	-	-	62,002	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	59,789	100.00%	-	-	59,789	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	44,280	100.00%	-	-	44,280	100.00%	Republican hold
	28,910	42.14%	39,693	57.86%	-	-	68,603	100.00%	Republican hold
	45,718	67.98%	21,536	32.02%	-	-	67,254	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	56,822	100.00%	-	-	56,822	100.00%	Republican hold
	28,505	38.93%	44,713	61.07%	-	-	73,218	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	47,975	100.00%	-	-	47,975	100.00%	Republican hold
	30,829	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,829	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	40,435	100.00%	-	-	40,435	100.00%	Republican hold
	24,199	28.88%	56,802	67.80%	2,783	3.32%	83,784	100.00%	Republican hold
	33,221	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,221	100.00%	Democratic hold
	25,812	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,812	100.00%	Democratic hold
	29,633	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,633	100.00%	Democratic hold
	26,587	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,587	100.00%	Democratic hold
	30,850	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,850	100.00%	Democratic hold
	29,713	100.00%	-	-	-	-	29,713	100.00%	Democratic hold
	23,257	73.78%	8,266	26.22%	-	-	31,523	100.00%	Democratic hold
	24,863	56.78%	18,924	43.22%	-	-	43,787	100.00%	Democratic hold
	35,124	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,124	100.00%	Democratic hold
	19,735	38.87%	31,040	61.13%	-	-	50,775	100.00%	Republican hold
	20,411	27.43%	53,997	72.57%	-	-	74,408	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	47,937	100.00%	-	-	47,937	100.00%	Republican hold
	37,457	70.29%	10,209	19.16%	5,623	10.55%	53,289	100.00%	Democratic hold
	42,635	41.69%	54,784	53.57%	4,838	4.73%	102,257	100.00%	Republican hold
	60,512	79.40%	-	-	15,702	20.60%	76,214	100.00%	Democratic hold
	68,398	84.41%	-	-	12,631	15.59%	81,029	100.00%	Democratic hold
	43,637	63.69%	24,882	36.31%	-	-	68,519	100.00%	Democratic hold
	42,082	87.23%	-	-	6,162	12.77%	48,244	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	40,329	75.51%	13,082	24.49%	53,411	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,256	20.03%	54,741	76.92%	2,170	3.05%	71,167	100.00%	Republican hold
	23,794	45.16%	28,894	54.84%	-	-	52,688	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	35,950	100.00%	-	-	35,950	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	43,979	86.54%	6,840	13.46%	50,819	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	47,916	100.00%	-	-	47,916	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,149	100.00%	-	-	54,149	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	43,217	100.00%	-	-	43,217	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	61,668	100.00%	-	-	61,668	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	70,708	100.00%	-	-	70,708	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	50,076	100.00%	-	-	50,076	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	64,120	100.00%	-	-	64,120	100.00%	Republican hold
	26,288	38.41%	42,158	61.59%	-	-	68,446	100.00%	Republican hold
	26,759	43.74%	34,418	56.26%	-	-	61,177	100.00%	Republican hold
District 66	27,240	38.73%	40,368	57.39%	2,726	3.88%	70,334	100.00%	Republican hold
District 67	29,036	39.68%	41,440	56.63%	2,704	3.69%	73,180	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	50,625	100.00%	-	-	50,625	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	41,640	100.00%	-	-	41,640	100.00%	Republican hold
	24,057	28.47%	56,684	67.08%	3,758	4.45%	84,499	100.00%	Republican hold
	10,647	19.36%	44,335	80.64%	-	-	54,982	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	46,571	100.00%	-	-	46,571	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	77,592	100.00%	-	-	77,592	100.00%	Republican hold
	31,724	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,724	100.00%	Democratic hold
	32,576	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,576	100.00%	Democratic hold
	32,956	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,956	100.00%	Democratic hold
	28,819	100.00%	-	-	-	-	28,819	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,185	63.36%	18,030	36.64%	-	-	49,215	100.00%	Democratic hold
	35,427	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,427	100.00%	Democratic hold
	32,548	100.00%	-	-	-	-	32,548	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	37,306	100.00%	-	-	37,306	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	47,432	100.00%	-	-	47,432	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	53,437	100.00%	-	-	53,437	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	35,627	100.00%	-	-	35,627	100.00%	Republican hold
	23,334	39.60%	35,594	60.40%	-	-	58,928	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	58,050	100.00%	-	-	58,050	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	38,067	100.00%	-	-	38,067	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	41,209	100.00%	-	-	41,209	100.00%	Republican hold
	24,861	32.67%	48,341	63.53%	2,890	3.80%	76,092	100.00%	Republican hold
	20,925	100.00%	-	-	-	-	20,925	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	43,601	100.00%	-	-	43,601	100.00%	Republican hold
	24,806	38.74%	35,622	55.64%	3,599	5.62%	64,027	100.00%	Republican hold
	23,987	39.33%	37,002	60.67%	-	-	60,989	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	39,224	73.64%	14,037	26.36%	53,261	100.00%	Republican hold
	35,246	75.60%	11,376	24.40%	-	-	46,622	100.00%	Democratic hold
	29,434	43.02%	38,991	56.98%	-	-	68,425	100.00%	Republican hold
	27,019	39.11%	39,537	57.23%	2,531	3.66%	69,087	100.00%	Republican hold
	21,547	24.80%	65,348	75.20%	-	-	86,895	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	45,201	82.79%	9,393	17.21%	54,594	100.00%	Republican hold
	33,198	86.99%	-	-	4,965	13.01%	38,163	100.00%	Democratic hold
	30,591	66.33%	15,530	33.67%	-	-	46,121	100.00%	Democratic hold
	26,208	45.34%	31,595	54.66%	-	-	57,803	100.00%	Republican hold
	30,323	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,323	100.00%	Democratic hold
	26,751	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,751	100.00%	Democratic hold
	23,656	49.93%	23,720	50.07%	-	-	47,376	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	55,596	80.80%	13,209	19.20%	68,805	100.00%	Republican hold
	27,922	50.76%	27,086	49.24%	-	-	55,008	100.00%	Democratic gain
	-	-	47,799	72.50%	18,131	27.50%	65,930	100.00%	Republican hold
	53,458	82.74%	11,155	17.26%	-	-	64,613	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,380	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,380	100.00%	Democratic hold
	44,918	78.20%	12,520	21.80%	-	-	57,438	100.00%	Democratic hold
	23,351	42.78%	31,234	57.22%	-	-	54,585	100.00%	Republican hold
	24,795	44.84%	30,501	55.16%	-	-	55,296	100.00%	Republican hold
	27,367	40.57%	37,588	55.72%	2,502	3.71%	67,457	100.00%	Republican hold
	28,939	49.11%	29,987	50.89%	-	-	58,926	100.00%	Republican hold
	36,772	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,772	100.00%	Democratic hold
	29,319	51.27%	27,783	48.59%	78	0.14%	57,180	100.00%	Democratic gain
	25,632	55.17%	20,831	44.83%	-	-	46,463	100.00%	Democratic gain
	33,384	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,384	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,510	77.65%	-	-	9,072	22.35%	40,582	100.00%	Democratic gain
	-	-	56,970	100.00%	-	-	56,970	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	73,957	100.00%	-	-	73,957	100.00%	Republican hold
	38,649	100.00%	-	-	-	-	38,649	100.00%	Democratic hold
	38,622	100.00%	-	-	-	-	38,622	100.00%	Democratic hold
	38,774	100.00%	-	-	-	-	38,774	100.00%	Democratic hold
	23,991	39.17%	35,528	58.00%	1,735	2.83%	61,254	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	49,712	81.90%	10,987	18.10%	60,699	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	42,287	86.41%	6,653	13.59%	48,940	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	47,339	100.00%	-	-	47,339	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	62,952	100.00%	-	-	62,952	100.00%	Republican hold
	40,583	100.00%	-	-	-	-	40,583	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	40,001	80.23%	9,854	19.77%	49,855	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,471	100.00%	-	-	54,471	100.00%	Republican hold
	38,958	43.30%	48,192	53.56%	2,831	3.15%	89,981	100.00%	Republican hold
	26,905	45.15%	32,682	54.85%	-	-	59,587	100.00%	Republican hold
	34,077	45.00%	41,643	55.00%	-	-	75,720	100.00%	Republican hold
	18,088	66.99%	8,178	30.29%	735	2.72%	27,001	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	31,958	100.00%	-	-	31,958	100.00%	Republican hold
	41,913	100.00%	-	-	-	-	41,913	100.00%	Democratic hold
	22,349	100.00%	-	-	-	-	22,349	100.00%	Democratic hold
	33,831	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,831	100.00%	Democratic hold
	36,280	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,280	100.00%	Democratic hold
	26,247	100.00%	-	-	-	-	26,247	100.00%	Democratic hold
	16,287	60.25%	10,745	39.75%	-	-	27,032	100.00%	Democratic gain
	25,838	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,838	100.00%	Democratic hold
	39,452	97.15%	-	-	1,159	2.85%	40,611	100.00%	Democratic hold
	43,900	76.27%	11,985	20.82%	1,676	2.91%	57,561	100.00%	Democratic hold
	33,633	100.00%	-	-	-	-	33,633	100.00%	Democratic hold
	27,613	63.55%	15,840	36.45%	-	-	43,453	100.00%	Democratic hold
	27,893	36.81%	47,892	63.19%	-	-	75,785	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	2,746,667	35.83%	4,711,481	61.45%	208,410	2.72%	7,666,558	100.00%

Notes and References

Web site: Cournoyer . Caroline . 2016-10-12 . November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures . 2024-06-24 . Governing . en.
Web site: Race Summary Report: 2016 General Election . Office of the Secretary of State, State of Texas . October 18, 2018 . Austin, U.S.A..