Election Name: | 2018 Texas House of Representatives election |
Country: | Texas |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Texas House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2020 Texas House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
Turnout: | 52.72% 6.67% |
Leader1: | Joe Straus (retired) |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Leader Since1: | January 13, 2009 |
Leaders Seat1: | 121st |
Last Election1: | 95 |
Seats1: | 83 |
Seat Change1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,059,519 |
Percentage1: | 52.43% |
Swing1: | 9.67% |
Leader2: | Chris Turner |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Leader Since2: | January 30, 2017 |
Leaders Seat2: | 101st |
Last Election2: | 55 |
Seats Needed2: | 21 |
Seats2: | 67 |
Seat Change2: | 12 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,606,965 |
Percentage2: | 46.58% |
Swing2: | 11.02% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Joe Straus |
Before Party: | Republican |
After Election: | Dennis Bonnen |
After Party: | Republican |
The 2018 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 of the state house's districts. The winners of this election served in the 86th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Texas House. A statewide map of Texas' state House districts can be obtained from the Texas Legislative Council here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
A primary election on March 6, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Texas Secretary of State's website.[1]
Following the 2016 state house elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with 95 members. Democrats held 55 seats following the 2016 elections.
In the 2018 election, Democrats flipped 12 seats in the Texas House, leaving Republicans with an 83–67 advantage in the House.[2]
This election marks the first time since 2008 that Democrats have won a state house race in Williamson, Hays, or Blanco counties, as well as the first time since 1982 that Democrats have won a state house race in Denton County.[3]
Despite a competitive race for U.S. Senate in the state, analysts did not consider control of the Texas House to be in play. Despite this, they acknowledged that Democrats were likely to make gains in the chamber, predicting that they would gain a single-digit number of seats.
Party | Candi- dates | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | % | ||
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113 | 4,059,519 | 52.43% | 83 | 12 | 55.33% | |||
132 | 3,606,965 | 46.58% | 67 | 12 | 44.67% | |||
27 | 64,219 | 0.83% | 0 | – | 0% | |||
1 | 11,995 | 0.15% | 0 | – | 0% | |||
2 | 544 | 0.00% | 0 | – | ||||
Total | 7,743,242 | 100.00% | 150 | – |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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 | ||||
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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" | % |
- | - | 43,340 | 100.00% | - | - | 43,340 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
11,432 | 19.96% | 45,843 | 80.04% | - | - | 57,275 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
15,352 | 24.00% | 48,619 | 76.00% | - | - | 63,971 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
14,581 | 24.19% | 44,669 | 74.10% | 1,029 | 1.71% | 60,279 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
11,610 | 20.65% | 44,604 | 79.35% | - | - | 56,214 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
11,995 | 24.40% | 37,172 | 80.04% | - | - | 49,167 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 39,588 | 100.00% | - | - | 39,588 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
10,171 | 21.78% | 36,535 | 78.22% | - | - | 46,706 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 45,918 | 100.00% | - | - | 45,918 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
17,445 | 27.45% | 44,652 | 70.26% | 1,453 | 2.29% | 63,550 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
13,350 | 25.64% | 38,716 | 74.36% | - | - | 52,066 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
15,855 | 32.41% | 33,063 | 67.59% | - | - | 48,918 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
13,494 | 20.88% | 51,126 | 79.12% | - | - | 64,620 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
20,817 | 43.62% | 26,906 | 56.38% | - | - | 47,723 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
25,915 | 32.85% | 52,975 | 67.15% | - | - | 78,890 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
12,059 | 19.67% | 49,233 | 80.33% | - | - | 61,292 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
20,069 | 37.45% | 33,522 | 62.55% | - | - | 53,591 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
11,559 | 24.51% | 35,597 | 75.49% | - | - | 47,156 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
10,112 | 16.81% | 50,046 | 83.19% | - | - | 60,158 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
23,069 | 28.50% | 57,885 | 71.50% | - | - | 80,954 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 46,435 | 100.00% | - | - | 46,435 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
31,441 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 31,441 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,181 | 41.43% | 32,951 | 56.46% | 1,234 | 2.11% | 58,366 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
19,586 | 28.37% | 48,045 | 69.59% | 1,405 | 2.04% | 69,036 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 40,902 | 100.00% | - | - | 40,902 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
31,330 | 47.59% | 34,504 | 52.41% | - | - | 65,834 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
47,450 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 47,450 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
37,584 | 45.84% | 44,414 | 54.16% | - | - | 81,998 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 46,810 | 100.00% | - | - | 46,810 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
13,430 | 25.30% | 39,653 | 74.70% | - | - | 53,083 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
27,492 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,492 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
- | - | 38,359 | 100.00% | - | - | 38,359 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
29,013 | 35.00% | 53,870 | 65.00% | - | - | 82,883 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
25,246 | 61.11% | 16,065 | 38.89% | - | - | 41,311 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
23,351 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 23,351 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
25,971 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 25,971 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
20,314 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 20,314 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
25,019 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 25,019 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
25,822 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 25,822 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,252 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 24,252 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,804 | 61.49% | 15,535 | 38.51% | - | - | 40,339 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
25,392 | 74.31% | 8,778 | 25.69% | - | - | 34,170 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
16,854 | 38.88% | 26,490 | 61.12% | - | - | 43,344 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
22,253 | 31.36% | 48,704 | 68.64% | - | - | 70,957 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
43,207 | 51.60% | 40,531 | 48.40% | - | - | 73,738 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
46,893 | 82.23% | 8,525 | 14.95% | 1,608 | 2.82% | 57,026 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
55,307 | 52.40% | 50,244 | 47.60% | - | - | 105,551 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
67,952 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 67,952 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
76,851 | 83.00% | 15,736 | 17.00% | - | - | 92,587 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
52,652 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 52,652 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
50,282 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 50,282 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
36,798 | 51.73% | 34,340 | 48.27% | - | - | 71,138 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
14,449 | 21.45% | 52,899 | 78.55% | - | - | 67,348 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
22,357 | 46.20% | 26,037 | 53.80% | - | - | 48,394 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 34,297 | 100.00% | - | - | 34,297 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
19,713 | 34.22% | 37,893 | 65.78% | - | - | 57,606 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
10,912 | 20.96% | 41,158 | 79.04% | - | - | 52,070 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 49,255 | 100.00% | - | - | 49,255 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 39,453 | 100.00% | - | - | 39,453 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 56,741 | 100.00% | - | - | 56,741 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 66,735 | 100.00% | - | - | 66,735 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
12,076 | 21.90% | 41,994 | 76.16% | 1,072 | 1.94% | 55,142 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
25,994 | 32.88% | 52,971 | 67.12% | - | - | 78,915 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
30,535 | 44.49% | 36,239 | 52.81% | 1,852 | 2.70% | 68,626 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
29,972 | 51.16% | 28,614 | 48.84% | - | - | 58,586 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
District 66 | 33,991 | 49.71% | 34,382 | 50.29% | - | - | 68,373 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | ||||||
District 67 | 35,596 | 48.85% | 37,268 | 51.15% | - | - | 72,864 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | ||||||
- | - | 45,916 | 100.00% | - | - | 45,916 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 36,068 | 100.00% | - | - | 36,068 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
32,543 | 38.25% | 52,526 | 61.75% | - | - | 85,069 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
10,828 | 21.95% | 38,511 | 78.05% | - | - | 49,339 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 41,840 | 100.00% | - | - | 41,840 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
23,333 | 25.22% | 69,203 | 74.78% | - | - | 92,536 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
25,439 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 25,439 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
30,201 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 30,201 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
29,445 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 29,445 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
27,685 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,685 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
31,882 | 65.24% | 16,987 | 34.76% | - | - | 48,869 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
33,015 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 33,015 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
27,781 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,781 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
9,692 | 25.01% | 29,063 | 74.99% | - | - | 38,755 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
9,677 | 19.87% | 39,030 | 80.13% | - | - | 48,707 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
13,309 | 22.68% | 45,379 | 77.32% | - | - | 58,688 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
18,237 | 39.85% | 27,528 | 60.15% | - | - | 45,765 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
24,668 | 43.52% | 32,019 | 56.48% | - | - | 56,687 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
10,221 | 17.87% | 46,991 | 82.13% | - | - | 57,212 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 32,314 | 100.00% | - | - | 32,314 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
6,486 | 16.25% | 33,425 | 83.75% | - | - | 39,911 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
30,203 | 40.46% | 44,445 | 59.54% | - | - | 74,648 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
20,728 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 20,728 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
19,905 | 36.52% | 34,606 | 63.48% | - | - | 54,511 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
28,327 | 47.43% | 29,755 | 49.82% | 1,644 | 2.75% | 59,726 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
26,445 | 46.13% | 30,878 | 53.87% | - | - | 57,323 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
27,145 | 43.91% | 32,448 | 52.94% | 2,230 | 3.61% | 61,823 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
33,022 | 76.51% | 9,399 | 21.78% | 737 | 1.71% | 43,158 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
30,360 | 47.21% | 32,698 | 50.84% | 1,256 | 1.95% | 64,314 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
29,665 | 44.86% | 35,171 | 53.19% | 1,289 | 1.95% | 66,125 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
24,417 | 29.34% | 56,793 | 68.25% | 2,007 | 2.41% | 83,217 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
21,111 | 35.69% | 38,048 | 64.31% | - | - | 59,159 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
33,933 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 33,933 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
31,127 | 87.39% | - | - | 4,490 | 12.61% | 35,617 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
30,025 | 52.88% | 26,758 | 47.12% | - | - | 56,783 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
29,936 | 78.25% | 8,322 | 21.75% | - | - | 38,258 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
26,078 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 26,078 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,579 | 54.74% | 20,324 | 45.26% | - | - | 44,903 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
34,651 | 41.69% | 48,460 | 58.31% | - | - | 83,111 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
29,058 | 57.10% | 21,829 | 42.90% | - | - | 50,887 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
39,207 | 49.86% | 39,427 | 50.14% | - | - | 78,634 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
51,975 | 99.00% | - | - | 524 | 1.00% | 52,499 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
27,300 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,300 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
44,377 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 44,377 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
26,016 | 48.96% | 27,126 | 51.04% | - | - | 53,142 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
28,170 | 53.48% | 24,500 | 46.52% | - | - | 52,670 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
37,020 | 55.65% | 29,508 | 44.35% | - | - | 66,528 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
32,214 | 56.79% | 24,512 | 43.21% | - | - | 56,726 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
32,538 | 70.40% | 13,680 | 29.60% | - | - | 46,218 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,976 | 57.39% | 24,480 | 42.61% | - | - | 57,456 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,032 | 58.05% | 17,376 | 41.95% | - | - | 41,399 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
30,331 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 30,331 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
28,864 | 68.37% | 13,354 | 31.63% | - | - | 42,218 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,679 | 44.73% | 38,843 | 53.17% | 1,529 | 2.09% | 73,051 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
35,851 | 38.07% | 58,311 | 61.93% | - | - | 94,162 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
36,851 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 36,851 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
31,835 | 67.64% | 15,229 | 32.36% | - | - | 47,064 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,953 | 81.38% | - | - | 7,541 | 18.62% | 40,494 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
25,035 | 45.16% | 30,399 | 54.84% | - | - | 55,434 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 44,595 | 80.24% | 10,981 | 19.76% | 55,576 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
- | - | 38,197 | 100.00% | - | - | 38,197 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
27,054 | 41.82% | 36,554 | 56.51% | 1,076 | 1.66% | 64,684 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
22,598 | 29.68% | 52,106 | 68.44% | 1,428 | 1.88% | 76,132 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
35,930 | 85.81% | 5,940 | 14.19% | - | - | 41,870 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,841 | 49.26% | 32,728 | 49.09% | 1,106 | 1.66% | 66,675 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
29,844 | 41.89% | 41,400 | 58.11% | - | - | 71,244 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
District 134 | 41,637 | 46.83% | 47,277 | 53.17% | - | - | 88,914 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | ||||||
28,473 | 50.81% | 26,701 | 47.65% | 867 | 1.55% | 56,041 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
41,592 | 53.37% | 34,084 | 43.73% | 2,258 | 2.90% | 77,934 | 100.00% | Democratic gain | |||||||
17,616 | 88.28% | - | - | 2,338 | 11.72% | 19,954 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,175 | 49.93% | 24,222 | 50.03% | 20 | 0.04% | 48,417 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
37,159 | 92.79% | - | - | 2,887 | 7.21% | 40,046 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
19,188 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 19,188 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
27,946 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 27,946 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,087 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 32,087 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
22,504 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 22,504 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
14,349 | 61.18% | 9,106 | 38.82% | - | - | 23,455 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
24,269 | 90.36% | - | - | 2,590 | 9.64% | 26,859 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
35,656 | 92.89% | - | - | 2,731 | 7.11% | 38,387 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
44,314 | 80.80% | 10,528 | 19.20% | - | - | 54,842 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
32,231 | 67.91% | 15,228 | 32.09% | - | - | 47,459 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
27,071 | 88.32% | - | - | 3,581 | 11.68% | 30,652 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold | |||||||
29,888 | 42.22% | 40,907 | 57.78% | - | - | 70,795 | 100.00% | Republican Hold | |||||||
Total | 3,636,690 | 46.92% | 4,049,073 | 52.24% | 64,763 | 0.84% | 7,750,526 | 100.00% |
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