2020 Texas House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2020 Texas House of Representatives election
Country:	Texas
Type:	legislative
Previous Election:	2018 Texas House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Election:	2022 Texas House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2022
Seats For Election:	All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	76
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Leader1:	Dennis Bonnen (retired)
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Leader Since1:	January 8, 2019
Leaders Seat1:	25th
Seats Before1:	83
Seats After1:	83
Popular Vote1:	5,706,147
Percentage1:	54.92%
Swing1:	2.45%
Leader2:	Chris Turner
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Leader Since2:	January 30, 2017
Leaders Seat2:	101st
Seats Before2:	67
Seats After2:	67
Popular Vote2:	4,525,726
Percentage2:	43.56%
Swing2:	2.97%
Speaker
Before Election:	Dennis Bonnen
Before Party:	Republican
After Election:	Dade Phelan
After Party:	Republican

The 2020 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. Primary elections were held in March 2020.^[1] The winners of this election served in the 87th Texas Legislature. Two seats changed hands, both in Harris County, one Democratic flip and one Republican flip, for no net change.^[2]

Background

In the 2018 election, the Texas Democrats had a net gain of 12 seats from the opposing Texas Republicans.

In 2019, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen announced he would not seek reelection.^[3]

In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.^[4]

Predictions

Analysts considered the Texas House to be competitive in the 2020 elections, with Republicans holding the advantage. Due to the large number of competitive seats, Democrats had an opening to win control of the chamber for the first time since 2000, but they would have to win almost all of them.^[5] Near election day, however, The Cook Political Report shifted their rating for the chamber to "Tossup" due to the heavy amount of early voting taking place in the state's urban areas in the leadup to the election.

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[6]		Nov. 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[7]		May 7, 2020

Polling

House District 26

House District 28

House District 45

House District 54

House District 64

House District 65

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Michelle Beckley (D)	Kronda Thimesch (R)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%		50%	39%	11%
EMC Research/Kronda Thimesch (R)	Aug 5–9, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%		52%	38%	–

House District 66

House District 67

House District 92

House District 93

House District 94

House District 96

House District 97

Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican

House District 102

House District 108

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Morgan Meyer (R)	Joanna Cattanach (D)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%	36%		55%	9%
GQR Research/Joanna Cattanach (D)	Jul 22–25, 2020	401 (LV)	± 4.9%	43%		48%	–

Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican

House District 112

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Angie Chen Button (R)	Brandy Chambers (D)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%	43%		47%	10%
GQR Research/Brandy for Texas (D)	Jul 6–9, 2020	401 (LV)	± 4.9%	46%		48%	–

House District 113

House District 121

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Allison (R)	Celina Montoya (D)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%		49%	41%	10%
https://www.annjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LRP-Poll-Memo-A.-Johnson-TX-HD-134-f-08122020.pdfLake Research Partners/Ann Johnson (D) https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/gilbert_garcia/article/Garcia-Montoya-aims-for-an-upset-in-GOP-House-15469019.php	Jul 28 – Aug 1, 2020	406 (LV)	± 4.9%	42%		49%	9%

House District 126

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sam Harless (R)	Natali Hurtado (D)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%		49%	43%	8%
GQR Research/Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee (D)	Jul 27–30, 2020	401 (LV)	± 4.9%		47%	43%	–

House District 132

House District 134

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sarah Davis (R)	Ann Johnson (D)	Other	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%	31%		57%	–	12%
Lake Research Partners/Ann Johnson (D)	Aug 3–6, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	42%		44%	13%	–

House District 135

House District 138

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lacey Hull (R)	Akilah Bacy (D)	Undecided
Reform Austin	Released Oct 9, 2020	>400 (LV)	± 4.89%	42%		43%	15%
PPP/TXHDCChttps://static.texastribune.org/media/files/787e36cb680a02a01877c130b9f42f63/TX%20HD%20138%20Memo%20Oct%2020.pdf	Oct 6–7, 2020	451 (V)	± 4.6%	45%		54%	1%
GQR Research (D)https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1299420934542168065	Aug 3–7, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	42%		48%	–

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Undecided
PPP/TXHDCChttps://static.texastribune.org/media/files/787e36cb680a02a01877c130b9f42f63/TX%20HD%20138%20Memo%20Oct%2020.pdf	October 6–7, 2020	451 (V)	± 4.6%	43%		52%	–
Public Policy Polling/DLCC	September 23–24, 2020	483 (V)	± 4.5%	44%		50%	6%

Summary of results

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Texas House of Representatives election results

Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	%
		120		5,706,147	54.91%	83	-	55.33%
		124	4,525,726	43.56%	67	-	44.67%
		32	156,883	1.51%	0	–	0%
		2	2,341	0.02%	0	–	0%
Total	278	10,391,097	100.00%	150	–

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Results by district

Election results:^[8]

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"	%
	-	-	59,508	100.00%	-	-	59,508	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,514	18.71%	63,074	81.29%	-	-	77,588	100.00%	Republican hold
	20,625	22.66%	70,385	77.34%	-	-	91,010	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	65,903	79.08%	17,437	20.92%	83,340	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,824	20.03%	59,179	79.97%	-	-	74,021	100.00%	Republican hold
	23,426	31.84%	50,143	68.16%	-	-	73,569	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,726	100.00%	-	-	54,726	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	50,433	85.91%	8,271	14.09%	58,704	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	62,151	100.00%	-	-	62,151	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	65,062	75.83%	20,733	24.17%	85,795	100.00%	Republican hold
	15,965	24.25%	49,864	75.75%	-	-	65,829	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	49,785	100.00%	-	-	49,785	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	72,890	100.00%	-	-	72,890	100.00%	Republican hold
	26,520	42.47%	35,922	57.53%	-	-	62,442	100.00%	Republican hold
	36,111	33.53%	71,586	66.47%	-	-	107,697	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	74,821	100.00%	-	-	74,821	100.00%	Republican hold
	25,881	36.40%	45,219	63.60%	-	-	71,100	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	56,026	100.00%	-	-	56,026	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	72,573	100.00%	-	-	72,573	100.00%	Republican hold
	31,648	28.63%	78,884	71.37%	-	-	110,532	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	65,689	100.00%	-	-	65,689	100.00%	Republican hold
	35,903	68.27%	16,685	31.73%	-	-	52,588	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,154	39.83%	47,068	60.17%	-	-	78,222	100.00%	Republican hold
	25,848	27.57%	65,560	69.92%	1,994	2.51%	93,764	100.00%	Republican hold
	19,261	28.43%	48,492	71.57%	-	-	67,753	100.00%	Republican hold
	40,436	48.21%	43,438	51.79%	-	-	83,874	100.00%	Republican hold
	56,373	67.81%	26,766	32.19%	-	-	83,139	100.00%	Democratic hold
	53,908	44.73%	66,619	55.27%	-	-	120,527	100.00%	Republican hold
	41,712	43.31%	54,594	56.69%	-	-	96,306	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	57,232	100.00%	-	-	57,232	100.00%	Republican hold
	32,235	58.41%	22,950	41.59%	-	-	55,185	100.00%	Democratic hold
	26,925	38.86%	42,357	61.14%	-	-	69,282	100.00%	Republican hold
	41,827	35.05%	77,503	64.95%	-	-	119,330	100.00%	Republican hold
	32,720	59.49%	22,284	40.51%	-	-	55,004	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,195	100.00%	-	-	-	-	31,195	100.00%	Democratic hold
	36,564	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,564	100.00%	Democratic hold
	27,650	100.00%	-	-	-	-	27,650	100.00%	Democratic hold
	35,492	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,492	100.00%	Democratic hold
	36,860	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,860	100.00%	Democratic hold
	34,576	100.00%	-	-	-	-	34,576	100.00%	Democratic hold
	32,097	57.87%	23,366	42.13%	-	-	55,463	100.00%	Democratic hold
	35,709	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,709	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	45,357	100.00%	-	-	45,357	100.00%	Republican hold
	29,433	29.48%	67,308	67.42%	3,100	3.10%	70,957	100.00%	Republican hold
	57,383	50.53%	56,175	49.47%	-	-	113,558	100.00%	Democratic hold
	62,064	100.00%	-	-	-	-	62,064	100.00%	Democratic hold
	66,816	49.27%	65,474	48.28%	3,311	2.44%	135,601	100.00%	Democratic hold
	73,590	70.10%	31,382	29.90%	-	-	104,972	100.00%	Democratic hold
	80,258	78.85%	18,277	17.96%	3,248	3.19%	34,170	100.00%	Democratic hold
	63,449	68.78%	28,805	31.22%	-	-	92,254	100.00%	Democratic hold
	59,257	82.66%	12,431	17.34%	-	-	71,688	100.00%	Democratic hold
	50,520	51.48%	47,611	48.52%	-	-	98,131	100.00%	Democratic hold
	18,713	21.80%	67,127	78.20%	-	-	85,840	100.00%	Republican hold
	33,918	46.61%	38,853	53.39%	-	-	72,771	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,733	100.00%	-	-	54,733	100.00%	Republican hold
	23,833	32.71%	49,030	67.29%	-	-	72,863	100.00%	Republican hold
	13,946	20.55%	53,930	79.45%	-	-	67,876	100.00%	Republican hold
	16,489	20.96%	62,176	79.04%	-	-	78,665	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	53,825	100.00%	-	-	53,825	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	75,270	100.00%	-	-	75,270	100.00%	Republican hold
	14,940	14.16%	87,526	82.95%	3,049	2.89%	105,515	100.00%	Republican hold
	16,074	21.41%	59,020	78.59%	-	-	75,094	100.00%	Republican hold
	35,426	32.58%	73,297	67.42%	-	-	108,723	100.00%	Republican hold
	39,504	45.05%	48,188	54.95%	-	-	68,626	100.00%	Republican hold
	40,529	51.51%	38,156	48.49%	-	-	78,685	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 66	41,879	48.58%	42,728	49.56%	1,600	1.86%	86,207	100.00%	Republican hold
District 67	45,867	48.29%	49,113	51.71%	-	-	94,980	100.00%	Republican hold
	9,630	14.53%	56,656	85.47%	-	-	66,286	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	49,731	100.00%	-	-	49,731	100.00%	Republican hold
	47,343	38.15%	76,754	61.85%	-	-	124,097	100.00%	Republican hold
	13,783	21.15%	51,376	78.85%	-	-	65,159	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	54,898	100.00%	-	-	45,898	100.00%	Republican hold
	32,091	25.17%	95,385	74.83%	-	-	127,476	100.00%	Republican hold
	26,131	53.92%	22,334	46.08%	-	-	48,465	100.00%	Democratic hold
	46,455	100.00%	-	-	-	-	46,455	100.00%	Democratic hold
	36,199	100.00%	-	-	-	-	36,199	100.00%	Democratic hold
	34,659	100.00%	-	-	-	-	34,659	100.00%	Democratic hold
	38,876	61.65%	24,180	38.35%	-	-	63,056	100.00%	Democratic hold
	42,667	100.00%	-	-	-	-	42,667	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,792	100.00%	-	-	-	-	37,792	100.00%	Democratic hold
	-	-	48,239	100.00%	-	-	48,239	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	61,068	100.00%	-	-	61,068	100.00%	Republican hold
	16,185	20.71%	61,959	79.29%	-	-	78,144	100.00%	Republican hold
	22,208	38.78%	35,066	61.22%	-	-	57,274	100.00%	Republican hold
	31,372	41.15%	43,024	56.44%	1,838	2.41%	76,234	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	67,985	100.00%	-	-	67,985	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	44,412	100.00%	-	-	44,412	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	45,771	100.00%	-	-	45,771	100.00%	Republican hold
	37,837	38.45%	58,102	59.04%	2,466	2.51%	74,648	100.00%	Republican hold
	25,329	72.40%	9,656	27.60%	-	-	34,985	100.00%	Democratic hold
	25,521	36.13%	45,108	63.87%	-	-	70,629	100.00%	Republican hold
	36,996	47.20%	39,875	50.87%	1,513	1.93%	78,384	100.00%	Republican hold
	38,339	45.53%	45,876	54.47%	-	-	84,215	100.00%	Republican hold
	34,757	45.90%	38,602	50.97%	2,371	3.13%	75,730	100.00%	Republican hold
	46,120	100.00%	-	-	-	-	46,120	100.00%	Democratic hold
	40,550	46.10%	45,053	51.22%	2,362	2.69%	87,965	100.00%	Republican hold
	37,707	45.19%	43,852	52.55%	1,884	2.26%	66,125	100.00%	Republican hold
	33,867	32.15%	71,459	67.85%	-	-	105,326	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	62,554	100.00%	-	-	62,554	100.00%	Republican hold
	45,550	100.00%	-	-	-	-	45,550	100.00%	Democratic hold
	45,531	100.00%	-	-	-	-	45,531	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,219	53.94%	31,785	46.06%	-	-	69,004	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,908	74.56%	12,934	25.44%	-	-	50,842	100.00%	Democratic hold
	35,710	100.00%	-	-	-	-	35,710	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,502	54.96%	24,087	42.03%	1,724	3.01%	57,313	100.00%	Democratic hold
	52,257	41.49%	73,692	58.51%	-	-	125,949	100.00%	Republican hold
	34,940	56.50%	26,906	43.50%	-	-	61,846	100.00%	Democratic hold
	48,590	48.03%	50,229	49.65%	2,340	2.31%	101,159	100.00%	Republican hold
	64,145	83.28%	12,880	16.72%	-	-	77,025	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,214	100.00%	-	-	-	-	37,214	100.00%	Democratic hold
	59,450	100.00%	-	-	-	-	59,450	100.00%	Democratic hold
	33,537	48.59%	33,759	48.92%	1,719	2.49%	69,015	100.00%	Republican hold
	35,627	51.77%	33,194	48.23%	-	-	68,821	100.00%	Democratic hold
	42,842	53.65%	37,014	46.35%	-	-	79,856	100.00%	Democratic hold
	40,961	56.90%	31,026	43.10%	-	-	71,987	100.00%	Democratic hold
	41,426	69.12%	18,510	30.88%	-	-	59,936	100.00%	Democratic hold
	50,092	54.85%	37,711	41.29%	3,518	3.85%	91,321	100.00%	Democratic hold
	33,230	56.75%	23,376	39.92%	1,952	3.33%	58,558	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,574	61.67%	21,154	34.72%	828	1.36%	60,926	100.00%	Democratic hold
	40,004	65.81%	18,830	30.98%	1,950	3.21%	60,784	100.00%	Democratic hold
	43,863	46.55%	50,367	53.45%	-	-	94,230	100.00%	Republican hold
	50,195	40.37%	74,149	59.63%	-	-	124,344	100.00%	Republican hold
	3	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3	100.00%	Democratic hold
	3	100.00%	-	-	-	-	3	100.00%	Democratic hold
	45,500	79.80%	-	-	11,515	20.20%	57,015	100.00%	Democratic hold
	34,538	46.68%	39,457	53.32%	-	-	73,995	100.00%	Republican hold
	-	-	60,599	70.26%	25,653	29.74%	86,252	100.00%	Republican hold
	22,569	31.61%	48,831	68.39%	-	-	71,400	100.00%	Republican hold
	34,823	41.07%	49,972	58.93%	-	-	84,795	100.00%	Republican hold
	32,229	31.00%	71,722	69.00%	-	-	103,951	100.00%	Republican hold
	47,790	100.00%	-	-	-	-	47,790	100.00%	Democratic Hold
	48,514	48.07%	52,299	51.82%	116	0.11%	100,929	100.00%	Republican gain
	36,550	41.15%	50,785	57.17%	1,490	1.68%	88,825	100.00%	Republican hold
	56,895	52.27%	51,960	47.73%	-	-	108,855	100.00%	Democratic gain
	36,760	49.06%	36,460	48.66%	1,703	2.27%	74,923	100.00%	Democratic hold
	53,887	53.31%	43,533	43.07%	3,653	3.61%	101,073	100.00%	Democratic hold
	23,502	81.48%	-	-	5,342	18.52%	28,844	100.00%	Democratic hold
	30,982	48.36%	33,081	51.64%	-	-	64,063	100.00%	Republican hold
	48,841	85.88%	-	-	8,029	14.12%	56,870	100.00%	Democratic hold
	25,989	100.00%	-	-	-	-	25,989	100.00%	Democratic hold
	38,529	100.00%	-	-	-	-	38,529	100.00%	Democratic hold
	42,127	74.77%	14,213	25.23%	-	-	56,340	100.00%	Democratic hold
	30,460	100.00%	-	-	-	-	30,460	100.00%	Democratic hold
	17,516	56.42%	13,528	43.58%	-	-	31,044	100.00%	Democratic hold
	27,415	64.01%	14,445	33.73%	970	2.26%	42,830	100.00%	Democratic hold
	45,151	87.04%	-	-	6,723	12.96%	51,874	100.00%	Democratic hold
	58,763	100.00%	-	-	-	-	58,763	100.00%	Democratic hold
	38,287	63.67%	21,844	36.33%	-	-	60,131	100.00%	Democratic hold
	31,919	59.42%	21,799	40.58%	-	-	53,718	100.00%	Democratic hold
	37,466	38.55%	56,512	58.15%	3,206	3.30%	97,184	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	4,525,726	43.56%	5,706,147	54.92%	157,608	1.52%	10,389,481	100.00%

Detailed results

Districts 60-69

See also

• 2020 Texas elections

Notes

Partisan clients

Further reading

• . (About redistricting).

External links

• Texas State House
• Elections Division at the Texas Secretary of State official website
• Texas Election Results
  • Web site: League of Women Voters of Texas . (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff. K. U. T.. 2020 Primary Election Results: Texas Legislature. 2020-09-03. www.kut.org. March 3, 2020 . en.
2. Web site: 2020 Texas State House Election Results USA TODAY. 2022-02-04. www.usatoday.com. en.
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