2016 Texas House of Representatives election

2016 Texas House of Representatives election

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All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.39%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Straus Chris Turner
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 121st 101st
Last election 98 52
Seats before 99 50
Seats won 95 55
Seat change Decrease4 Increase5
Popular vote 4,711,481 2,746,667
Percentage 61.45% 35.83%
Swing Decrease1.88% Increase3.73%

  Third party
 
Party Independent
Last election 0
Seats before 1
Seats after 0
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 9,072
Percentage 0.12%
Swing Increase0.05%

     Republican hold      Democratic hold
     Democratic gain
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Speaker before election

Joe Straus
Republican

Elected Speaker

Joe Straus
Republican

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.