1990 Texas House of Representatives election

none July 2026 September 2023 1990 Texas House of Representatives election Texas legislative no 1988 Texas House of Representatives election 1988 1992 Texas House of Representatives election 1992 All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 November 6, 1990 Gib Lewis Democratic Party (United States) January 11, 1983 89th 93 91 93 2 2 Tom Craddick Republican Party (United States) January 9, 1973 82nd 57 59 17 57 TxHouse1990Election.svg 320px #92C5DE Democratic hold #0571B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #ca0120 Republican gain Speaker Gib Lewis Democratic Gib Lewis Democratic The 1990 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 72rd Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the 1980 United States census. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Democrats increased their majority to 93 out of 150 seats. Background Democrats had held control of the Texas House of Representatives since Reconstruction. Republicans won 57 seats in the 1988 election, but they gained two more due to special elections in Harris County in early 1989, increasing their caucus to 59 out of 150 seats.Kingston Mike https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162512/m1/361/ Texas Almanac, 1990-1991 The Dallas Morning News 1989 0-914511-11-4 Dallas, Texas 359 Politics and Government 10-3390 Results Despite high Republican hopes of making gains in the House, owing to the popularity of president George H. W. Bush in the state and the coattails of popular Senator Phil Gramm, Democrats instead gained seats in the chamber for the first time in a decade. With the victory of Ann Richards in the concurrent gubernatorial election, Democrats regained a government trifecta and with it, full control of the upcoming decennial redistricting.Kingston Mike Texas Almanac, 1992-1993 The Dallas Morning News 1991 0-914511-14-9 Dallas, Texas 423–424 Texas Politics, 1990 10-3390 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth279642/m1/427/ References Category:1990 Texas elections Category:Texas House of Representatives elections Texas House