The2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 150House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state ofTexas. They were held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the2022 Texas State Senate election. The winners of this election served in the88th Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the2020 United States census.
Democrats made major inroads in the Texas House of Representatives in2018, especially in suburban areas; however, in2020,Republicans maintained control of the Texas House of Representatives by an 83–67 margin.[1][2] Republicans had controlled the chamber since the 2002 election.[2]
In July 2021, the majority of Democratic representativesbroke quorum during a special legislative session in protest of a controversial Republican-backed voting restrictions bill.[4]
On November 2, 2021, RepublicanJohn Lujan won a special election in District 118, flipping it.[5]
On November 15, 2021, Democratic representativeRyan Guillen announced he was changing his party affiliation to Republican. Guillen was the only Democrat in the state house to vote in favor of the Republicans' voting and transgender athlete laws.[6]
This left the partisan balance at 85 Republicans and 65 Democrats going into the 2022 elections. Democrats would have needed to flip 11 seats in order to claim control of the chamber from Republicans.
Following the2020 United States census, theTexas Legislature underwent its decennial redistricting.Texas House of Representatives districts follow the "county line rule," effectively granting individual counties delegations of state house seats based on their population.[7] The census found that Texas had a population of 29,145,505 in 2020,[8] giving each district an "ideal population" of 194,303 people. In 2010, the "ideal population for a district" was 167,637 people. Counties with at least this number of people must fully contain at least one state house district. Counties with sufficient population for two or more districts must be divided into that number of districts. Should a county have sufficient population for one or more district plus a fraction of another, one district from another county may extend into it to represent the remaining population. District delegations for counties with at least one district changed as follows following the 2020 Census:[9]
*Cameron County contains parts of both District 35 and District 37, which theMexican American Legislative Caucus argued inMALC v. Abbott violates the "county line rule."[11]
As a result of these changes, the following districts drastically moved:
District 9 moved from theLouisiana/Arkansas border to central East Texas.
District 68:Drew Springer (R) was elected for theDistrict 30 of the Senate in aspecial election. A special election for the district was held on January 23, 2021.[19] No candidate received 50% of the votes to win the election,[20] so a runoff election was held to determine a winner of the top two candidates of the January election, Craig Carter andDavid Spiller.[21] Spiller won the election on February 23, and was sworn in on March 9, 2021.[22]
Texas's 68th state house district special election[18]
District 118:Leo Pacheco (D) resigned to teach public administration atSan Antonio College.[24] A special election for the district was held on September 29, 2021.[25] No candidate received 50% of the votes to win the election,[26] so a runoff election will be held to determine a winner of the top two candidates of the September election,John Lujan and Frank Ramirez.[27] Lujan narrowly won the runoff on November 2, 2021, flipping the district which Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had won by 14 percentage points in2020.[5]
Texas's 118th state house district special election[18]
District 38:Eddie Lucio III (D) announced he would not seek re-election in 2022, citing personal reasons.[28] On January 31, 2022, he resigned from his seat early.[12] A special election to fill the seat for the remainder of Lucio's term was held on May 7, 2022.[29] Because the filing deadline passed on December 13, 2021,[30] the winner of the special election,Erin Gamez, would not have been able to run for a full term unless she had already filed for the general election.
Redistricting greatly reduced the number of competitive seats in the state, making it almost certain that the chamber would remain in Republican hands.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeGary VanDeaver had represented the 1st District since 2015. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeBryan Slaton had represented the 2nd District since 2021. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeCecil Bell Jr. had represented the 3rd District since 2013. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeCole Hefner had represented the 5th District since 2017. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeJay Dean had represented the 7th District since 2017. During redistricting, the 7th District was redrawn to include the old 9th District, which had been represented by fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeChris Paddie since 2013.Jay Dean ran for reelection, andChris Paddie announced that he would not be seeking reelection. As no other candidate ran in the race, Jay Dean was declared elected and the election was canceled.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeCody Harris had represented the 8th District since 2019. R. Edwin Adams ran as the Libertarian candidate.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeTrent Ashby had represented the 57th District since 2013. In redistricting, District 57 was renumbered to District 9. Jason Rogers ran as the Democratic candidate.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeJake Ellzey represented the 10th District from January 2021 to July 2021. He resigned in July 2021 to run for U.S. House of Representatives in Texas 6th District special election.Jake Ellzey was succeeded byBrian Harrison, who ran for a full term. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeKyle Kacal had represented Texas House of Representatives 12th District since 2013. Second-term incumbent Republican representativeBen Leman had represented Texas House of Representatives 13th District since 2019. The new 12th District was redrawn from the old 12th District and 13th District.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeJohn N. Raney had represented Texas House of Representatives 14th District since 2011. He won reelection. Jeff Miller ran as the Libertarian candidate.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeSteve Toth had represented Texas House of Representatives 15th District since 2019. He won reelection. Kristin Johnson ran as the Democratic candidate.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeJohn Cyrier had represented Texas House of Representatives 17th District since 2015. He did not seek reelection.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeTerry Wilson had represented Texas House of Representatives 20th District since 2017. He ran for election in new 20th District. Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeKyle Biedermann had represented Texas House of Representatives 73rd District since 2013. He did not seek reelection. The 19th District was redrawn from the old 20th District and 73rd District.
This district was created by the 2020 redistricting cycle. Williamson County was drawn in to this district.Terry Wilson ran as the Republican candidate. Raul Camacho ran as the Democratic candidate.
12th-term incumbent Democratic representativeJoe Deshotel had represented Texas House of Representatives 22nd District since 1999. He did not seek reelection.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeMayes Middleton had represented Texas House of Representatives 23rd District since 2015. He retired to run in the Texas State Senate 11th District election.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeJacey Jetton had represented Texas House of Representatives 26th District since 2021. He won election in New 26th District. Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativePhil Stephenson had represented Texas House of Representatives 85th District since 2013. He did not seek reelection. The 26th District was redrawn from the old 26th District and 85th District.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeJacey Jetton had represented Texas House of Representatives 27th District since 2011. He won reelection in the new 26th District.
12th-term incumbent Republican representativeGeanie Morrison had represented Texas House of Representatives 30th District since 1999. She won reelection.
Tenth-term incumbent Republican representativeRyan Guillen had represented Texas House of Representatives 31st District since 2003. First elected as a Democrat, he announced he would switch to the Republican Party on November 15, 2021.[6] He won reelection.
Seventh-term incumbent Republican representativeTodd Ames Hunter had represented Texas House of Representatives 32nd District since 2009. He won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeJustin Holland had represented Texas House of Representatives 33rd District since 2017. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeOscar Longoria had represented Texas House of Representatives 35th District since 2013. He won reelection.
This district was created by the 2020 redistricting cycle.Willacy County andCameron County were drawn in to this district. The district was a prime subject in the redistricting lawsuit MALC v. Abbott, which alleged that the district was drawn in a racially discriminatory manner.[35] No decision was reached prior to the election, so the district was used for the election without changes.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeAlex Dominguez had represented Texas House of Representatives 37th District since 2019. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 27th District. Eighth-term incumbent Democratic representativeEddie Lucio III had represented Texas House of Representatives 38th District since 2011. He resigned in January 2022. The seat would be filled for the remainder of the term by a special election. The new 38th District was redrawn from the old 37th District and 38th District.
Ninth-term incumbent Democratic representativeArmando Martinez had represented Texas House of Representatives 39th District since 2005. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeTerry Canales had represented Texas House of Representatives 40th District since 2013. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Democratic representativeRobert Guerra had represented Texas House of Representatives 41st District since 2012. He won reelection.
11th-term incumbent Democratic representativeRichard Pena Raymond had represented Texas House of Representatives 42nd District since 2001. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeJose Manuel Lozano Jr. had represented Texas House of Representatives 43rd District since 2011. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeErin Zwiener had represented Texas House of Representatives 45th District since 2019. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeSheryl Cole had represented the Texas House of Representatives' 46th District since 2019. She won reelection. This district incorporates parts of EastAustin,Pflugerville, andManor.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeVikki Goodwin had represented Texas House of Representatives 47th District since 2019. She won reelection.
Eighth-term incumbent Democratic representativeDonna Howard had represented Texas House of Representatives 48th District since 2006. She won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeGina Hinojosa had represented Texas House of Representatives 49th District since 2017. She won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeCelia Israel had represented Texas House of Representatives 49th District since 2014. She did not seek reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeEddie Rodriguez had represented Texas House of Representatives 51st District since 2013. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 35th District.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeJames Talarico had represented Texas House of Representatives 52nd District since 2018. He announced that he would move to the 50th District after his district was redrawn to favor Republicans.[36]
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeAndrew S. Murr had represented Texas House of Representatives 53rd District since 2015. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeBrad Buckley had represented Texas House of Representatives 54th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeDeWayne Burns had represented Texas House of Representatives 58th District since 2015. He won reelection.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeShelby Slawson had represented Texas House of Representatives 59th District since 2021.He won reelection.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeGlenn Rogers had represented Texas House of Representatives 60th District since 2021. 12th-term incumbent Republican representativePhil King had represented Texas House of Representatives 61st District since 1999. The new 60th District was redrawn from the old 60th District and 61st District.
Eighth-term incumbent Republican representativeTan Parker had represented Texas House of Representatives 63rd District since 2007. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 12th District. Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeMichelle Beckley had represented Texas House of Representatives 65th District since 2019. She retired to run for lieutenant governor of Texas. The new 63rd District was redrawn from the old 63rd District and 65th District.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeMatt Shaheen had represented Texas House of Representatives 66th District since 2015. He won reelection.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeDavid Spiller had represented Texas House of Representatives 68th District since 2021. He won reelection. By the 2020 redistricting cycle, Texas House 68th District moved from West Texas to North Texas.
Formerly based aroundMcKinney, District 70 was redrawn to center around Plano. Incumbent RepublicanScott Sanford did not run for reelection in the new district.[37] Formerly a Republican stronghold, southern Collin County had become increasingly competitive in recent years, so both parties expected the race to be close.[38] DemocratMihaela Plesa narrowly defeated Republican Jamee Jolly to win the seat, becoming the first Democrat to win election from Collin County in over 30 years.[39][40]
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeEddie Morales had represented Texas House of Representatives 74th District since 2021. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeMary E. Gonzalez had represented Texas House of Representatives 75th District since 2013. He won reelection.
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeClaudia Ordaz Perez had represented Texas House of Representatives 76th District since 2021. She ran for reelection in the 79th District. By the 2020 redistricting cycle Texas House 76th District moved from El Paso County to Fort Bend County.
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeEvelina Ortega had represented Texas House of Representatives 77th District since 2021. He won reelection. The new 77th District was redrawn from the old 76th District and 77th District.
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeClaudia Ordaz Perez had represented Texas House of Representatives 77th District since 2021. He ran for election in the 79th District. Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeArt Fierro had represented Texas House of Representatives 79th District since 2019. He lost renomination in the primary elections.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeBrooks Landgraf had represented Texas House of Representatives 81st District since 2015. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeDustin Burrows had represented Texas House of Representatives 83rd District since 2015. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeJohn Frullo had represented Texas House of Representatives 84th District since 2010. He did not seek reelection.
19th-term incumbent Republican representativeJohn T. Smithee had represented Texas House of Representatives 86th District since 1985. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Democratic representativeRamon Romero Jr. had represented Texas House of Representatives 90th District since 2015. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeStephanie Klick had represented Texas House of Representatives 91st District since 2013. She won reelection.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeJeff Cason had represented Texas House of Representatives 92nd District since 2021. He announced he would not seek reelection after redistricting changed his district to be more Democratic-leaning.[41]
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeMatt Krause had represented Texas House of Representatives 93rd District since 2013. He retired to run for Tarrant County District Attorney.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeGiovanni Capriglione had represented Texas House of Representatives 98th District since 2013. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Republican representativeCharlie Geren had represented Texas House of Representatives 99th District since 2013. He won reelection.
Fifth-term incumbent Democratic representativeChris Turner had represented Texas House of Representatives 101st District since 2013. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeAna-Maria Ramos had represented Texas House of Representatives 102nd District since 2019. She won reelection.
Ninth-term incumbent Democratic representativeRafael Anchia had represented Texas House of Representatives 103rd District since 2005. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeJessica Gonzalez hag represented Texas House of Representatives 104th District since 2019. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeJared Patterson had represented Texas House of Representatives 106th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeVictoria Neave had represented Texas House of Representatives 107th District since 2017. She won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeMorgan Meyer had represented Texas House of Representatives 108th District since 2015. Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeJohn Turner had represented Texas House of Representatives 114th District since 2019. He did not seek reelection after the 108th District was redrawn from the old 108th District and 114th District. Meyer won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeCarl Sherman had represented Texas House of Representatives 109th District since 2019. He won reelection.
20th-term incumbent Democratic representativeYvonne Davis had represented Texas House of Representatives 111th District since 1993. She won reelection.
Seventh-term incumbent Republican representativeAngie Chen Button had represented Texas House of Representatives 112th District since 2009. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeRhetta Andrews Bowers had represented Texas House of Representatives 113th District since 2019. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeJulie Johnson had represented Texas House of Representatives 115th District since 2019. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeTrey Martinez Fischer had represented Texas House of Representatives 116th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativePhilip Cortez had represented Texas House of Representatives 117th District since 2017. She won reelection.
Incumbent RepublicanJohn Lujan was elected in a 2021 special election and had previously represented the district after winning a 2015 special election. Despite both of these victories, he had never served in the legislature due to being elected after the legislative session had finished.[42] He won reelection in a rematch against his 2021 runoff opponent Frank Ramirez.[43]
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeElizabeth Campos had represented Texas House of Representatives 119th District since 2021. He won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeBarbara Gervin-Hawkins had represented Texas House of Representatives 120th District since 2017. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeSteve Allison had represented Texas House of Representatives 121st District since 2019. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeLyle Larson had represented Texas House of Representatives 122nd District since 2011. He did not seek reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Democratic representativeDiego Bernal had represented Texas House of Representatives 123rd District since 2015. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Democratic representativeIna Minjarez had represented Texas House of Representatives 124th District since 2015. She retired to run for Bexar County Commissioners Court Judge.
Second-term incumbent Republican representativeSam Harless had represented Texas House of Representatives 126th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeDan Huberty had represented Texas House of Representatives 127th District since 2011. He did not seek reelection.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeBriscoe Cain had represented Texas House of Representatives 128th District since 2017. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Republican representativeDennis Paul had represented Texas House of Representatives 129th District since 2015. He won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeBriscoe Cain had represented Texas House of Representatives 130th District since 2017. He won reelection.
Ninth-term incumbent Democratic representativeAlma A. Allen had represented Texas House of Representatives 131st District since 2009. He won reelection.
First-term incumbent Republican representativeMike Schofield had represented Texas House of Representatives 132nd District since 2021. He won reelection.
Sixth-term incumbent Republican representativeJim Murphy had represented Texas House of Representatives 133rd District since 2011. He ran for reelection, but withdrew before the Republican primary.
First-term incumbent Democratic representativeAnn Johnson had represented Texas House of Representatives 134th District since 2021. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeJon Rosenthal had represented Texas House of Representatives 135th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeJohn Bucy III had represented Texas House of Representatives 136th District since 2019. He won reelection.
Fourth-term incumbent Democratic representativeJarvis Johnson had represented Texas House of Representatives 139th District since 2016. He won reelection.
Seventh-term incumbent Democratic representativeJarvis Johnson had represented Texas House of Representatives 140th District since 2009. He won reelection.
25th-term incumbent Democratic representativeSenfronia Thompson had represented Texas House of Representatives 141st District since 1973. He won reelection.
19th-term incumbent Democratic representativeHarold Dutton Jr. had represented Texas House of Representatives 142nd District since 1985. He won reelection.
Ninth-term incumbent Democratic representativeAna Hernandez had represented Texas House of Representatives 143rd District since 2005. She won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeMary Ann Perez had represented Texas House of Representatives 144th District since 2005. She won reelection.
Second-term incumbent Democratic representativeChristina Morales had represented Texas House of Representatives 145th District since 2005. She won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Democratic representativeShawn Thierry had represented Texas House of Representatives 146th District since 2017. She won reelection.
16th-term incumbent Democratic representativeGarnet Coleman had represented Texas House of Representatives 146th District since 2017. He resigned in February 2022. Republican Damien Thaddeus Jones suspended his campaign before winning the nomination and did not appear on the general election ballot.[44]
First-term incumbent Democratic representativePenny Morales Shaw had represented Texas House of Representatives 148th District since 2021. She won reelection.
Third-term incumbent Republican representativeValoree Swanson had represented Texas House of Representatives 150th District since 2017. She won reelection.
Results by seat gains
Results by vote share
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