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Municipal elections in Harris County, Texas (2018)

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2018 Harris County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: December 11, 2017, February 16, 2018, & August 20, 2018
Primary election: March 6, 2018
General election: May 5, 2018 & November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, District attorney, District clerk, County clerk, County treasurer, Board of Education, Emergency services district, Water control and improvement district board, Regional water authority district board
Total seats up: 16
Election type: Partisan and nonpartisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Harris County, Texas, held general elections for county commissioner, district attorney, district clerk, county clerk, county treasurer, and board of education trustees on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on March 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was December 11, 2017.


In primary races where no candidate received a majority of the vote, a primary runoff between the top two candidates was held on May 22, 2018.

An election was held on May 5, 2018, for three seats on the Harris County Emergency Services District 9 Board. The filing deadline was February 16, 2018.

An election was held on November 6, 2018, for two seats on the North Harris County Regional Water Authority District Board and two seats on the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 89 Board. The filing deadline was August 20, 2018.


Elections

County commission

Judge

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Judge

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lina Hidalgo
Lina Hidalgo (D)
 
49.8
 
595,221
Image of Ed Emmett
Ed Emmett (R)
 
48.2
 
575,944
Eric Gatlin (L)
 
2.1
 
24,634

Total votes: 1,195,799
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Republican primary Republican Party

Ed Emmett (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Lina Hidalgo

Precinct 2

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 2

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adrian Garcia
Adrian Garcia (D)
 
50.5
 
114,814
Jack Morman (R)
 
49.5
 
112,737

Total votes: 227,551
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary Republican Party

Jack Morman (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Daniel Box
Adrian Garcia
Roger Garcia
Ken Melancon

Precinct 4

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 4

Candidate
%
Votes
R. Jack Cagle (R)
 
54.3
 
186,762
Image of Penny Morales Shaw
Penny Morales Shaw (D)
 
45.7
 
157,447

Total votes: 344,209
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Republican primary Republican Party

R. Jack Cagle (i)

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Penny Shaw
Jeffrey Stauber

County clerk

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Clerk

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Trautman
Diane Trautman (D)
 
54.4
 
644,792
Stan Stanart (R)
 
43.0
 
510,048
Image of Abel Chirino Gomez
Abel Chirino Gomez (L)
 
2.6
 
30,343

Total votes: 1,185,183
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Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Diane Trautman
Gayle Young Mitchell

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Diane Trautman
Nat West
RunoffArrow.jpg Gayle Young Mitchell

Republican primary Republican Party

Stan Stanart (i)

District clerk

General election

General election

General election for Harris County District Clerk

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marilyn Burgess
Marilyn Burgess (D)
 
55.1
 
653,284
Image of Chris Daniel
Chris Daniel (R)
 
44.9
 
532,463

Total votes: 1,185,747
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Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Marilyn Burgess
Roslyn Shorter

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Marilyn Burgess
Kevin Howard
Michael Jordan
RunoffArrow.jpg Roslyn Shorter

Republican primary Republican Party

Chris Daniel (i)

Treasurer

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Treasurer

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dylan Osborne
Dylan Osborne (D) Candidate Connection
 
54.2
 
643,915
Orlando Sanchez (R)
 
45.8
 
543,800

Total votes: 1,187,715
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Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Cosme Garcia
Dylan Osborne

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Nile Copeland
RunoffArrow.jpg Cosme Garcia
RunoffArrow.jpg Dylan Osborne

Republican primary Republican Party

Orlando Sanchez (i)

Special district offices

Harris County Department of Education

The Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) is not a school district but provides services to students and educators in Harris County. To learn about the Houston Independent School District, click here.

At-large position 3

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 3, At-Large

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Richard Cantu
Richard Cantu (D)
 
56.7
 
670,827
Marc Cowart (R)
 
43.3
 
512,094

Total votes: 1,182,921
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Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Richard Cantu
Josh Wallenstein

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Richard Cantu
Elvonte Patton
RunoffArrow.jpg Josh Wallenstein

Republican primary Republican Party

Marc Cowart

Position 4, Precinct 3

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 4, Precinct 3

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Flynn
Josh Flynn (R)
 
50.3
 
165,171
Image of Andrea Duhon
Andrea Duhon (D)
 
49.7
 
163,214

Total votes: 328,385
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Andrea Duhon

Republican primary Republican Party

Josh Flynn
Bradley Tashenberg

Position 6, Precinct 1

General election

General election

General election for Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees Position 6, Precinct 1

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Danyahel Norris
Danyahel Norris (D)
 
100.0
 
234,961

Total votes: 234,961
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Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Prince Bryant
Danyahel "Danny" Norris

Democratic primary Democratic Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Prince Bryant
John Miller
RunoffArrow.jpg Danyahel "Danny" Norris

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Harris County Emergency Services District 9

General election

General election for Harris County Emergency Services District 9 (Cy-Fair Fire Department) Board At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Harris County Emergency Services District 9 (Cy-Fair Fire Department) Board At-large on May 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jessica Rivas (Nonpartisan)
 
20.5
 
1,085
Tommy Balez (Nonpartisan)
 
15.8
 
837
Scott DeBoer (Nonpartisan)
 
15.8
 
835
Martin Martinez (Nonpartisan)
 
15.4
 
814
Betty Boren Avery (Nonpartisan)
 
14.9
 
789
Mike West (Nonpartisan)
 
13.4
 
709
Eric Zapata (Nonpartisan)
 
4.4
 
232

Total votes: 5,301
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Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 89 Board

General election

General election for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 89 Board At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Byron Watson and Arthur Washington defeated Charles Johnson and incumbent Abdullah Babers in the general election for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 89 Board At-large on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Byron Watson (Nonpartisan)
 
27.5
 
685
Arthur Washington (Nonpartisan)
 
27.3
 
680
Charles Johnson (Nonpartisan)
 
27.1
 
675
Abdullah Babers (Nonpartisan)
 
18.0
 
447

Total votes: 2,487
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Lone Star College District

Lone Star College District General Election 2018

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Candidates
District 1

George Edwards Jr. 
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Stoma 
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngErnestine Pierce 
Matthew Wheeler 
District 8

G. Puente 
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Sullivan 


North Harris County Regional Water Authority District Board

Position 1

General election

The general election was canceled. Ron Graham (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Position 2

General election

The general election was canceled. Lenox Sigler (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Judicial

District Courts

55th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Latosha Payne
Paul Simon

Republican primary Republican Party

Jeff Shadwick (i)

113th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Rabeea Collier
Cooke Kelsey

Republican primary Republican Party

Michael Landrum (i)

157th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Tanya Garrison

Republican primary Republican Party

Randy Wilson (i)

180th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

DaSean Jones

Republican primary Republican Party

Catherine Evans (i)

182nd District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Danilo Lacayo

Republican primary Republican Party

Jesse McClure

183rd District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Chuck Silverman

Republican primary Republican Party

Vanessa Velasquez (i)

184th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Abigail Anastasio

Republican primary Republican Party

Reneé Magee

185th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Brennen Dunn
Jason Luong

Republican primary Republican Party

Maritza Antu
Stacey Bond

189th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Fred Cook
Scot Dollinger

Republican primary Republican Party

Sharon Hemphill
Erin Lunceford

190th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Beau Miller

Republican primary Republican Party

Debra Ibarra Mayfield (i)

208th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Greg Glass

Republican primary Republican Party

Denise Collins (i)

209th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Brian Warren

Republican primary Republican Party

Mike McSpadden (i)

228th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Frank Aguilar

Republican primary Republican Party

Marc Carter (i)

230th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Chris Morton

Republican primary Republican Party

Brad Hart (i)

232nd District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Josh Hill

Republican primary Republican Party

Kristin Guiney (i)

234th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jeff O'Dea
Lauren Reeder

Republican primary Republican Party

Wesley Ward (i)

245th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Tristan Longino

Republican primary Republican Party

Roy L. Moore (i)

246th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Angela Graves-Harrington
Charles Collins

Republican primary Republican Party

Charley Prine (i)

247th District Court

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Janice Berg

Republican primary Republican Party

John Schmude (i)

248th District Court

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Hilary Unger

Republican primary Republican Party

Katherine Cabaniss (i)

257th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Sandra Peake

Republican primary Republican Party

Melanie Flowers
Alyssa Lemkuil

262nd District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Lori Chambers Gray

Republican primary Republican Party

Tammy Thomas

263rd District Court

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Amy Martin

Republican primary Republican Party

Charles Johnson
Justin Keiter

269th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Shampa Mukerji
Cory Sepolio

Republican primary Republican Party

Dan Hinde (i)

270th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Dedra Davis

Republican primary Republican Party

Brent Gamble (i)

280th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Barbara J. Stalder
Beth Barron

Republican primary Republican Party

George Clevenger
Angelina Gooden
Geric Tipsword

281st District Court

General election

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Christine Weems
George Arnold

Republican primary Republican Party

Sylvia A. Matthews (i)

295th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Donna Roth

Republican primary runoff Republican Party

Michelle Fraga
Richard Risinger

Republican primary Republican Party

Fred Shuchart
RunoffArrow.jpg Michelle Fraga
RunoffArrow.jpg Richard Risinger

308th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Gloria Lopez

Republican primary Republican Party

James Lombardino (i)

309th District Court

General election candidates


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Primary candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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310th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Sonya Heath

Republican primary Republican Party

Lisa Millard (i)

311th District Court

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Germaine Tanner

Republican primary Republican Party

Alicia Franklin York (i)

312th District Court

General election

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Clinton Wells

Republican primary Republican Party

David Farr (i)

313th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

John Liles
Natalia Oakes
Tracy D. Good

Republican primary Republican Party

Glenn Devlin (i)

314th District Court

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Michelle Moore

Republican primary Republican Party

John Phillips (i)

315th District Court

General election

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Leah Shapiro

Republican primary Republican Party

Michael Schneider (i)

Harris County Civil Court at Law

Number 1

General election

General election candidates


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Democratic primary Democratic Party

George Barnstone (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

Clyde Leuchtag

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jim Kovach
Stanley Santire

Republican primary Republican Party

Theresa Chang (i)
Erin Swanson

Number 3

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

LaShawn Williams

Republican primary Republican Party

Linda Storey (i)

Number 4

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

William McLeod

Republican primary Republican Party

Sophia Mafrige
David Tang

Harris County Criminal Court at Law

Number 1

General election

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Alex Salgado

Republican primary Republican Party

Paula Goodhart (i)

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Harold Landreneau
Ronnisha Bowman

Republican primary Republican Party

Bill Harmon (i)

Number 3

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Erica Hughes

Republican primary Republican Party

Natalie Fleming (i)

Number 4

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Shannon Baldwin

Republican primary Republican Party

John Clinton (i)

Number 5

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Aaron James Saldana
Armen Merjanian
David Fleischer

Republican primary Republican Party

Xavier Alfaro

Number 6

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Kelley Andrews

Republican primary Republican Party

Linda Garcia

Number 7

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Andrew Wright
Danval Scarbrough

Republican primary Republican Party

Pam Derbyshire (i)

Number 8

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Franklin Bynum

Republican primary Republican Party

Dan Simons
Jay Karahan (i)

Number 9

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Toria Finch

Republican primary Republican Party

John Wakefield

Number 10

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Lee Harper Wilson

Republican primary Republican Party

Dan Jeffrey Spjut (i)

Number 11

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Gus Saper
Sedrick Walker II

Republican primary Republican Party

Aaron Burdette
Lori Botello

Number 12

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Cassandra Holleman
Juan Aguirre

Republican primary Republican Party

John Spjut

Number 13

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Mike Renfro
Raul Rodriguez

Republican primary Republican Party

Jessica Padilla

Number 14

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

David Singer

Republican primary Republican Party

Mike Fields (i)

Number 15

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Kris Ougrah
Tonya Jones

Republican primary Republican Party

Roger Bridgwater

Harris County Probate Court at Law

Number 1

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jerry Simoneaux

Republican primary Republican Party

Loyd Wright (i)

Number 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jim Peacock
Michael Newman

Republican primary Republican Party

Ray Black

Number 3

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Jason Cox

Republican primary Republican Party

Rory R. Olsen (i)

Number 4

General election

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Democratic primary Democratic Party

Michael Galligan
James Horwitz

Republican primary Republican Party

Christine Riddle Butts (i)

Justice of the Peace Courts

Precinct 1, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

David Patronella (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 2, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

George Risner (i)

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 3, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Don Coffey (i)
Lucia Bates

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 4, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Candidate Daryl Smith filed for election, but his name did not appear on the Democratic primary ballot.

Republican primary Republican Party

Laryssa Korduba (i)

Precinct 5, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Candidate Peter Lyn Rene filed for election, but his name did not appear on the Democratic primary ballot.

Republican primary runoff Republican Party

Jeff Williams (i)
Mike Wolfe

Republican primary Republican Party

RunoffArrow.jpg Jeff Williams (i)
J.R. Harris
RunoffArrow.jpg Mike Wolfe

Precinct 6, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Angela Rodriguez

Republican primary Republican Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Precinct 7, Place 1 (Unexpired Term)

General election

General election candidates

Precinct 7, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary runoff Democratic Party

Cheryl Elliott Thornton
Sharon M. Burney

Democratic primary Democratic Party

Audrie Lawton
RunoffArrow.jpg Cheryl Elliott Thornton
Ray Shackelford
RunoffArrow.jpg Sharon M. Burney

Republican primary Republican Party

DC Caldwell

Precinct 8, Place 2

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary Democratic Party

No candidate from this party filed to run.

Republican primary Republican Party

Louie Ditta (i)

Additional elections on the ballot

See also: Texas elections, 2018

About the county

See also: Harris County, Texas

The county government of Harris County is located in Houston, Texas. The county was first established in 1836. It covers a total of 1,703 square miles of land on the upper Gulf Coast in the southeastern part of Texas.[1]

County government

See also: Government of Harris County, Texas

Harris County is overseen by a five-member commissioners court. Four commissioners are elected by district to four-year terms. The head of commissioners court, the county judge, is elected county-wide. Residents also elect a county attorney, district attorney, county clerk, district clerk, county sheriff, county tax assessor-collector, county treasurer, eight constables, and 16 justices of the peace.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Harris County, Texas
Harris County Texas
Population 4,092,459 25,145,561
Land area (sq mi) 1,707 261,266
Race and ethnicity**
White 62.5% 74%
Black/African American 19% 12.1%
Asian 7% 4.8%
Native American 0.4% 0.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 8.5% 5.8%
Multiple 2.4% 2.7%
Hispanic/Latino 42.9% 39.3%
Education
High school graduation rate 81.4% 83.7%
College graduation rate 31.5% 29.9%
Income
Median household income $61,705 $61,874
Persons below poverty level 15.7% 14.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

One of 254 Texas counties—0.4 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Jefferson County, Texas 0.48% 1.61% 2.25%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Texas with 52.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 43.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Texas cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 66.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Texas supported Democratic candidates slightly more often than Republicans, 53.3 to 46.7 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Texas. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 54 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 37.4 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 65 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won 10 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 96 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 36.2 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 85 out of 150 state House districts in Texas with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points.

See also

Harris County, Texas Texas Municipal government Other local coverage
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