The 2022 Texas House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect representatives from all 150
House of Representatives districts across the U.S. state of
Texas. It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the
2022 Texas State Senate election. The winners of this election served in the
88th Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the
2020 United States census.
Background
Democrats made major inroads in the Texas House of representatives in
2018, especially in suburban areas; however in
2020,
Republicans maintained control of the Texas House of Representatives by an 83–67 margin.[1][2] Republicans have controlled the chamber since the 2002 election.[2]
In July 2021, the majority of Democratic representatives
broke quorum during a special legislative session in protest of a controversial Republican-backed voting restrictions bill.[4]
On November 2, 2021, Republican
John Lujan won a special election in District 118, flipping it.[5]
On November 15, 2021, Democratic representative
Ryan 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.
Redistricting
Following the
2020 United States census, the
Texas 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 the
Mexican American Legislative Caucus argued in MALC v. Abbott violates the "county line rule."[11]
As a result of these changes, the following districts drastically moved:
District 9 moved from the
Louisiana/
Arkansas border to central East Texas.
District 68:
Drew Springer (R) was elected for the
District 30 of the Senate in a
special 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 and
David 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 at
San 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 in
2020.[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.
4th term incumbent Republican representative
Gary VanDeaver has represented the 1st District since 2015. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Bryan Slaton has represented the 2nd District since 2021. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Cecil Bell Jr. has represented the 3rd District since 2013. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
3rd term incumbent Republican representative
Cole Hefner has represented the 5th District since 2017. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
3rd term incumbent Republican representative
Jay Dean has represented the 7th District since 2017. During redistricting, the 7th District was redrawn to include the old 9th District, which was represented by 5th term incumbent Republican representative
Chris Paddie since 2013.
Jay Dean ran for reelection, and
Chris 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.
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Trent Ashby has represented the 57th District since 2013. In redistricting, District 57 was renumbered to District 9. Jason Rogers ran as the Democratic candidate.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Jake 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 by
Brian Harrison, who ran for a full term. As no other candidate ran in the race, he was declared elected and the election was canceled.
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Kyle Kacal has represented Texas House of Representatives 12th District since 2013. 2nd term incumbent Republican representative
Ben Leman has represented Texas House of Representatives 13th District since 2019. The new 12th District was redrawn from the old 12th District and 13th District.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
John N. Raney has represented Texas House of Representatives 14th District since 2011. He won reelection. Jeff Miller is running as Libertarian Candidate.
2nd term incumbent Republican representative
Steve Toth has represented Texas House of Representatives 15th District since 2019. He won reelection. Kristin Johnson is running as Democratic candidate.
4th term incumbent Republican representative
John Cyrier has represented Texas House of Representatives 17th District since 2015. He announced not seeking for reelection.
3rd term incumbent Republican representative
Terry Wilson has represented Texas House of Representatives 20th District since 2017. He ran for election in new 20th District. 5th term incumbent Republican representative
Kyle Biedermann has represented Texas House of Representatives 73rd District since 2013. He announced not seeking for reelection. The 19th District was redrawn from old 20th District and 73rd District.
This District was created by 2020 redistricting cycle. Williamson County was drawn in to this district.
Terry Wilson is running as Republican candidate. Raul Camacho is running as Democratic candidate.
12th term incumbent Democratic representative
Joe Deshotel has represented Texas House of Representatives 22nd District since 1999. He announced he was not seeking reelection.
2nd term incumbent Republican representative
Mayes Middleton has represented Texas House of Representatives 23rd District since 2015. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 11th District election.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Jacey Jetton has represented Texas House of Representatives 26th District since 2021. He won election in New 26th District. 5th term incumbent Republican representative
Phil Stephenson has represented Texas House of Representatives 85th District since 2013. He announced not seeking for reelection. The 26th District is redrawn from old 26th District and 85th District.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
Jacey Jetton has represented Texas House of Representatives 27th District since 2011. He won reelection in the new 26th District.
12th term incumbent Republican representative
Geanie Morrison has represented Texas House of Representatives 30th District since 1999. She won reelection.
10th term incumbent Republican representative
Ryan Guillen has 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.
7th term incumbent Republican representative
Todd Ames Hunter has represented Texas House of Representatives 32nd District since 2009. He won reelection.
3nd term incumbent Republican representative
Justin Holland has represented Texas House of Representatives 33rd District since 2017. He won reelection.
5th term incumbent Democratic representative
Oscar Longoria has represented Texas House of Representatives 35th District since 2013. He won reelection.
This District was created by 2020 redistricting cycle.
Willacy County and
Cameron 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.[32] No decision was reached prior to the election, so the district was used for the election without changes.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Alex Dominguez has represented Texas House of Representatives 37th District since 2019. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 27th District. 8th term incumbent Democratic representative
Eddie Lucio III has represented Texas House of Representatives 38th District since 2011. He resigned in January 2022. The seat will be filled for the remainder of the term by a special election. The new 38th District was redrawn from old 37th District and 38th District.
9th term incumbent Democratic representative
Armando Martinez has represented Texas House of Representatives 39th District since 2005. He won reelection.
11th term incumbent Democratic representative
Richard Pena Raymond has represented Texas House of Representatives 42nd District since 2001. He won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Sheryl Cole has represented the Texas House of Representatives' 46th District since 2019. She won reelection. This district incorporates parts of East
Austin,
Pflugerville, and
Manor.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Vikki Goodwin has represented Texas House of Representatives 47th District since 2019. She won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
Gina Hinojosa has represented Texas House of Representatives 49th District since 2017. She won reelection.
5th term incumbent Democratic representative
Celia Israel has represented Texas House of Representatives 49th District since 2014. She announced that not seeking reelection.
5th term incumbent Democratic representative
Eddie Rodriguez has represented Texas House of Representatives 51st District since 2013. He tired to run for Texas State Senate 35th District.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
James Talarico has represented Texas House of Representatives 52nd District since 2018. He announced that he would move to 50th District after his district was redrawn to favor Republicans.[33]
4th term incumbent Republican representative
Andrew S. Murr has represented Texas House of Representatives 53rd District since 2015. He won reelection.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Glenn Rogers has represented Texas House of Representatives 60th District since 2021. 12th term incumbent Republican representative
Phil King has represented Texas House of Representatives 61st District since 1999. The new 60th District was redrawn from old 60th District and 61st District.
8th term incumbent Republican representative
Tan Parker has represented Texas House of Representatives 63rd District since 2007. He retired to run for Texas State Senate 12th District. 2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Michelle Beckley has 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 old 63rd District and 65th District.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
David Spiller has represented Texas House of Representatives 68th District since 2021. He won reelection. By the 2020 redistricting cycle Texas House 68th District move form West Texas to North Texas.
Formerly based around
McKinney, District 70 was redrawn to center around Plano. Incumbent Republican
Scott Sanford did not run for reelection in the new district.[34] Formerly a Republican stronghold, southern Collin County had become increasingly competitive in recent years, so both parties expected the race to be close.[35] Democrat
Mihaela Plesa narrowly defeated Republican Jamee Jolly to win the seat, becoming the first Democrat to win election from Collin County in over 30 years.[36][37]
5th term incumbent Democratic representative
Mary E. Gonzalez has represented Texas House of Representatives 75th District since 2013. He won reelection.
1st term incumbent Democratic representative
Claudia Ordaz Perez has represented Texas House of Representatives 76th District since 2021. She ran for reelection 79th District. By the 2020 redistricting cycle Texas House 76th District moved from El Paso County to Fort Bend County.
1st term incumbent Democratic representative
Evelina Ortega has 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.
1st term incumbent Democratic representative
Claudia Ordaz Perez has represented Texas House of Representatives 77th District since 2021. He ran for election in 79th District. 2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Art Fierro has represented Texas House of Representatives 79th District since 2019. He lost renomination in the primary elections.
4th term incumbent Republican representative
Brooks Landgraf has represented Texas House of Representatives 81st District since 2015. He won reelection.
4th term incumbent Republican representative
Dustin Burrows has represented Texas House of Representatives 83rd District since 2015. He won reelection.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
John Frullo has represented Texas House of Representatives 84th District since 2010. He announced he was not seeking reelection.
19th term incumbent Republican representative
John T. Smithee has represented Texas House of Representatives 86th District since 1985. He won reelection.
4th term incumbent Democratic representative
Ramon Romero Jr. has represented Texas House of Representatives 90th District since 2015. He won reelection.
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Stephanie Klick has represented Texas House of Representatives 91st District since 2013. She won reelection.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Jeff Cason has 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.[38]
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Matt Krause has represented Texas House of Representatives 93rd District since 2013. He retired to run for Tarrant County District Attorney.
5th term incumbent Republican representative
Giovanni Capriglione has represented Texas House of Representatives 98th District since 2013. He won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Ana-Maria Ramos has represented Texas House of Representatives 102nd District since 2019. She won reelection.
9th term incumbent Democratic representative
Rafael Anchia has represented Texas House of Representatives 103rd District since 2005. He won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Jessica Gonzalez has represented Texas House of Representatives 104th District since 2019. She won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Republican representative
Jared Patterson has represented Texas House of Representatives 106th District since 2019. He won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
Victoria Neave has represented Texas House of Representatives 107th District since 2017. She won reelection.
4th term incumbent Republican representative
Morgan Meyer has represented Texas House of Representatives 108th District since 2015. 2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
John Turner has represented Texas House of Representatives 114th District since 2019. He announced not seeking for reelection after the 108th District was redrawn from the old 108th District and 114th District. Meyer won reelection
20th term incumbent Democratic representative
Yvonne Davis has represented Texas House of Representatives 111th District since 1993. She won reelection.
7th term incumbent Republican representative
Angie Chen Button has represented Texas House of Representatives 112th District since 2009. She won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Rhetta Andrews Bowers has represented Texas House of Representatives 113th District since 2019. She won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Julie Johnson has represented Texas House of Representatives 115th District since 2019. She won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Trey Martinez Fischer has represented Texas House of Representatives 116th District since 2019. He won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
Philip Cortez has represented Texas House of Representatives 117th District since 2017. She won reelection.
Incumbent Republican
John 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.[39] He won reelection in a rematch against his 2021 runoff opponent Frank Ramirez.[40]
1st term incumbent Democratic representative
Elizabeth Campos has represented Texas House of Representatives 119th District since 2021. He won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins has represented Texas House of Representatives 120th District since 2017. He won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Republican representative
Steve Allison has represented Texas House of Representatives 121st District since 2019. He won reelection.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
Lyle Larson has represented Texas House of Representatives 122nd District since 2011. He announced he was not seeking reelection.
4th term incumbent Democratic representative
Ina Minjarez had represented Texas House of Representatives 124th District since 2015. She retired to run for Bexar County Commissioners Court Judge.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
Dan Huberty has represented Texas House of Representatives 127th District since 2011. He announced not seeking for reelection.
9th term incumbent Democratic representative
Alma A. Allen has represented Texas House of Representatives 131st District since 2009. He won reelection.
1st term incumbent Republican representative
Mike Schofield has represented Texas House of Representatives 132nd District since 2021. He won reelection.
6th term incumbent Republican representative
Jim Murphy has represented Texas House of Representatives 133rd District since 2011. He ran reelection, but he withdrew before the Republican primary.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Jon Rosenthal has represented Texas House of Representatives 135th District since 2019. He won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
John Bucy III has represented Texas House of Representatives 136th District since 2019. He won reelection.
4th term incumbent Democratic representative
Jarvis Johnson has represented Texas House of Representatives 139th District since 2016. He won reelection.
7th term incumbent Democratic representative
Jarvis Johnson has represented Texas House of Representatives 140th District since 2009. He won reelection.
25th term incumbent Democratic representative
Senfronia Thompson has represented Texas House of Representatives 141st District since 1973. He won reelection.
19th term incumbent Democratic representative
Harold Dutton Jr. has represented Texas House of Representatives 142nd District since 1985. He won reelection.
9th term incumbent Democratic representative
Ana Hernandez has represented Texas House of Representatives 143rd District since 2005. She won reelection.
3nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Mary Ann Perez has represented Texas House of Representatives 144th District since 2005. She won reelection.
2nd term incumbent Democratic representative
Christina Morales has represented Texas House of Representatives 145th District since 2005. She won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Democratic representative
Shawn Thierry has represented Texas House of Representatives 146th District since 2017. She won reelection.
16th term incumbent Democratic representative
Garnet Coleman has represented Texas House of Representatives 146th District since 2017. He resigned February 2022. Republican Damien Thaddeus Jones suspended his campaign before winning the nomination and did not appear on the general election ballot.[41]
1st term incumbent Democratic representative
Penny Morales Shaw has represented Texas House of Representatives 148th District since 2021. She won reelection.
3rd term incumbent Republican representative
Valoree Swanson has represented Texas House of Representatives 150th District since 2017. She won reelection.