Short Break-Down of TX House Pick-Ups

Democrats gained 6 TX House seats, while Republicans gained 3. This only gave the Ds a net gain of 3 seats - taking us to 76-74 in the House.

Republican-to-Democrat

• HD 52 (Williamson County) Diana Maldonado defeated Bryan Daniel, 48.6% to 47.6%.
• HD 78 (El Paso County) Joe Moody defeated Dee Margo, 51.5% to 45.1%.
• HD 96 (Tarrant County) Chris Turner defeated incumbent Bill Zedler, 51.3% to 46.6%.
• HD 101 (Dallas County) Robert Miklos defeated Mike Anderson, 50.6% to 49.4%.
• HD 102 (Dallas County) Carol Kent defeated Tony Goolsby, 53% to 47%.
• HD 133 (Harris County) Kristi Thibaut defeated incumbent Jim Murphy, 50.6% to 49.4%.

Democrat-to-Republican

• HD 17 (Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, Colorado, Burleson, Brazos Counties) Tim Kleinschmidt defeated Donnie Dippel, 54% to 42.9%.
• HD 32 (Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, Calhoun Counties) Todd Hunter defeated incumbent Juan Garcia, 50.1% to 46.8% - Before Garcia, it was Republican Gene Seaman's seat.
• HD 97 (Tarrant County) Mark Shelton defeated incumbent Dan Barrett, 55.4% to 42.7%.