The 2020 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections.

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voters elected state representatives in all 150 of the state house's districts.

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s were held in March 2020. Two seats changed hands, both in Harris County, one Democratic flip and one Republican flip, for no net change.

Background

In the 2018 election, the

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had a net gain of 12 seats from the opposing

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. In 2019, House Speaker

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announced he would not seek reelection. In October 2020, ''

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'' identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-

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Predictions

Polling

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Summary of results

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Results by district

Election results:

Detailed results

Districts 1-9

Districts 10-19

Districts 20-29

Districts 30-39

Districts 40-49

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

Texas State House

Elections Division
at the

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official website
Texas Election Results
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Texas House of Representatives elections

Texas House The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...