1994 Texas House of Representatives election

The 1994 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 74th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans gained a net of two seats from the Democrats, reducing the Democratic majority to 89 out of 150 seats.

1994 Texas House of Representatives election

November 8, 1994

All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Pete Laney Tom Craddick
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 12, 1993 January 9, 1973
Leader's seat 85th 82nd
Last election 92 58
Seats before 91 59
Seats won 89 61
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 1,696,616 1,797,719
Percentage 48.12% 50.99%
Swing 4.01% 5.74%

     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Republican gain
Democratic:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%
Republican:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      ≥90%

Speaker before election

Pete Laney
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Pete Laney
Democratic

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