United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2008

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November 4, 2008

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All 32 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives

Turnout

13,575,062 - 45%

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Republican	Democratic
Seats before	19	13
Seats won	20	12
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	4,203,917	2,979,398
Percentage	55.8%	39.6%
Swing	3.5%	4.7%

The 2008 elections for the Texas delegation of the United States House of Representatives was held on November 4, 2008. 31 of 32 congressional seats that make up the state's delegation were contested. In Texas's 14th congressional district no one challenged incumbent Ron Paul. Since Representatives are elected for two-year terms, those elected will serve in the 111th United States Congress from January 4, 2009 until January 3, 2011.

The 2008 Presidential election, 2008 Senate election (for John Cornyn's seat), and 2008 Texas Legislature elections occurred on the same date, as well as many local elections and ballot initiatives.

The delegation prior to the election comprised 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats.

Sophomore Republican Louie Gohmert of Tyler was elected in 2004 following a controversial redistricting in 2003 by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay that moved the district of incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin into a strongly Republican constituency. Sandlin was defeated by a 24-point margin in 2004, and Gohmert won in 2006 with 68% of the vote. The district is a purely East Texas one stretching from the Tyler and Longview-Marshall areas in the north to the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area due south. Gohmert was renominated, while no Democrats ran in the 2008 Primary. He won easily with 87.7% of the vote.

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