Pete Laney Democratic Pete Laney Democratic The 1994 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections.

Democrats had held control of the Texas House of Representatives since Reconstruction.

[1] Democrats had fully controlled the redistricting process in 1991, and Republicans sued over the Texas House's map.

[2] Democrats codified the court's map into law in a January 1992 special session.

[3] Despite Republicans making major gains nationwide as a part of the Republican Revolution, including Republican George W. Bush's victory against incumbent Democrat Ann Richards in the concurrent gubernatorial election, the party only flipped a net of two seats from the Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives.