2022 Texas House of Representatives election

The winners of this election served in the 88th Texas Legislature, with seats apportioned according to the 2020 United States census.

Democrats made major inroads in the Texas House of representatives in 2018, especially in suburban areas; however, in 2020, Republicans maintained control of the Texas House of Representatives by an 83–67 margin.

[3] In July 2021, the majority of Democratic representatives broke quorum during a special legislative session in protest of a controversial Republican-backed voting restrictions bill.

[4] On November 2, 2021, Republican John Lujan won a special election in District 118, flipping it.

[5] On November 15, 2021, Democratic representative Ryan Guillen announced he was changing his party affiliation to Republican.

Democrats would have needed to flip 11 seats in order to claim control of the chamber from Republicans.

Following the 2020 United States census, the Texas Legislature underwent its decennial redistricting.

Texas House of Representatives districts follow the "county line rule," effectively granting individual counties delegations of state house seats based on their population.

Counties with at least this number of people must fully contain at least one state house district.

25 incumbents, including 10 Democrats and 15 Republicans, retired, 10 of which sought other office.

[13] A special election to fill his seat in the Texas House of Representatives was held on August 31, 2021.

[14] No candidate received 50% of the vote, so the top-two winners, Brian Harrison and former state Rep. John Wray, advanced to a runoff held on September 28.

[22] Ramirez:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Martinez:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50% Tie:      20–30%      30–40% Vacant Democratic John Lujan Republican District 118: Leo Pacheco (D) resigned to teach public administration at San Antonio College.

[5] District 38: Eddie Lucio III (D) announced he would not seek re-election in 2022, citing personal reasons.

[12] A special election to fill the seat for the remainder of Lucio's term was held on May 7, 2022.

Redistricting greatly reduced the number of competitive seats in the state, making it almost certain that the chamber would remain in Republican hands.

He resigned in July 2021 to run for U.S. House of Representatives in Texas 6th District special election.

Jake Ellzey was succeeded by Brian Harrison, who ran for a full term.

He retired to run in the Texas State Senate 11th District election.

First elected as a Democrat, he announced he would switch to the Republican Party on November 15, 2021.

Alex Dominguez Democratic Janie Lopez Republican This district was created by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

This district incorporates parts of East Austin, Pflugerville, and Manor.

Scott Sanford Republican Mihaela Plesa Democratic Formerly based around McKinney, District 70 was redrawn to center around Plano.

Incumbent Republican Scott Sanford did not run for reelection in the new district.

[37] Formerly a Republican stronghold, southern Collin County had become increasingly competitive in recent years, so both parties expected the race to be close.

He announced he would not seek reelection after redistricting changed his district to be more Democratic-leaning.

Despite both of these victories, he had never served in the legislature due to being elected after the legislative session had finished.

[42] He won reelection in a rematch against his 2021 runoff opponent Frank Ramirez.

She retired to run for Bexar County Commissioners Court Judge.

Republican Damien Thaddeus Jones suspended his campaign before winning the nomination and did not appear on the general election ballot.