1992 Texas general election

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The 1992 Texas general election was held on November 3, 1992, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the U.S. President, Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were three justices of the Texas Supreme Court and three judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

The United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 1992 were conducted as part of the Texas General Election.

United States President

Main article: United States presidential election, 1992

United States presidential election in Texas, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican Party	George Bush	2,496,071	40.56%	32
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	2,281,815	37.07%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	19,699	0.32%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	1,354,781	22.01%	0
	Write In	Howard Phillips	359	0.0%	0
	Write In	Quinn Brisben	78	0.0%	0
	Write In	James Bo Gritz	505	0.0%	0
	Write In	Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	169	0.0%	0
	Write In	James Wellington Wright	23	0.0%	0
	Write In	Lenora B. Fulani	301	0.0%	0
	Write In	John S. Hagelin	217	0.0%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	32
Voter turnout (Voting age population)					72.92%

Railroad Commissioner

1992 election for Railroad Commissioner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barry Williamson	3,151,953	53.65
	Democratic	Lena Guerrero (inc.)	2,306,619	39.26
	Libertarian	Richard N. Draheim, Jr.	410,614	6.98
	Write-In	Richard S. Landon	5,686	0.09
Majority			845,334	14.39
Turnout			5,874,872
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Legislative Elections

Texas Senate

Districts 1-5

1992 election for State Senator, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Ratliff (Incumbent)	102,310	52.13
	Democratic	A.M. Bob Aikin	93,937	47.86
Turnout			196,247	100.00

1992 election for State Senator, District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Florence Shapiro	129,228	53.54
	Democratic	Ted Lyon (Incumbent)	96,746	40.08
	Libertarian	Richard C. Donaldson	15,384	6.37
Turnout			241,358	100.00

1992 election for State Senator, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Haley (Incumbent)	117,709	53.86
	Republican	Gene Shull	100,826	46.13
Turnout			218,535	100.00

1992 election for State Senator, District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl A. Parker (Incumbent)	114,999	54.57
	Republican	Michael L. Galloway	95,741	45.43
Turnout			210,740	100.00

1992 election for State Senator, District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Turner (Incumbent)	134,875	100.00
Turnout			134,875	100.00

Districts 6-10

Districts 11-15

Districts 16-20

Districts 21-25

1992 election for State House, District 22

Districts 26-31

Texas House of Representatives

1992 election for State House, District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Barry B. Telford (Incumbent)	30,216	100.00
Turnout			30,216	100.00

1992 election for State House, District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Donald Ramsay	25,051	61.48
	Republican	Janie Wilson	15,697	38.52
Turnout			40,748	100.00

1992 election for State House, District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pete Patterson (Incumbent)	30,733	100.00
Turnout			30,733	100.00

1992 election for State House, District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Oakley (Incumbent)	23,117	55.30
	Republican	Bill Thomas	18,685	44.70
Turnout			41,802	100.00

Texas Supreme Court

Justice, Place 1

1992 election for Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Enoch	3,059,529	53.31
	Democratic	Oscar H. Mauzy (inc.)	2,473,309	43.10
	Libertarian	Alfred Adask	205,335	3.57
Majority			586,220	10.21
Turnout			5,738,173
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Justice, Place 2

1992 election for Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eugene Cook (inc.)	2,697,017	47.77
	Democratic	Rose Spector	2,948,377	52.22
Majority			251,360	4.45
Turnout			5,645,394
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

Justice, Place 3

1992 election for Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John D. Montgomery	2,432,933	43.20
	Democratic	Jack Hightower (inc.)	3,198,712	56.79
Majority			765,779	13.59
Turnout			5,631,645
	Democratic hold		Swing

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Judge, Place 1

1992 election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph A. Devany	2,552,601	47.19
	Democratic	Charles F. Baird (inc.)	2,855,901	52.80
Majority			303,300	5.61
Turnout			5,408,502
	Democratic hold		Swing

Judge, Place 2

1992 election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Lagarde	2,667,300	48.95
	Democratic	Morris L. Overstreet (inc.)	2,781,729	51.04
Majority			114,429	2.09
Turnout			5,449,029
	Democratic hold		Swing

Judge, Place 3

1992 election for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lawrence Meyers	2,732,689	50.50
	Democratic	Fortunato Benavides (inc.)	2,677,996	49.49
Majority			54,693	1.01
Turnout			5,410,685
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

State Board of Education

Only contested elections are listed.

Member, State Board of Education, District 4

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alma A. Allen	214,149	88.94
	Libertarian	Charles Fuller	26,609	11.05
Majority			187,540	77.89
Turnout			240,758

Member, State Board of Education, District 5

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Coulter	184,333	45.05
	Republican	Bob Offutt	224,790	54.94
Majority			40,457	9.89
Turnout			409,123

Member, State Board of Education, District 8

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Knotts Perkins (inc.)	234,095	58.23
	Republican	D. W. Diehl	167,902	41.76
Majority			66,193	16.47
Turnout			401,997

Member, State Board of Education, District 9

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patsy Johnson	226,317	58.39
	Republican	C. B. Jones	160,992	41.54
	Write-In	Gene W. Hightower	225	0.05
Majority			65,325	16.85
Turnout			387,534

Member, State Board of Education, District 11

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Patrik	341,029	83.47
	Libertarian	Jeri Barthel	67,502	16.52
Majority			273,527	66.95
Turnout			408,531

Member, State Board of Education, District 13

1992 election for State Board of Education, District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emmett Conrad (inc.)	197,568	85.73
	Libertarian	Gordon Mobley	32,877	14.26
Majority			164,691	44.47
Turnout			230,445

Court of Appeals

Only contested elections are listed.

First Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 1st Court of Appeals (Unexpired)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adele Hedges	601,123	52.76
	Democratic	Gaynelle Jones (inc.)	538,192	47.23
Majority			62,931	5.53
Turnout			1,139,315
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Second Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tod Weaver	346,724	53.61
	Democratic	Doyel Willis, Jr.	299,925	46.38
Majority			46,799	7.23
Turnout			646,649

Fourth Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 4th Court of Appeals
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rickhoff	291,643	51.26
	Democratic	Ron Carr (inc.)	277,248	48.73
Majority			14,395	2.53
Turnout			568,891
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Fifth Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 5th Court of Appeals, Place 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Brooks	387,445	48.05
	Democratic	Ron Chapman (inc.)	418,852	51.94
Majority			31,407	3.89
Turnout			806,297
	Democratic hold		Swing

1992 election for Justice, 5th Court of Appeals, Place 4 (Unexpired)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Barber	402,088	52.15
	Democratic	Jeff Kaplan (inc.)	368,905	47.84
Majority			33,183	4.31
Turnout			770,993
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

1992 election for Justice, 5th Court of Appeals, Place 5 (Unexpired)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Hampton	393,454	49.02
	Democratic	Barbara Rosenberg (inc.)	409,075	50.97
Majority			15,621	1.95
Turnout			802,529
	Democratic hold		Swing

1992 election for Justice, 5th Court of Appeals, Place 6 (Unexpired)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph B. Morris	420,487	54.55
	Democratic	Kevin Wiggins (inc.)	350,225	45.44
Majority			70,262	9.11
Turnout			770,712
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Seventh Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 7th Court of Appeals, Place 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jairl Dowell	124,143	49.95
	Democratic	Carlton B. Dodson (inc.)	124,380	50.04
Majority			237	0.09
Turnout			248,523
	Democratic hold		Swing

Eight Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 8th Court of Appeals
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marc Skeen	101,891	43.07
	Democratic	Susan Larsen (inc.)	134,647	56.92
Majority			32,756	13.85
Turnout			236,538
	Democratic hold		Swing

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

1992 election for Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harvey Hudson	555,435	49.47
	Democratic	Norman Lee	567,233	50.52
Majority			11,798	1.05
Turnout			1,122,668

1992 election for Justice, 14th Court of Appeals, Place 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary C. Bowers	566,228	50.55
	Democratic	Henry L. Burkholder	553,723	49.44
Majority			12,505	1.11
Turnout			1,119,951

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