Texas House
District 16
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
90,260 |
70.6% |
| Rick Ledesma |
Republican |
35,271 |
27.6% |
| Carl Proffer |
Natural law |
2,253 |
1.8% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
22,119 |
42.5% |
| Jose Sanchez |
Democratic |
14,698 |
28.2% |
| Dolores Briones |
Democratic |
11,583 |
22.2% |
| Tom Petersen |
Democratic |
3,095 |
5.9% |
| Robert Levy |
Democratic |
610 |
1.2% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Rick Ledesma |
Republican |
8,329 |
61.5% |
| Dick Bowen |
Republican |
5,225 |
38.5% |
| 1996 House Primary Runoff |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
21,161 |
51.2% |
| Jose Sanchez |
Democratic |
20,157 |
48.8% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
67,486 |
87.9% |
| Stu Nance |
Libertarian |
5,329 |
6.9% |
| Lorenzo Morales |
Independent |
3,952 |
5.1% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
92,649 |
68.3% |
| Daniel Power |
Republican |
40,921 |
30.2% |
| Dan Moser |
Libertarian |
2,080 |
1.5% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
72,383 |
100.0% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
108,577 |
67.5% |
| David Brigham |
Republican |
49,972 |
31.1% |
| Brad Clardy |
Libertarian |
2,224 |
1.4% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| David Brigham |
Republican |
4,127 |
53.2% |
| Bobby Ortiz |
Republican |
3,626 |
46.8% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
61,116 |
78.7% |
| Gordon Strickland |
Libertarian |
16,572 |
21.3% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
28,931 |
100.0% |
| Jorge Artalejo |
Democratic |
0 |
0.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
130,375 |
82.1% |
| Ben Mendoza |
Independent |
16,348 |
10.3% |
| Mette Baker |
Libertarian |
12,000 |
7.6% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvester Reyes |
Democratic |
75,058 |
80.4% |
| Jorge Artalejo |
Democratic |
18,274 |
19.6% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
49,301 |
58.2% |
| Tim Besco |
Republican |
31,051 |
36.7% |
| Bill Collins |
Libertarian |
4,319 |
5.1% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
26,066 |
100.0% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Tim Besco |
Republican |
9,817 |
100.0% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Beto O'Rourke |
Democratic |
23,261 |
50.5% |
| Silvestre Reyes |
Democratic |
20,440 |
44.3% |
| Jerome Tilghman |
Democratic |
1,270 |
2.8% |
| Buddy Mendoza |
Democratic |
701 |
1.5% |
| Paul Johnson |
Democratic |
419 |
0.9% |
| 2012 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Barbara Carrasco |
Republican |
5,268 |
58.9% |
| Corey Roen |
Republican |
3,681 |
41.1% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
651,619 |
| Percentage White |
73.9% |
| Percentage Black |
3.2% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.8% |
| Percentage Asian |
1.0% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.1% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
3.2% |
| Percentage Other Race |
17.7% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
77.7% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
17.4% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
2.9% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
61.1% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$31,245 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
26.7% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
23.6% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
45.1% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
13.2% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
83.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.0% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
10.0% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
35.6% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
17.0% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
29.7% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
28.4% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
16.3% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
56.1% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
31.5% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.2% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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