Texas State House District 137
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Gene Wu Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Wu (D) 76.3, Sharp (L) 23.7
- Last election
- Wu (Democratic) won by 52.6 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: WuRight column: Zhou
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Candidates on the ballot
- Gene WuIncumbentDemocratic
- Helen ZhouRepublican
Source: sos.state.tx.us (PDF), dated Aug 28
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History (22 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 25,274
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWuWon Democratic 19,28676.3% LibertarianSharp Libertarian 5,98823.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,010
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,45176.0% LibertarianLee Sharp Libertarian 4,55924.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,844
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,50281.5% OtherLee Sharp Other 5,34218.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,954
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,61688.3% LibertarianLee Sharp Libertarian 2,33811.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,001
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,08867.0% RepublicanKendall L. Baker Republican 8,17830.3% LibertarianDan Biggs Libertarian 7352.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,366
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,15557.9% RepublicanMorad H. Fiki Republican 5,21142.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,077
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGene WuWon Democratic 15,83265.8% RepublicanM. J. Khan Republican 8,24534.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,476
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticScott HochbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,15158.7% RepublicanSylvia Spivey Republican 4,32541.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,706
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticScott HochbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,23389.3% LibertarianAlex Cresswell Libertarian 1,47310.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,993
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticScott HochbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,20157.8% RepublicanSylvia Spivey Republican 3,79242.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,660
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticScott HochbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,56556.6% RepublicanAnn Witt Republican 8,09543.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,492
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticScott HochbergWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,29254.8% RepublicanDionne L. Roberts Republican 5,20045.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,897
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,82262.1% RepublicanDavid Cubberly Republican 12,07537.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,009
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,35963.1% RepublicanBen Dominguez II Republican 6,65036.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,605
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,86864.7% RepublicanChris Larue Republican 9,73735.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,469
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,95985.6% LibertarianJohn Persakis Libertarian 2,51014.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,074
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,55359.1% RepublicanJerry Hall Republican 12,23137.0% LibertarianKevin Kinkade Libertarian 1,2903.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,453
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,453100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,296
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,296100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,053
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,053100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,125
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,125100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,611
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 137, 1982 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDeborah DanburgWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,47965.2% RepublicanWilmot Hill McCutchen Republican 5,63432.0% LibertarianAileen Grimes Libertarian 4982.8%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1982 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Texas State House District 137, election results 1982 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/house/137. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tx/sldl:137
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026