Texas State House District 5
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Cole Hefner Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Hector GarzaDemocraticCole HefnerRepublican · Incumbent
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Hefner (R) 98.8
- Last election
- Hefner (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: GarzaRight column: Hefner
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- Hector GarzaDemocratic
- Cole HefnerIncumbentRepublican
Source: sos.state.tx.us (PDF), dated Aug 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 75,286
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHefnerWon Republican 74,38198.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 9051.2% - Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCole HefnerWon(incumbent) Republican —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 74,021
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCole HefnerWon(incumbent) Republican 59,19780.0% DemocraticLawyanda Prince Democratic 14,82420.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 56,214
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCole HefnerWon(incumbent) Republican 44,60479.3% DemocraticBill Liebbe Democratic 11,61020.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,428
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCole HefnerWon Republican 51,428100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,331
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 30,77992.3% LibertarianRon Walenta Libertarian 2,5527.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,204
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 46,204100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,980
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 33,980100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,309
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 47,309100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,081
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 26,28681.9% LibertarianTim Carmichael Libertarian 5,79518.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 60,558
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon(incumbent) Republican 37,52962.0% DemocraticBob Glaze Democratic 23,02938.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 38,737
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBryan HughesWon Republican 20,28652.4% DemocraticBob Glaze(incumbent) Democratic 18,45147.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,034
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,55652.5% RepublicanBill Hollowell Republican 19,47847.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,731
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,01556.2% RepublicanDan Flynn Republican 11,71643.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,251
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon(incumbent) Democratic 20,97259.5% RepublicanDan Flynn Republican 14,27940.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,748
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,37158.4% RepublicanLance Lenz Republican 12,37741.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,903
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,12566.3% RepublicanLance Lenz Republican 12,77833.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,882
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBob GlazeWon Democratic 16,68950.8% RepublicanGeorge Winn Republican 16,19349.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,723
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HallowellWon Democratic 22,67154.3% RepublicanGeorge Winn Republican 19,05245.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,936
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HollowellWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,78254.5% RepublicanLynda Mulanax Republican 13,15445.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,839
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HollowellWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,839100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,632
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBill HollowellWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,632100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,793
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry ClarkWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,793100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,108
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJerry ClarkWon Democratic 11,36580.6% RepublicanBetty Jo Tucker Republican 2,74319.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,721
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHerman Adams Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 19,721100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,405
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHerman Adams Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 6,75280.3% RepublicanMadelyn Harden Republican 1,65319.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,992
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHerman Adams Jr.Won Democratic 14,31271.6% RepublicanWallace Livesay Jr. Republican 5,68028.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,761
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn HannahWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,73099.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 310.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,476
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Texas House of Representatives District 5, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn HannahWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,476100.0%
- 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
- 1968 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 5, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/house/5. Retrieved October 30, 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:5
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