Year one was Larry combest elected
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
United States House of Representatives elections, 1996
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Texas
Texas
Texas 5 John Bryant Democratic 1982 Retired to run for U.S. Senate Republican gain Pete Sessions (R) 53.07% John Pouland (D) 46.93%
Texas 8 Jack Fields Republican 1980 Retired Republican hold Kevin Brady (R) 59.11% Gene Fontenot (D) 40.89%
Texas 9 Steve Stockman Republican 1994 Lost re-election Democratic gain Nick Lampson (D) 52.83% Steve Stockman (R) 47.16%
Texas 19 Larry Combest Republican 1984 Re-elected Larry Combest (R) 80.37% John Sawyer (D) 19.63%
Texas 22 Tom DeLay Republican 1984 Re-elected Tom DeLay (R) 68.11% Scott Cunningham (D) 31.89%
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SELECT First elected FROM table WHERE Incumbent = Larry Combest
Larry Combest