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1990Final results

1990 election for Texas Senate District 13

Texas State Senate · Texas

Rodney Ellis (D) won with 75.3% of the vote, defeating Bill Batts (R) by 50.6 points.

Rodney EllisDemocrat · winner
75.3%68,398
Bill BattsRepublican
24.7%22,418
90,837 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1990

Races before and after

EvenR+27.81972R+39.41976D+50.61990D+56.32010D+60.92020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET