1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 Texas House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Texas House of Representatives district in the 1998 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 150 seats

After the electionD 78 · R 72
Races150
Changed party4
Unopposed64%96 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 78 · R 72

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Barry B. Telford (D)Unopposed
HD-2Tom Ramsay (D)9.9
HD-3Mark Homer (D)14.0
HD-4Betty Brown (R)6.6Flipped
HD-5Bob Glaze (D)12.3
HD-6Leo Berman (R)Unopposed
HD-7Tommy Merritt (R)Unopposed
HD-8Paul Sadler (D)23.1
HD-9Wayne Christian (R)15.7
HD-10James R. Pitts (R)Unopposed
HD-11Todd Staples (R)Unopposed
HD-12Clyde Alexander (D)25.5
HD-13Charles B. Jones (R)2.0Flipped
HD-14Fred Brown (R)Unopposed
HD-15Thomas D. Williams (R)39.2
HD-16Ruben W. Hope Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-17Jim McReynolds (D)27.2
HD-18Dan Ellis (D)2.7
HD-19Ron E. Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-20Zeb D. Zbranek (D)12.1
HD-21Allan B. Ritter (D)6.3
HD-22Joe Deshotel (D)Unopposed
HD-23Patricia Gray (D)12.0
HD-24Craig Eiland (D)16.7
HD-25Dennis Bonnen (R)Unopposed
HD-26Charlie Howard (R)Unopposed
HD-27Dora Olivo (D)Unopposed
HD-28Robert L. Cook (D)29.2
HD-29D. Uher (D)30.6
HD-30Geanie W. Morrison (R)5.5
HD-31Judy Hawley (D)Unopposed
HD-32Gene Seaman (R)Unopposed
HD-33Vilma Luna (D)40.5
HD-34Jaime L. Capelo Jr. (D)34.7
HD-35Irma Rangel (D)Unopposed
HD-36Ismael Flores (D)Unopposed
HD-37Rene O. Oliveira (D)Unopposed
HD-38Jim Solis (D)Unopposed
HD-39Miguel Wise (D)Unopposed
HD-40Juan Hinojosa (D)Unopposed
HD-41Roberto Gutierrez (D)Unopposed
HD-42Henry Cuellar (D)Unopposed
HD-43Tracy O. King (D)Unopposed
HD-44Ignacio Salinas Jr. (D)5.6
HD-45Edmund Kuempel (R)Unopposed
HD-46Rick Green (R)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-47Terry Keel (R)Unopposed
HD-48Sherri Greenberg (D)Unopposed
HD-49Elliott Naishtat (D)26.5
HD-50Dawnna M. Dukes (D)Unopposed
HD-51Glen Maxey (D)46.8
HD-52Michael Krusee (R)Unopposed
HD-53Harvey Hilderbran (R)Unopposed
HD-54Suzanna Gratia Hupp (R)9.6
HD-55Dianne White Delisi (R)Unopposed
HD-56Kip Averitt (R)38.4
HD-57Jim Dunnam (D)Unopposed
HD-58Arlene Wohlgemuth (R)18.8
HD-59David Lengefeld (D)8.9
HD-60James L. Keffer (R)Unopposed
HD-61Phil King (R)29.2
HD-62Ron Clark (R)32.3
HD-63Mary Denny (R)48.7
HD-64Ronny Crownover (R)Unopposed
HD-65Burt Solomons (R)Unopposed
HD-66Brian McCall (R)Unopposed
HD-67Jerry A. Madden (R)Unopposed
HD-68Rick Hardcastle (R)0.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-69David Farabee (D)12.1
HD-70David Counts (D)7.5
HD-71Bob Hunter (R)Unopposed
HD-72Robert Junell (D)47.2
HD-73Robert R. Turner (D)3.6
HD-74Pete P. Gallego (D)Unopposed
HD-75Manny Najera (D)46.5
HD-76Norma Chavez (D)Unopposed
HD-77Paul Moreno (D)Unopposed
HD-78Pat Haggerty (R)29.6
HD-79Joseph C. Pickett (D)Unopposed
HD-80Gary L. Walker (R)Unopposed
HD-81G. E. West (R)Unopposed
HD-82Tom Craddick (R)Unopposed
HD-83Delwin Jones (R)Unopposed
HD-84Carl H. Isett (R)Unopposed
HD-85James Laney (D)46.9
HD-86John Smithee (R)Unopposed
HD-87David Swinford (R)Unopposed
HD-88Warren Chisum (R)Unopposed
HD-89Sue Palmer (R)24.8
HD-90Lon Burnam (D)Unopposed
HD-91Bill G. Carter (R)Unopposed
HD-92Todd Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-93Toby Goodman (R)Unopposed
HD-94Kent Grusendorf (R)Unopposed
HD-95Glenn O. Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-96Kenneth Brimer (R)Unopposed
HD-97Anna Mowery (R)Unopposed
HD-98Vicki Truitt (R)52.9
HD-99Kenny Marchant (R)Unopposed
HD-100Terri Hodge (D)Unopposed
HD-101Elvira Reyna (R)Unopposed
HD-102Tony Goolsby (R)Unopposed
HD-103Steve Wolens (D)Unopposed
HD-104Domingo Garcia (D)41.2
HD-105Dale B. Tillery (D)Unopposed
HD-106Ray Allen (R)27.9
HD-107Harryette B. Ehrhardt (D)18.5
HD-108Kenn S. George (R)Unopposed
HD-109Helen Giddings (D)Unopposed
HD-110Jesse Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-111Yvonne Davis (D)Unopposed
HD-112Fred Hill (R)Unopposed
HD-113Joe Driver (R)Unopposed
HD-114Will Hartnett (R)Unopposed
HD-115Leticia Vandeputte (D)Unopposed
HD-116Leo G. Alvarado (D)Unopposed
HD-117John Amos Longoria (D)Unopposed
HD-118Carlos Uresti (D)Unopposed
HD-119Robert R. Puente (D)Unopposed
HD-120Ruth Jones McClendon (D)Unopposed
HD-121Bill Siebert (R)Unopposed
HD-122John H. Shields (R)Unopposed
HD-123Frank J. Corte Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-124Juan F. Solis III (D)Unopposed
HD-125Arthur Reyna (D)Unopposed
HD-126Peggy Hamric (R)Unopposed
HD-127Joe Crabb (R)Unopposed
HD-128Fred M. Bosse (D)25.2
HD-129John E. Davis (R)43.0
HD-130John Abney Culberson (R)Unopposed
HD-131Ron Wilson (D)Unopposed
HD-132Scott Hochberg (D)Unopposed
HD-133Joe Nixon (R)Unopposed
HD-134Kyle Janek (R)20.6
HD-135Gary Elkins (R)Unopposed
HD-136Beverly Woolley (R)84.1
HD-137Deborah Danburg (D)26.1
HD-138Ken Yarbrough (D)0.9
HD-139Sylvester Turner (D)Unopposed
HD-140Kevin Bailey (D)Unopposed
HD-141Senfronia Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-142Harold Dutton (D)Unopposed
HD-143Joe E. Moreno (D)44.5
HD-144Robert E. Talton (R)75.9
HD-145Richard Noriega (D)34.2
HD-146Al Edwards (D)51.9
HD-147Garnet F. Coleman (D)Unopposed
HD-148Jessica Farrar (D)Unopposed
HD-149Talmadge Heflin (R)Unopposed
HD-150Paul J. Hilbert (R)Unopposed

Texas House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner