1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Texas House District 4
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Betty Brown (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Bruce Wood (D) by 6.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Betty BrownRepublican · winner
53.3%14,853
Bruce WoodDemocrat
46.7%13,010
27,863 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET