1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Texas House District 68
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Rick Hardcastle (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Charles Finnell (D) by 0.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rick HardcastleRepublican · winner
50.4%14,854
Charles FinnellDemocrat · incumbent
49.6%14,597
29,451 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