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1998Final results

1998 election for Texas Senate District 18

Texas State Senate · Texas

Ken Armbrister (D) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Reese Turner (R) by 18.9 points.

Ken ArmbristerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.4%85,291
Reese TurnerRepublican
40.6%58,195
143,486 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

EvenD+34.81982D+23.31986D+19.31992D+18.91998D+8.22002R+40.92010

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