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1998 election for Texas Senate District 5

Texas State Senate · Texas

Steve Ogden (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Mary M. Moore (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Steve OgdenRepublican · winner
55.7%77,227
44.3%61,508
138,735 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+12.01994R+11.31998R+26.92006R+42.52010R+33.72014R+13.92018

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