2000Final results
2000 election for Texas's 5th District
U.S. House · Texas
Pete Sessions (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Regina Montoya Coggins (D) by 9.6 points.
Pete SessionsRepublican · winner
54.0%100,487
Regina Montoya CogginsDemocrat
44.4%82,629
Ken AshbyLibertarian
1.5%2,842
185,958 votes
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000
Races before and after
Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:25 AM ET
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Regina Montoya CogginsPete Sessions
$1.6M
Raised by the campaign
$2M
$1.6M
Spent by the campaign
$1.8M
$5.6K
Cash on hand
$274.4K
Campaign money: FEC, through Dec 31, 2000.
Source: FEC campaign filingsUpdated Dec 31, 2000