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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 18

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Dan Ellis (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Ben Bius (R) by 2.5 points.

Dan EllisDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.3%24,013
Ben BiusRepublican
48.7%22,839
46,852 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+33.51994D+20.31996D+2.71998D+2.52000D+6.12002R+9.12004

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