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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 23

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Patricia Gray (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Jeff Harrison (R) by 15.4 points.

Patricia GrayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%25,232
Jeff HarrisonRepublican
41.4%18,394
Steven MulthaupLibertarian
1.7%767
44,393 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+7.11994D+15.51996D+12.01998D+15.42000D+6.32010D+7.92012

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

The candidates

Patricia Gray (D)Jeff Harrison (R)

Also on the ballot: Steven Multhaup (Libertarian), 1.7%