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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 27

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Dora Olivo (D) won with 64.0% of the vote, defeating Lester Phipps (R) by 28.0 points.

Dora OlivoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.0%28,209
Lester PhippsRepublican
36.0%15,852
44,061 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

EvenR+2.71988D+33.81992D+20.91996D+28.02000D+25.32002D+21.62006

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