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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 47

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Terry Keel (R) won with 83.1% of the vote, defeating Michael Badnarik (Lib) by 66.2 points.

Terry KeelRepublican · winner · incumbent
83.1%74,958
Michael BadnarikLibertarian
16.9%15,221
90,179 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+0.41986D+4.41988R+30.81992R+39.61996R+30.52002D+4.72006

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