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2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2000 election for Texas House District 59

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Sid Miller (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating David Lengefeld (D) by 8.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Sid MillerRepublican · winner
54.4%18,566
David LengefeldDemocrat · incumbent
45.6%15,561
34,127 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+18.51990Even1996D+8.91998R+8.82000R+13.52002R+27.82004

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