2000Final results
2000 election for Texas House District 68
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Rick Hardcastle (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Betty Furr Richie (D) by 15.9 points.
Rick HardcastleRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.9%23,978
Betty Furr RichieDemocrat
42.1%17,405
41,383 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET