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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 72

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Robert Junell (D) won with 73.6% of the vote, defeating Betsy Johnson (R) by 47.3 points.

Robert JunellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
73.6%28,608
Betsy JohnsonRepublican
26.4%10,243
38,851 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+46.91982D+48.91988D+47.21998D+47.32000R+38.02002R+14.42004

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