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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas House District 82

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Tom Craddick (R) won with 78.3% of the vote, defeating Gilberto M. Garcia (D) by 56.6 points.

Tom CraddickRepublican · winner · incumbent
78.3%31,717
21.7%8,798
40,515 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+28.11982R+8.21986R+56.62000R+26.82008R+60.32018R+65.52024

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