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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas Senate District 15

Texas State Senate · Texas

John Whitmire (D) won with 65.1% of the vote, defeating Warren A. Lawless (R) by 30.1 points.

John WhitmireDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.1%95,826
34.9%51,465
147,291 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+26.91982D+44.21992D+24.11996D+30.12000D+20.72002D+26.02006

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