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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas Senate District 21

Texas State Senate · Texas

Judith Zaffirini (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating David Swift (R) by 32.9 points.

Judith ZaffiriniDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%106,089
David SwiftRepublican
33.5%53,547
159,636 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+36.61990D+37.11994D+32.61996D+32.92000D+39.12008D+38.52012

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