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2000Final results

2000 election for Texas Senate District 3

Texas State Senate · Texas

Todd Staples (R) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating David Fisher (D) by 21.3 points.

Todd StaplesRepublican · winner
60.6%152,514
David FisherDemocrat
39.4%98,976
251,490 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+4.71994R+0.21996R+21.32000R+57.72018R+56.32022R+39.02026

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