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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Texas House District 48

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Todd Baxter (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Ann Kitchen (D) by 7.0 points.

Todd BaxterRepublican · winner
52.4%25,309
Ann KitchenDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%21,928
Michael BadnarikLibertarian
2.2%1,084
48,321 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+31.01992D+29.31994D+21.72000R+7.02002R+0.22004D+11.82008

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

The candidates

Todd Baxter (R)Ann Kitchen (D)

Also on the ballot: Michael Badnarik (Libertarian), 2.2%