2002Final results
2002 election for Texas Senate District 16
Texas State Senate · Texas
John Carona (R) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating Jan Erik Frederiksen (D) by 30.1 points.
John CaronaRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.1%95,853
Jan Erik FrederiksenDemocrat
34.0%50,895
Jack ThompsonLibertarian
1.9%2,857
149,605 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET