2004Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Texas House District 18
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
John Otto (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Dan Ellis (D) by 9.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John OttoRepublican · winner
54.6%26,337
Dan EllisDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%21,925
48,262 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET