1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
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All 30 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election1713
Seats won1713
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,531,2341,786,731
Percentage44.2%51.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.6%Decrease2.svg 1.3%
1998 Texas US House.svg

The 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 3, 1998, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States census. [1]

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These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1998, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas [2]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Republican 1,786,73151.61%1313-
Democratic 1,531,23444.23%1717-
Libertarian 136,6883.95%00-
Independent 7,2320.21%00-
Totals3,461,885100.00%3030—

Congressional districts

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin ran for re-election.

Texas's 1st congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Max Sandlin (incumbent) 80,788 59.41
Republican Dennis Boerner55,19140.59
Total votes135,979 100
Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Jim Turner ran for re-election.

Texas's 2nd congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Turner (incumbent) 81,556 58.43
Republican Brian Babin56,89140.76
Libertarian Wendell Drye1,1420.82
Total votes139,589 100
Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Sam Johnson ran for re-election.

Texas's 3rd congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Johnson (incumbent) 106,690 91.21
Libertarian Ken Ashby10,2888.79
Total votes116,978 100
Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ralph Hall ran for re-election.

Texas's 4th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ralph M. Hall (incumbent) 82,989 57.60
Republican Jim Lohmeyer58,95440.92
Libertarian Jim Simon2,1371.48
Total votes144,080 100
Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Pete Sessions ran for re-election.

Texas's 5th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Sessions (incumbent) 61,714 55.77
Democratic Victor Morales48,07343.44
Libertarian Michael Needleman8800.80
Total votes110,667 100
Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Joe Barton ran for re-election.

Texas's 6th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Barton (incumbent) 112,957 72.93
Democratic Ben Boothe40,11225.90
Libertarian Richard Bandlow1,8171.17
Total votes154,886 100
Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Bill Archer ran for re-election.

Texas's 7th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Archer (incumbent) 111,010 93.33
Libertarian Drew Parks7,8896.63
Write-in John Skone-Palmer470.04
Total votes118,946 100
Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady ran for re-election.

Texas's 8th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Brady (incumbent) 123,372 92.80
Libertarian Don Richards9,5767.20
Total votes132,948 100
Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Nick Lampson ran for re-election.

Texas's 9th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Lampson (incumbent) 86,055 63.67
Republican Tom Cottar49,10736.33
Total votes135,162 100
Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett ran for re-election.

Texas's 10th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 116,127 85.21
Libertarian Vincent May20,15514.79
Total votes136,282 100
Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards ran for re-election.

Texas's 11th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chet Edwards (incumbent) 71,142 82.43
Libertarian Vince Hanke15,16117.57
Total votes86,303 100
Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Kay Granger ran for re-election.

Texas's 12th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay Granger (incumbent) 66,740 61.94
Democratic Tom Hall39,08436.28
Libertarian Paul Barthel1,9171.78
Total votes107,741 100
Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry ran for re-election.

Texas's 13th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mac Thornberry (incumbent) 81,141 67.92
Democratic Mark Harmon37,02730.99
Libertarian Georganne Baker Payne1,2981.09
Total votes119,466 100
Republican hold

District 14

Incumbent Republican Ron Paul ran for re-election.

Texas's 14th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron Paul (incumbent) 84,459 55.25
Democratic Loy Sneary68,01444.49
Write-in Cynthia Newman3900.26
Total votes152,863 100
Republican hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Ruben Hinojosa ran for re-election.

Texas's 15th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ruben Hinojosa (incumbent) 47,957 58.36
Republican Tom Haughey34,22141.64
Total votes82,178 100
Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Silvestre Reyes ran for re-election.

Texas's 16th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Silvestre Reyes (incumbent) 67,486 87.91
Libertarian Stu Nance5,3296.94
Independent Lorenzo Morales3,9525.15
Total votes76,767 100
Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Charles Stenholm ran for re-election.

Texas's 17th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles Stenholm (incumbent) 75,367 53.57
Republican Rudy Izzard63,70045.28
Libertarian Gordon Mobley1,6181.15
Total votes140,685 100
Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee ran for re-election.

Texas's 18th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent) 82,091 89.95
Libertarian James Galvan9,17610.05
Total votes91,267 100
Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Larry Combest ran for re-election.

Texas's 19th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Larry Combest (incumbent) 108,266 83.65
Democratic Sidney Blankenship21,16216.35
Total votes129,428 100
Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Henry B. González opted to retire rather than run for re-election. He initially planned to retire prior to the end of his term, which would have led to the calling of a special election, [3] [4] but he ended up serving the entire remainder of his term. [5] His son Charlie ran for the open seat. [6]

Texas's 20th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charlie Gonzalez 50,356 63.17
Republican James Walker28,34735.56
Libertarian Alex DePena1,0101.27
Total votes79,713 100
Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith ran for re-election.

Texas's 21st congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lamar Smith (incumbent) 165,047 91.38
Libertarian Jeffrey Charles Blunt15,5618.62
Total votes180,608 100
Republican hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican Tom DeLay ran for re-election.

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom DeLay (incumbent) 87,840 65.20
Democratic Hill Kemp45,38633.69
Libertarian Steve Grupe1,4941.11
Total votes134,720 100
Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla ran for re-election.

Texas's 23rd congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry Bonilla (incumbent) 73,177 63.79
Democratic Charlie Urbina Jones40,28135.11
Libertarian Bill Stallknecht1,2621.10
Total votes114,720 100
Republican hold

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Martin Frost ran for re-election.

Texas's 24th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martin Frost (incumbent) 56,321 57.48
Republican Shawn Terry40,10540.93
Independent George Arias8300.85
Libertarian David Stover7360.75
Total votes97,992 100
Democratic hold

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Ken Bentsen ran for re-election.

Texas's 25th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ken Bentsen (incumbent) 58,591 57.86
Republican John Sanchez41,84841.32
Libertarian Eric Atkisson8300.82
Total votes101,269 100
Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Republican Dick Armey ran for re-election.

Texas's 26th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Armey (incumbent) 120,332 88.15
Libertarian Joe Turner16,18211.85
Total votes136,514 100
Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election.

Texas's 27th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Solomon Ortiz (incumbent) 61,638 63.28
Republican Erol Stone34,28435.20
Libertarian Mark Pretz1,4761.52
Total votes97,398 100
Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Frank Tejeda died on January 30, 1997, from pneumonia while being treated for a brain tumor. [7] This prompted a special election to be held, which fellow Democrat Ciro Rodriguez won in a runoff. [8] He ran for re-election.

Texas's 28th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ciro Rodriguez (incumbent) 71,849 90.54
Libertarian Edward Elmer7,5049.46
Total votes79,353 100
Democratic hold

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Gene Green ran for re-election.

Texas's 29th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gene Green (incumbent) 44,179 92.75
Independent Lea Sherman2,0134.23
Libertarian James Chudleigh1,4393.02
Total votes47,631 100
Democratic hold

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson ran for re-election.

Texas's 30th congressional district, 1998 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent) 57,603 72.23
Republican Carrie Kelleher21,33826.76
Libertarian Barbara Robinson8111.02
Total votes79,752 100
Democratic hold

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "1998 General Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Washingtonpost.com: Rep. Gonzalez to Retire at Year's End". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Longtime Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez plans retirement". AP NEWS. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ "GONZÁLEZ, Henry B. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ January 2001 0, Jan Jarboe Russell (January 1, 2001). "Henry B. Gonzalez". Texas Monthly. Retrieved June 21, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Tejeda". www.loc.gov. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  8. ↑ "April 1997 Special Runoff Election". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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