2000 Texas Senate election

2000 Texas Senate election

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15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Rep Dem Party Republican Democratic Seats before 16 15 Seats won 16 15 Seat change Popular vote 1,661,939 810,279 Percentage 65.08% 31.73%
Senate results by district      Republican hold     Democratic hold      No election
President Pro Tempore before election Republican Elected President Pro Tempore Republican

The 2000 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 15 State Senate districts. All of the seats up for this election were for two-year terms, with senators up for re-election in the 2002 elections. State senators typically serve four-year terms in the Texas State Senate, but all Senators come up for election in the cycles following each decennial redistricting. The winners of this election served in the 77th Texas Legislature.

Background

The Republican Party had held the State Senate since the 1996 elections. ^[1]

Results

Despite the highly contentious 2000 presidential election taking place at the same time, in which Republican governor George W. Bush won nearly 60% of the vote in Texas, Republicans failed to expand their narrow majority in the Texas Senate. Only one seat saw a new member elected, a seat Republicans held after one member retired. Republicans had heavily targeted Democrat David Cain, who represented an increasingly Republican-leaning district in and east of Dallas, but he won re-election by a larger than expected margin, maintaining the chamber's composition. ^[2]

Results by district

District	Democratic		Republican		Libertarian		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 2	100,181	53.18%	88,212	46.82%	-	-	188,393	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 3	98,976	39.36%	152,514	60.64%	-	-	251,490	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 7	-	-	219,835	100.00%	-	-	219,835	100.00%	Republican hold
District 8	-	-	225,369	100.00%	-	-	225,369	100.00%	Republican hold
District 9	-	-	207,079	100.00%	-	-	207,079	100.00%	Republican hold
District 10	-	-	187,302	100.00%	-	-	187,302	100.00%	Republican hold
District 12	187,302	75.18%	61,846	24.82%	-	-	24,9148	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 14	185,478	81.95%	-	-	40,847	18.05%	226,325	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 15	95,826	65.06%	51,465	34.94%	-	-	147,291	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 21	106,089	66.46%	53,547	33.54%	-	-	159,636	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 24	-	-	130,913	100.00%	-	-	130,913	100.00%	Republican hold
District 25	-	-	283,857	87.43%	40,806	12.57%	324,663	100.00%	Republican hold
District 26	105,771	100.00%	-	-	-	-	105,771	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 27	94,042	100.00%	-	-	-	-	94,042	100.00%	Democratic hold
District 29	101,045	100.00%	-	-	-	-	101,045	100.00%	Republican hold
Total	810,279	31.73%	1,661,939	65.08%	81,653	3.19%	2,553,871	100.00%	Source: [3]

References

1. "Rep. Stockman loses in Texas Congress runoff GOP claims majority in one house of state legislature, 1st since 1872". Baltimore Sun. December 12, 1996. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
2. Ramsey, Ross (November 13, 2000). "A Truly Fantastic Week for Political Junkies". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
3. "Race Summary Report - 2000 General Election". Texas Secretary of State.