Election 2000
Chronicle Election Coverage
Fri., Nov. 10, 2000
Texas Legislature Results
Nothing could be more dull than the Texas legislative races. No U.S. House race was closer than 10 points, leaving the D.C. delegation 17-13 Democrat. In the state Senate, the supposed squeaker in District 3 turned into a blowout, as GOP state Rep. Todd Staples stomped all over lawyer David Fisher to hold the Republicans' 16-15 edge in the upper house. (Much closer, actually, was the re-election victory of Dallas' David Cain.) And on the east side of the Capitol, Ds and Rs traded exactly one seat each in the state House of Representatives -- Chuck Hopson taking Staples' open House seat in Palestine, and David Langefeld losing his re-election bid in Stephenville. The only really close race was in Huntsville, where incumbent Democrat Dan Ellis held on by his cuticles. This leaves the House as it was, 78-72 Democrat.
 District | | Republican | | Democrat | | Hold/Pickup |
Senate-3 (East Texas) | | Todd Staples | | David Fisher | | R hold |
House-11 (Palestine) | | Paul Woodard | | Chuck Hopson | | D pickup |
House-18 (Huntsville) | | Ben Bius | | Dan Ellis* | | D hold |
House-48 (Austin) | | Jill Warren | | Ann Kitchen | | D hold |
House-59 (Stephenville) | | Sid Miller | | David Lengefeld* | | R pickup |
Winners in bold type; * indicates incumbent
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