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
This article appears in November 10 • 2000.