1998 Texas Senate election

none August 2025 1998 Texas Senate election 41.83% Texas Democratic Party 15 14 2 15 1 659,753 0.94% President Pro Tempore Republican Republican 1.17% Texas legislative 1996 Texas Senate election 1996 2000 Texas Senate election 2000 16 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 3, 1998 58.17% Republican Party of Texas 16 17 16 1 917,623 no TxSen1998Results.svg Senate results by district#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#D3D3D3 No election The 1998 Texas Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state senators in 16 State Senate districts. All of the seats up for this election were for four-year terms, with senators up for re-election in the 2002 elections. The winners of this election served in the 76th Texas Legislature. Background The 1996 elections had initially left the Senate with a 15–15 tie between the Republicans and the Democrats, with one outstanding special election runoff in the West Texas-based 28th district.Barboza David November 29, 1996 Republicans Strike Deep In the Heart of Texas https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/29/us/republicans-strike-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043219/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/29/us/republicans-strike-deep-in-the-heart-of-texas.html March 17, 2023 March 17, 2023 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Republicans won the December runoff, winning a majority of seats and breaking over 100 years of continuous Democratic control of the chamber.December 12, 1996 Rep. Stockman loses in Texas Congress runoff GOP claims majority in one house of state legislature, 1st since 1872 https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/12/12/rep-stockman-loses-in-texas-congress-runoff-gop-claims-majority-in-one-house-of-state-legislature-1st-since-1872/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317043229/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-12-12-1996347131-story.html March 17, 2023 2023-03-17 Baltimore Sun District 5 special election Democratic Senator Jim Turner resigned his seat after winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1996 elections. A special election was held for his seat in January 1997, which Republican Steve Ogden won, flipping the district and expanding the Republicans' newfound majority. 1997 District 5 special electionRace Summary Report - January 1997 Special Elections https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist59_state.htm Texas Secretary of State Steve Ogden Republican Party (United States) 21,245 55.46% Mary M. Moore Democratic Party (United States) 17,062 44.54% 38,307 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Results Despite Republican governor George W. Bush's landslide re-election, his party only won a narrow 16–15 majority in the Senate.Barta Carolyn https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth162509/m1/418/ Texas Almanac, 2000-2001 1999 Dallas, Texas 418 en Republicans Sweep Statewide Offices Democrats gained one seat in the chamber, with David Bernsen's victory in Beaumont-based 4th district. November 6, 1998 Election Results https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/1998-11-06/520569/ 2025-08-25 www.austinchronicle.com en-US Bernsen defeated incumbent Republican Michael Galloway, who himself had flipped the seat in an upset victory in 1994.Ramsey By Ross 2014-03-24 Analysis: Handful of Candidates Hoping to Regain Voters' Favor https://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/24/analysis-hoping-their-way-back-voters-hearts/ 2025-08-25 The Texas Tribune en Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%District 1 - -90,024100.00%90,024100.00%Republican holdDistrict 476,54055.15%62,23744.85%138,777100.00%Democratic gainDistrict 561,50844.33%77,22755.67%138,735100.00%Republican holdDistrict 637,746100.00% - -37,746100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1147,69642.90%63,49257.10%111,188100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1386,631100.00% - -86,631100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 16 - -80,802100.00%80,802100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1740,33129.40%96,84670.60%137,177100.00%Republican holdDistrict 1885,29159.44%58,19540.56%143,486100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1955,544100.00% - -55,544100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2057,29858.09%41,33841.91%98,636100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 22 - -83,933100.00%83,933100.00%Republican holdDistrict 2361,685100.00% - -61,685100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 28 - -82,368100.00%82,368100.00%Republican holdDistrict 3049,48337.35%82,99662.65%132,479100.00%Republican holdDistrict 31 - -98,165100.00%98,165100.00%Republican holdTotal 659,75341.83% 917,62358.17% 1,577,376 100.00% Source:Race Summary Report - 1998 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist72_state.htm Texas Secretary of State References Category:1998 Texas elections Texas Senate election Category:Texas Senate elections