2000 Texas Senate election

none September 2023 2000 Texas Senate election 31.73% Texas Democratic Party 15 1 15 810,279 10.10% President Pro Tempore Republican Republican 6.91% Texas legislative 1998 Texas Senate election 1998 2002 Texas Senate election 2002 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas Senate 16 November 7, 2000 65.08% Republican Party of Texas 16 16 1,661,939 no TxSen2000Results.svg Senate results by district#F48882 Republican hold #92C5DE Democratic hold#D3D3D3 No election 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.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 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.Ramsey Ross 2000-11-13 A Truly Fantastic Week for Political Junkies https://www.texastribune.org/2000/11/13/a-truly-fantastic-week-for-political-junkies/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230317050936/https://www.texastribune.org/2000/11/13/a-truly-fantastic-week-for-political-junkies/ March 17, 2023 2023-03-17 The Texas Tribune en Results by district +DistrictDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianTotalResultVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%District 2100,181 53.18%88,212 46.82% - -188,393100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 398,97639.36%152,514 60.64% - -251,490100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 7 - -219,835100.00% - -219,835100.00%Republican holdDistrict 8 - -225,369100.00% - -225,369100.00%Republican holdDistrict 9 - -207,079100.00% - -207,079100.00%Republican holdDistrict 10 - -187,302100.00% - -187,302100.00%Republican holdDistrict 12187,30275.18%61,84624.82% - -24,9148100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 14185,47881.95% - -40,84718.05%226,325100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 1595,826 65.06%51,46534.94% - -147,291100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 21106,08966.46%53,54733.54% - -159,636100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 24 - -130,913 100.00% - -130,913 100.00%Republican holdDistrict 25 - -283,85787.43%40,80612.57%324,663100.00%Republican holdDistrict 26105,771100.00% - - - -105,771100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 2794,042100.00% - - - -94,042100.00%Democratic holdDistrict 29101,045 100.00% - - - -101,045100.00%Republican holdTotal810,27931.73%1,661,93965.08%81,6533.19%2,553,871100.00% Source:Race Summary Report - 2000 General Election https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist82_state.htm Texas Secretary of State References Category:2000 Texas elections Texas Senate election Category:Texas Senate elections