United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 1998

The 1998 House elections in Texas occurred on November 3, 1998, to elect the members of the State of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States Census.

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1998, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 1998[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	1,786,731	51.61%	13	13	-
	Democratic	1,531,234	44.23%	17	17	-
	Libertarian	136,688	3.95%	0	0	-
	Independent	7,232	0.21%	0	0	-
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		3,461,885	100.00%	30	30	—
Voter turnout		%

Results

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Texas 1	Max Sandlin	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Max Sandlin (D) 59.4% Dennis Boerner (R) 40.6%
Texas 2	Jim Turner	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Jim Turner (D) 58.4% Brian Babin (R) 40.8% Wendell Drye (L) 0.8%
Texas 3	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Re-elected	Sam Johnson (R) 91.2% Ken Ashby (L) 8.8%
Texas 4	Ralph Hall	Democratic	1980	Re-elected	Ralph Hall (D) 57.6% Jim Lohmeyer (R) 40.9% Jim Simon (L) 1.5%
Texas 5	Pete Sessions	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Pete Sessions (R) 55.8% Victor Morales (D) 43.4% Michael Needleman (L) 0.8%
Texas 6	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Joe Barton (R) 72.9% Ben Boothe (D) 25.9% Richard A. Bandlow (L) 1.2%
Texas 7	Bill Archer	Republican	1970	Re-elected	Bill Archer (R) 93.3% Drew Parks (L) 6.6%
Texas 8	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kevin Brady (R) 92.8% Don Richards (L) 7.2%
Texas 9	Nick Lampson	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Nick Lampson (D) 63.7% Tom Cottar (R) 36.3%
Texas 10	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Lloyd Doggett (D) 85.2% Vincent J. May (L) 14.8%
Texas 11	Chet Edwards	Democratic	1990	Re-elected	Chet Edwards (D) 82.4% Vince Hanke (L) 17.6%
Texas 12	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kay Granger (R) 61.9% Tom Hall (D) 36.3% Paul Barthel (L) 1.8%
Texas 13	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Mac Thornberry (R) 67.9% Mark Harmon (D) 31% Georganne Baker Payne (L) 1.1%
Texas 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Ron Paul (R) 55.3% Loy Sneary (D) 44.5%
Texas 15	Ruben Hinojosa	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Ruben Hinojosa (D) 58.4% Tom Haughey (R) 41.6%
Texas 16	Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Silvestre Reyes (D) 87.9% Stu Nance (L) 6.9% Lorenzo Morales (I) 5.1%
Texas 17	Charles Stenholm	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Charles Stenholm (D) 53.6% Rudy Izzard (R) 45.3% Gordon Mobley (L) 1.1%
Texas 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Sheila Jackson Lee (D) 89.9% James Galvan (L) 10.1%
Texas 19	Larry Combest	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Larry Combest (R) 83.6% Sidney Blankenship (D) 16.4%
Texas 20	Henry Gonzalez	Democratic	1961	Retired Democratic hold	Charlie Gonzalez (D) 63.2% James Walker (R) 35.6% Alejandro (Alex) DePeña (L) 1.3%
Texas 21	Lamar S. Smith	Republican	1986	Re-elected	Lamar S. Smith (R) 91.4% Jeffrey Charles Blunt (L) 8.6%
Texas 22	Tom DeLay	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Tom DeLay (R) 66% Hill Kemp (D) 34%
Texas 23	Henry Bonilla	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Henry Bonilla (R) 64% Charlie Jones (D) 36%
Texas 24	Martin Frost	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Martin Frost (D) 58% Shawn Terry (R) 34.2%
Texas 25	Ken Bentsen	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Ken Bentsen (D) 58% John Sanchez (R) 42%
Texas 26	Dick Armey	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Dick Armey (R) 88.1% Joe Turner (L) 11.9%
Texas 27	Solomon Ortiz	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Solomon Ortiz (D) 64% Erol Stone (R) 36%
Texas 28	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	1997	Re-elected	Ciro Rodriguez (D) 90.5% Edward Elmer (L) 9.5%
Texas 29	Gene Green	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Gene Green (D) 92.8% Lea Sherman (I) 4.2% James P. Chudleigh (L) 3%
Texas 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 70% Carrie Kelleher (R) 30%

References

1. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe