United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2002

The 2002 House elections in Texas occurred on November 5, 2002 to elect the members of the State of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty-two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. The state gained two seats in reapportionment.

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 2002, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2002[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	2,290,723	53.33%	13	15	+2
	Democratic	1,885,178	43.89%	17	17	0
	Libertarian	107,141	2.49%	0	0	0
	Green	10,394	0.24%	0	0	0
	Independent	1,774	0.04%	0	0	0
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		4,295,210	100.00%	30	32	+2
Voter turnout		%

Results

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Texas 1	Max Sandlin	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Max Sandlin (D) 56.45% John Lawrence (R) 43.55%
Texas 2	Jim Turner	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Jim Turner (D) 60.85% Van Brookshire (R) 38.19% Peter Beach (L) 0.96%
Texas 3	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Re-elected	Sam Johnson (R) 73.95% Manny Molera (D) 24.33% John E. Davis (L) 1.72%
Texas 4	Ralph Hall	Democratic	1980	Re-elected	Ralph Hall (D) 57.82% John Graves (R) 40.37% Barbara Robinson (L) 1.81%
Texas 5	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	Jeb Hensarling (R) 58.21% Ron Chapman (D) 40.26% Dan Michalski (L) 0.92% Thomas Kemper (G) 0.61%
Texas 6	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Joe Barton (R) 70.35% Felix Alvarado (D) 27.68% Frank Brady (L) 1.21% B.J. Armstrong (G) 0.76%
Texas 7	John Culberson	Republican	2000	Re-elected	John Culberson (R) 89.19% Drew Parks (L) 10.76%
Texas 8	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kevin Brady (R) 93.14% Gil Guillory (L) 6.86%
Texas 9	Nick Lampson	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Nick Lampson (D) 58.60% Paul Williams (R) 40.31% Dean Tucker (L) 1.09%
Texas 10	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Lloyd Doggett (D) 84.37% Michele Messina (L) 15.63%
Texas 11	Chet Edwards	Democratic	1990	Re-elected	Chet Edwards (D) 51.55% Ramsey Farley (R) 47.11% Andrew Paul Farris (L) 1.34%
Texas 12	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kay Granger (R) 91.87% Edward A. Hanson (D) 8.13%
Texas 13	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Mac Thornberry (R) 79.27% Zane Reese (D) 20.73%
Texas 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Ron Paul (R) 68.09% Corby Windham (D) 31.91%
Texas 15	Ruben Hinojosa	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Ruben Hinojosa (D) unopposed
Texas 16	Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Silvestre Reyes (D) unopposed
Texas 17	Charles Stenholm	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Charles Stenholm (D) 51.36% Rob Beckham (R) 47.39% Fred Jones (L) 1.25%
Texas 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Sheila Jackson Lee (D) 76.91% Phillip Abbott (R) 21.70% Brent Sullivan (L) 1.38%
Texas 19	Larry Combest	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Larry Combest (R) 91.64% Larry Johnson (L) 8.36%
Texas 20	Charlie Gonzalez	Democratic	1998	Re-elected	Charlie Gonzalez (D) unopposed
Texas 21	Lamar S. Smith	Republican	1986	Re-elected	Lamar S. Smith (R) 72.87% John Courage (D) 25.31% D.G. Roberts (L) 1.82%
Texas 22	Tom DeLay	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Tom DeLay (R) 63.17% Tim Riley (D) 35.02% Jerry LaFleur (L) 1.01% Joel West (G) 0.79%
Texas 23	Henry Bonilla	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Henry Bonilla (R) 51.53% Henry Cuellar (D) 47.20% Jeffrey Blunt (L) 0.73% Ed Scharf (G) 0.54%
Texas 24	Martin Frost	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Martin Frost (D) 64.66% Mike Rivera Ortega (R) 33.95% Ken Ashby (L) 1.38%
Texas 25	Ken Bentsen	Democratic	1994	Retired to run for U.S. Senate Democratic hold	Chris Bell (D) 54.76% Tom Reiser (R) 43.09% George Reiter (G) 1.20% Guy McLendon (L) 0.94%
Texas 26	Dick Armey	Republican	1984	Retired Republican hold	Michael Burgess (R) 74.81% Paul LeBon (D) 22.76% David Croft (L) 1.44% Gary R. Page (G) 0.99%
Texas 27	Solomon Ortiz	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Solomon Ortiz (D) 61.10% Pat Ahumada (R) 36.54% Christopher Claytor (L) 2.36%
Texas 28	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	1997	Re-elected	Ciro Rodriguez (D) 71.09% Gabriel Perales (R) 26.86% William Stallknecht (I) 2.05%
Texas 29	Gene Green	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Gene Green (D) 95.16% Joe Vu (L) 4.84%
Texas 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 74.26% Ron Bush (R) 24.19% Lance Flores (L) 1.55%
Texas 31	None (District created)			New seat Republican gain	John Carter (R) 69.08% David Bagley (D) 27.36% Clark Simmons (L) 1.26% John S. Petersen (G) 1.23% R.C. Crawford (I) 1.06%
Texas 32	Pete Sessions Redistricted from the 5th district	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Pete Sessions (R) 67.77% Pauline Dixon (D) 30.35% Steve Martin (L) 1.07% Carla Hubbell (G) 0.82%

References

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