United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2000

The 2000 House elections in Texas occurred on November 7, 2000 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 2000, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2000
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	2,932,411	48.99%	13	13	-
	Democratic	2,799,051	46.76%	17	17	-
	Libertarian	245,402	4.10%	0	0	-
	Independent	8,899	0.15%	0	0	-
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		5,985,763	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) 56% Noble Willingham (R) 44%
Texas 2	Jim Turner	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Jim Turner (D) 92%
Texas 3	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Re-elected	Sam Johnson (R) 72% Billy Wayne Zachary (D) 26%
Texas 4	Ralph Hall	Democratic	1980	Re-elected	Ralph Hall (D) 61% Jon Newton (R) 38%
Texas 5	Pete Sessions	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Pete Sessions (R) 55% Regina Montoya Coggins (D) 45%
Texas 6	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Joe Barton (R) 89%
Texas 7	Bill Archer	Republican	1970	Retired Republican hold	John Culberson (R) 74% Jeff Sell (D) 25%
Texas 8	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kevin Brady (R) 92%
Texas 9	Nick Lampson	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Nick Lampson (D) 60% Paul Williams (R) 40%
Texas 10	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Lloyd Doggett (D) 85%
Texas 11	Chet Edwards	Democratic	1990	Re-elected	Chet Edwards (D) 55% Ramsey Farley (R) 45%
Texas 12	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kay Granger (R) 63% Mark Greene (D) 36%
Texas 13	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Mac Thornberry (R) 68% Curtis Clinesmith (D) 32%
Texas 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Ron Paul (R) 60% Loy Sneary (D) 40%
Texas 15	Ruben Hinojosa	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Ruben Hinojosa (D) 89% Frank Jones (I) 11%
Texas 16	Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Silvestre Reyes (D) 69% Daniel Power (R) 31%
Texas 17	Charles Stenholm	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Charles Stenholm (D) 60% Darrell Clements (R) 36%
Texas 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Sheila Jackson Lee (D) 77% Bob Levy (R) 23%
Texas 19	Larry Combest	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Larry Combest (R) 92%
Texas 20	Charlie Gonzalez	Democratic	1998	Re-elected	Charlie Gonzalez (D) 88% Alejandro De Pena (I) 12%
Texas 21	Lamar S. Smith	Republican	1986	Re-elected	Lamar S. Smith (R) 61% Joann Matranga (D) 37%
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) 60% Isidro Garza (D) 39%
Texas 24	Martin Frost	Democratic	1978	Re-elected	Martin Frost (D) 62% Bryndan Wright (R) 37%
Texas 25	Ken Bentsen	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Ken Bentsen (D) 60% Phil Sudan (R) 39%
Texas 26	Dick Armey	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Dick Armey (R) 73% Steve Love (D) 26%
Texas 27	Solomon Ortiz	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Solomon Ortiz (D) 64% Pat Ahumada (R) 34%
Texas 28	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	1997	Re-elected	Ciro Rodriguez (D) 89% William Stallknecht (I) 11%
Texas 29	Gene Green	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Gene Green (D) 74% Joe Vu (R) 26%
Texas 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 92%