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.
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.
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:
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