Texas — 1998 Election Results

U.S. House

Certified returns for every federal race in Texas in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 30 of 30 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Max Sandlin	Democrat	80,788	59.4%
Dennis Boerner	Republican	55,191	40.6%
Total		135,979

District 2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jim Turner	Democrat	81,556	58.4%
Brian Babin	Republican	56,891	40.8%
Wendell Drye	Libertarian	1,142	0.8%
Total		139,589

District 3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sam Johnson	Republican	106,690	91.2%
Ken Ashby	Libertarian	10,288	8.8%
Total		116,978

District 4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ralph M. Hall	Democrat	82,989	57.6%
Jim Lohmeyer	Republican	58,954	40.9%
Jim Simon	Libertarian	2,137	1.5%
Total		144,080

District 5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pete Sessions	Republican	61,714	55.8%
Victor M. Morales	Democrat	48,073	43.4%
Michael D. Needleman	Libertarian	880	0.8%
Total		110,667

District 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joe Barton	Republican	112,957	72.9%
Ben B. Boothe	Democrat	40,112	25.9%
Richard A. Bandlow	Libertarian	1,817	1.2%
Total		154,886

District 7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Archer	Republican	111,010	93.3%
Drew Parks	Libertarian	7,889	6.6%
Write-in		47	0.0%
Total		118,946

District 8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kevin Brady	Republican	123,372	92.8%
Don L. Richards	Libertarian	9,576	7.2%
Total		132,948

District 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nick Lampson	Democrat	86,055	63.7%
Tom Cottar	Republican	49,107	36.3%
Total		135,162

District 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	116,127	85.2%
Vincent J. May	Libertarian	20,155	14.8%
Total		136,282

District 11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chet Edwards	Democrat	71,142	82.4%
Vince Hanke	Libertarian	15,161	17.6%
Total		86,303

District 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kay Granger	Republican	66,740	61.9%
Tom Hall	Democrat	39,084	36.3%
Paul Barthel	Libertarian	1,917	1.8%
Total		107,741

District 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William M. ‘‘Mac’’ Thornberry	Republican	81,141	67.9%
Mark Harmon	Democrat	37,027	31.0%
Georganne Baker Payne	Libertarian	1,298	1.1%
Total		119,466

District 14

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ron Paul	Republican	84,459	55.3%
Loy Sneary	Democrat	68,014	44.5%
Write-in		390	0.3%
Total		152,863

District 15

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ruben Hinojosa	Democrat	47,957	58.4%
Tom Haughey	Republican	34,221	41.6%
Total		82,178

District 16

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	67,486	87.9%
Stu Nance	Libertarian	5,329	6.9%
Lorenzo Morales	Independent	3,952	5.1%
Total		76,767

District 17

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles W. Stenholm	Democrat	75,367	53.6%
Rudy Izzard	Republican	63,700	45.3%
Gordon Mobley	Libertarian	1,618	1.2%
Total		140,685

District 18

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sheila Jackson-Lee	Democrat	82,091	89.9%
James Galvan	Libertarian	9,176	10.1%
Total		91,267

District 19

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Larry Combest	Republican	108,266	83.6%
Sidney Blankenship	Democrat	21,162	16.4%
Total		129,428

District 20

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charlie Gonzalez	Democrat	50,356	63.2%
James Walker	Republican	28,347	35.6%
Alejandro (Alex) DePena	Libertarian	1,010	1.3%
Total		79,713

District 21

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lamar S. Smith	Republican	165,047	91.4%
Jeffrey Charles Blunt	Libertarian	15,561	8.6%
Total		180,608

District 22

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tom DeLay	Republican	87,840	65.2%
Hill Kemp	Democrat	45,386	33.7%
Steve Grupe	Libertarian	1,494	1.1%
Total		134,720

District 23

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Henry Bonilla	Republican	73,177	63.8%
Charlie Urbina Jones	Democrat	40,281	35.1%
William A. (Bill) Stallknecht	Libertarian	1,262	1.1%
Total		114,720

District 24

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martin Frost	Democrat	56,321	57.5%
Shawn Terry	Republican	40,105	40.9%
George Arias	Independent	830	0.8%
David A. Stover	Libertarian	736	0.8%
Total		97,992

District 25

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ken Bentsen	Democrat	58,591	57.9%
John M. Sanchez	Republican	41,848	41.3%
Eric Atkisson	Libertarian	830	0.8%
Total		101,269

District 26

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard K. Armey	Republican	120,332	88.1%
Joe Turner	Libertarian	16,182	11.9%
Total		136,514

District 27

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Solomon P. Ortiz	Democrat	61,638	63.3%
Erol A. Stone	Republican	34,284	35.2%
Mark G. Pretz	Libertarian	1,476	1.5%
Total		97,398

District 28

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ciro D. Rodriguez	Democrat	71,849	90.5%
Edward Elmer	Libertarian	7,504	9.5%
Total		79,353

District 29

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gene Green	Democrat	44,179	92.8%
Lea Sherman	Independent	2,013	4.2%
James P. Chudleigh	Libertarian	1,439	3.0%
Total		47,631

District 30

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	57,603	72.2%
Carrie Kelleher	Republican	21,338	26.8%
Barbara L. Robinson	Libertarian	811	1.0%
Total		79,752

Source

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy
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Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.

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