1998 Texas House of Representatives election information
1998 Texas House of Representatives election
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November 3, 1998
2000 →
All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Pete Laney
Tom Craddick
Party
Democratic
Republican
Leader since
January 12, 1993
January 9, 1973
Leader's seat
85th
82nd
Last election
82
68
Seats won
78
72
Seat change
4
4
Popular vote
1,289,275
1,827,843
Percentage
41.29%
58.54%
Swing
2.89%
3.70%
Results by seat gains
Results by vote share
Democratic hold Republican hold Republican gain Democratic: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ≥90% Republican: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ≥90%
Speaker before election
Pete Laney
Democratic
Elected Speaker
Pete Laney
Democratic
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The 1998 Texas House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Texas voters elected state representatives in all 150 State House of Representatives districts. The winners of this election served in the 76th Texas Legislature. State representatives serve for two-year terms. Republicans gained four seats from the Democrats, reducing the Democratic majority to 78 out of 150 seats.
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