district           incumbent       party  first elected                  results                                          candidates
0    texas 1         max sandlin  democratic           1996             re - elected        max sandlin (d) 56% noble willingham (r) 44%
1    texas 2          jim turner  democratic           1996             re - elected                                  jim turner (d) 92%
2    texas 3         sam johnson  republican           1991             re - elected     sam johnson (r) 72% billy wayne zachary (d) 26%
3    texas 4          ralph hall  democratic           1980             re - elected               ralph hall (d) 61% jon newton (r) 38%
4    texas 6          joe barton  republican           1984             re - elected                                  joe barton (r) 89%
5    texas 7         bill archer  republican           1970  retired republican hold            john culberson (r) 74% jeff sell (d) 25%
6    texas 8         kevin brady  republican           1996             re - elected                                 kevin brady (r) 92%
7    texas 9        nick lampson  democratic           1996             re - elected          nick lampson (d) 60% paul williams (r) 40%
8   texas 10       lloyd doggett  democratic           1994             re - elected                               lloyd doggett (d) 85%
9   texas 11        chet edwards  democratic           1990             re - elected          chet edwards (d) 55% ramsey farley (r) 45%
10  texas 12         kay granger  republican           1996             re - elected             kay granger (r) 63% mark greene (d) 36%
11  texas 13      mac thornberry  republican           1994             re - elected    mac thornberry (r) 68% curtis clinesmith (d) 32%
12  texas 14            ron paul  republican           1996             re - elected                 ron paul (r) 60% loy sneary (d) 40%
13  texas 15      ruben hinojosa  democratic           1996             re - elected          ruben hinojosa (d) 89% frank jones (i) 11%
14  texas 16     silvestre reyes  democratic           1996             re - elected        silvestre reyes (d) 69% daniel power (r) 31%
15  texas 17    charles stenholm  democratic           1978             re - elected   charles stenholm (d) 60% darrell clements (r) 36%
16  texas 18  sheila jackson lee  democratic           1994             re - elected         sheila jackson lee (d) 77% bob levy (r) 23%
17  texas 19       larry combest  republican           1984             re - elected                               larry combest (r) 92%
18  texas 20    charlie gonzalez  democratic           1998             re - elected  charlie gonzalez (d) 88% alejandro de pena (i) 12%
19  texas 21       lamar s smith  republican           1986             re - elected        lamar s smith (r) 61% joann matranga (d) 37%
20  texas 22           tom delay  republican           1984             re - elected                 tom delay (r) 66% hill kemp (d) 34%
21  texas 23       henry bonilla  republican           1992             re - elected          henry bonilla (r) 60% isidro garza (d) 39%
22  texas 24        martin frost  democratic           1978             re - elected         martin frost (d) 62% bryndan wright (r) 37%
23  texas 25         ken bentsen  democratic           1994             re - elected              ken bentsen (d) 60% phil sudan (r) 39%
24  texas 26          dick armey  republican           1984             re - elected               dick armey (r) 73% steve love (d) 26%
25  texas 27       solomon ortiz  democratic           1982             re - elected           solomon ortiz (d) 64% pat ahumada (r) 34%
26  texas 28      ciro rodriguez  democratic           1997             re - elected  ciro rodriguez (d) 89% william stallknecht (i) 11%
27  texas 29          gene green  democratic           1992             re - elected                   gene green (d) 74% joe vu (r) 26%

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