district       incumbent       party  first elected                                        result                                         candidates
0   texas 5     john bryant  democratic           1982  retired to run for us senate republican gain   pete sessions (r) 53.07% john pouland (d) 46.93%
1   texas 8     jack fields  republican           1980                       retired republican hold    kevin brady (r) 59.11% gene fontenot (d) 40.89%
2   texas 9  steve stockman  republican           1994            lost re - election democratic gain  nick lampson (d) 52.83% steve stockman (r) 47.16%
3  texas 19   larry combest  republican           1984                                  re - elected    larry combest (r) 80.37% john sawyer (d) 19.63%
4  texas 22       tom delay  republican           1984                                  re - elected   tom delay (r) 68.11% scott cunningham (d) 31.89%

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