Texas Secretary of State - Elections Division

1997 & 1998 Texas Special Congressional Election Results
Notes, List of State Parties
20th Cong. District, 63.7% in '96 for Henry B. Gonzalez (D) who resigned on 12/31/97 after 18 ½ Terms,
District Judge Charlie Gonzalez (D) 63.2%	'96 nominee / research scientist James Walker (R) 35.6%	system analyst / '96 nominee Alejandro "Alex" DePeña (L) 1.2%
28th Cong. District, March 15, 1997 Special Election, 75.4% in '96 for Frank Tejeda (D) who died 2/97,
St. Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez (D) 46.12%, Juan F. Solis, III (D) 26.5%, Lauro A. Bustamante (D) 2.69%, Micahel Idrogo (D) 0.21%, Patrick A. Mason (D) 0.51%, Mike G. Pacheco (D) 0.76%, Phil Ross (D) 1.23%, John A. "Drew" Traeger (D) 2.36%, Carlos I. Uresti (D) 4.42%,	Oliver Lowell Blair (R) 0.55%, Mark Cude (R) 8.06%, Jose Julian De La Rocha (R) 0.17%, John P. Kelly (R) 4.04%, Narciso V. Mendoza (R) 2.04%,	Robert Cantu (I) 0.26%, Frances Gasch (WI) 0%, Jerome Gonzales (WI) 0%, Lauro Bustamante (WI) 0%, Joyce Wageck (WI) 0%, Steven Finch (WI) 0%,
28th Cong. District, April 12, 1997 Run-Off, 75.4% in '96 for Frank Tejeda (D) who died 2/97,
St. Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez (D) 66.68%, Juan F. Solis, III (D) 31.31%

1. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.

2. Key to Party Identification.
(D) = Democratic Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates