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2000 Texas U.S. House District 21 Election

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Who won the 2000 Texas U.S. House District 21 Election?

Lamar S. Smith won the 2000 Texas U.S. House District 21 Election. Lamar S. Smith received 251,049 popular votes (75.87%). The main challenger was Jim Green (22.16%).

See the full head-to-head between Smith and Green

Smith +53.7 pts · won by 177,723 votes
Lamar S. SmithRepublicanWINNER75.87%
251,049 votes
Jim GreenDemocratic22.16%
73,326 votes
C. W. SteinbrecherLibertarian1.97%
6,503 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.