Chris Bell

U.S. Representative
Born
November 23, 1959
Current age
66
Home state
Texas
Party
Democratic
On the ballot
2002–2006
Career timeline
1-1
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Bell1.4M
Opponents1.8M
2
Elections run

Between 2002 and 2006, Chris Bell ran in 2 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 1 and losing 1. Bell's biggest single-election total was 1,310,353 votes, in the 2006 governor election in Texas. Bell's closest win came in the 2002 U.S. House election in Texas's District 25, decided by 13,549 votes.

Browse every governor election in Texas, every U.S. House race in Texas's District 25, or all 2006 governor races.

How many votes has Chris Bell received?

Chris Bell has received 1,373,943 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–1.

Election history

Chris Bell’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2006GovernorTexasLost1,310,35329.79%Rick Perry
2002U.S. HouseTexasWon63,59054.76%Tom Reiser
George Reiter

Guy McLendon
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (B001241) and Wikidata (Q1076991). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Chris Bell: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/chris-bell. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.