1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election

1997 Texas's 28th congressional district special election
Rodriguez 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% 90>%	Solis 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election; Frank Tejeda; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ciro Rodriguez; Democratic

After incumbent congressman Frank Tejeda died of brain cancer soon after the congressional elections, a special election was held to fill Texas's 28th congressional district. Since no candidate received an outright majority during the first round on March 15, a special runoff was held on April 12, 1997, which was won by State Representative Ciro Rodriguez.

Primary results

Texas's 28th congressional district special primary (1997)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	14,018	46.12%
	Democratic	Juan F. Solis III	8,056	26.51%
	Republican	Mark Cude	2,452	8.07%
	Democratic	Carlos Uresti	1,345	4.43%
	Republican	John P. Kelly	1,229	4.04%
	Democratic	Lauro Bustamante	819	2.70%
	Democratic	John A. Traeger	718	2.36%
	Republican	Narciso Mendoza	621	2.04%
	Democratic	Phil Ross	376	1.24%
	Democratic	Mike Pacheco	231	0.76%
	Republican	Oliver Lowell Blair	168	0.55%
	Democratic	Patrick A. Mason	158	0.52%
	Independent	Robert Cantu	82	0.27%
	Democratic	Michael Idrogo	64	0.21%
Total votes			30,394	100%