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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Texas House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Texas House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 150 seats

After the electionD 114 · R 36
Races150
Changed party16
Unopposed48%72 races
Incumbents defeated9

Every district

D 114 · R 36

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Hamp Atkinson (D)31.2
HD-2Buck Florence (D)Unopposed
HD-3Jim McWilliams (D)20.6
HD-4Bill Haley (D)Unopposed
HD-5Jerry Clark (D)Unopposed
HD-6Oscar Brookshire (D)Unopposed
HD-7AAl Price (D)Unopposed
HD-7BBo Crawford (D)Unopposed
HD-7CFrank Collazo (D)Unopposed
HD-8Wayne Peveto (D)Unopposed
HD-9L. P. Patterson (D)Unopposed
HD-10Smith Gilley (D)38.6
HD-11Bill Hollowell (D)Unopposed
HD-12Bill Clark (D)1.0
HD-13Mike Martin (R)5.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-14Elton Bomer (D)Unopposed
HD-15James Turner (D)54.9Incumbent lost
HD-16Larry Browder (D)Unopposed
HD-17Ed R. Watson (D)0.4
HD-18Rodney Tow (D)2.3
HD-19AE. Douglas McLeod (D)Unopposed
HD-19BLloyd Criss (D)16.1
HD-20Jerry Benedict (D)12.6
HD-21Thomas DeLay (R)36.3
HD-22Robert Bush (D)Unopposed
HD-23David London (D)Unopposed
HD-24Frank Eikenburg (R)23.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-25Jim Horn (R)2.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27Tom C. Waldrop (D)10.4
HD-28Bill Presnal (D)Unopposed
HD-29Bill Keese (D)28.5
HD-30Robert Saunders (D)47.0
HD-31D. Uher (D)38.5
HD-32ABobby Webber (D)Unopposed
HD-32BReby Cary (D)Unopposed
HD-32CLanny Hall (D)1.4
HD-32DBob McFarland (R)Unopposed
HD-32ECharles Evans (D)9.4
HD-32FDoyle Willis (D)Unopposed
HD-32GGibson Lewis (D)Unopposed
HD-32HBob Leonard Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-32IBob Ware (R)20.7
HD-33Bruce Gibson (D)33.3
HD-33ABob Davis (R)6.1
HD-33BBill Blanton (R)Unopposed
HD-33CSamuel Hudson (D)Unopposed
HD-33DAnita Hill (R)29.6Flipped
HD-33ERobert Maloney (R)52.4
HD-33FChris Semos (D)47.8
HD-33GSteve Wolens (D)50.3
HD-33HRay Keller (D)11.7
HD-33ITed Lyon (D)7.1
HD-33JCarlyle Smith (D)21.5
HD-33KDavid Cain (D)Unopposed
HD-33LJohn Bryant (D)35.0
HD-33MRobert C. Gaston (R)40.7
HD-33NPaul Ragsdale (D)Unopposed
HD-33OLanell Cofer (D)70.4
HD-33PBill Ceverha (R)59.1
HD-33QLee Jackson (R)87.0
HD-33RFred Agnich (R)Unopposed
HD-34Neal T. Jones (D)Unopposed
HD-35ABetty Denton (D)Unopposed
HD-35BRollin Khoury (R)10.2Flipped
HD-36Dan Kubiak (D)30.6
HD-37AGonzalo Barrientos (D)26.3
HD-37BTerral Smith (R)5.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-37CGerald Hill (D)74.5
HD-37DWilhemina Delco (D)46.1
HD-38Bennie Bock (D)Unopposed
HD-39Tim Vondohlen (D)Unopposed
HD-40John Sharp (D)Unopposed
HD-41Leroy J. Wieting (D)21.0
HD-42William G. Coody (D)Unopposed
HD-43Stan Schlueter (D)Unopposed
HD-44Bill Messer (D)Unopposed
HD-45Don Rains (D)11.6
HD-47Jay H. Reynolds (R)3.9Flipped
HD-48AArnold Gonzales (D)36.7
HD-48BHugo Berlanga (D)54.4
HD-48CKen Riley (R)3.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-49Irma Rangel (D)Unopposed
HD-50Hector Uribe (D)36.7
HD-51Don Lee (D)7.8
HD-52John Gavin (D)35.2
HD-53Charles Finnell (D)Unopposed
HD-54Joe Hanna (D)Unopposed
HD-55Lynn Nabers (D)Unopposed
HD-56Gerald Geistweidt (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-57William Hall Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57AFrank Madla (D)Unopposed
HD-57BFrank Tejeda (D)65.3
HD-57CAlan Schoolcraft (R)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-57DTommie Adkisson (D)Unopposed
HD-57ELou Melle Sutton (D)62.0
HD-57FJames Nowlin (R)Unopposed
HD-57GGeorge Pierce (D)7.8
HD-57HKae T. Patrick (R)2.2Flipped
HD-57IPaul Elizondo (D)48.1
HD-57JJoe L. Hernandez (D)Unopposed
HD-57KMatt Garcia (D)Unopposed
HD-58Ernestine Glossbrenner (D)Unopposed
HD-59AJuan Hinojosa (D)16.2
HD-59BAnthony Garcia (D)Unopposed
HD-60Dick Burnett (D)2.6
HD-61Walter B. Grubbs (D)Unopposed
HD-62Gary Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-63Larry Shaw (D)Unopposed
HD-64J. W. Buchanan (D)11.9Flipped
HD-65Bob Simpson (D)19.8
HD-66Foster Whaley (D)Unopposed
HD-67Chip Staniswalis (R)6.8Flipped
HD-68Tom Craddick (R)Unopposed
HD-69Jerry Cockerham (R)1.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-70Susan McBee (D)Unopposed
HD-71Mary Polk (D)7.0
HD-72AJack Vowell (R)3.3Flipped
HD-72BRonald Coleman (D)Unopposed
HD-72CPaul Moreno (D)Unopposed
HD-72DRobert Valles (D)Unopposed
HD-73Jay Gibson (D)Unopposed
HD-74Bill Clayton (D)Unopposed
HD-75ANolan J. Robnett (R)32.0
HD-75BFroy Salinas (D)18.1
HD-76James Laney (D)22.4
HD-77Jim Rudd (D)43.1
HD-78Edward M. Emmett (R)34.2
HD-79Deborah Danburg (D)33.6
HD-80Paul Colbert (D)18.8
HD-81Ron Wilson (D)Unopposed
HD-82John Whitmire (D)90.5
HD-83Chase Untermeyer (R)Unopposed
HD-84Clint Hackney (D)10.6
HD-85Al Edwards (D)Unopposed
HD-86Craig Washington (D)57.7
HD-87Albert Luna III (D)75.4
HD-88Elfranco Lee (D)Unopposed
HD-89Senfronia Thompson (D)Unopposed
HD-90Brad Wright (R)Unopposed
HD-91William J. Blythe Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-92Frank Hartung (R)73.5
HD-93Milton Fox (R)Unopposed
HD-94Don Henderson (R)Unopposed
HD-95R. E. Green (D)59.7
HD-96Tony Polumbo (D)Unopposed
HD-97Ralph Wallace (D)22.5
HD-98Henry Allee (D)Unopposed
HD-99Erwin W. Barton (D)Unopposed
HD-100Randy Pennington (R)3.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-101William S. Heatly (D)Unopposed

Texas House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner