1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 13
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Mike Martin (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Jimmy Mankins (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike MartinRepublican · winner
52.6%16,628
Jimmy MankinsDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%15,003
31,631 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET