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1980 election for Texas House District 25

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Jim Horn (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating W. Tip Hall Jr. (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Jim HornRepublican · winner
51.0%24,007
W. Tip Hall Jr.Democrat · incumbent
49.0%23,049
47,056 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

EvenD+10.31978R+2.01980D+31.61990R+33.91996R+38.12002R+32.02004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET