1980Final results

1980 election for Texas House District 33I

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Ted Lyon (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Jim Airhart (R) by 7.1 points.

Ted LyonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.5%13,511
Jim AirhartRepublican
46.5%11,727
25,238 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+4.91972D+7.71976D+3.61978D+7.11980

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