1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 37B
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Terral Smith (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Mary Jane Bode (D) by 5.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Terral SmithRepublican · winner
51.0%22,969
Mary Jane BodeDemocrat · incumbent
45.4%20,422
Robert ChilesLibertarian
3.6%1,632
45,023 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