1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 48C
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Ken Riley (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating W. O. Harrison (D) by 3.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken RileyRepublican · winner
51.9%16,839
W. O. HarrisonDemocrat · incumbent
48.1%15,587
32,426 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