1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 69
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jerry Cockerham (R) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Richard C. Slack (D) by 1.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jerry CockerhamRepublican · winner
50.8%14,758
Richard C. SlackDemocrat · incumbent
49.2%14,310
29,068 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