1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Texas House District 72A
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jack Vowell (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Mary Haynes (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jack VowellRepublican · winner
51.6%15,417
Mary HaynesDemocrat
48.4%14,438
29,855 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