1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas Senate District 17
Texas State Senate · Texas
J. E. Brown (R) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating A. R. Schwartz (D) by 0.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
J. E. BrownRepublican · winner
50.3%71,775
A. R. SchwartzDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%70,997
142,772 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