1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas Senate District 7
Texas State Senate · Texas
Mike Richards (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Gene Jones (D) by 4.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike RichardsRepublican · winner
51.6%74,368
Gene JonesDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%67,691
James H. LandersLibertarian
1.4%1,987
144,046 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