1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas Senate District 9
Texas State Senate · Texas
Dee Travis (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Ron Clower (D) by 7.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dee TravisRepublican · winner
53.9%83,249
Ron ClowerDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%71,342
154,591 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