1980 primaries · May 1, 1980
1980 Texas House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Texas House of Representatives district in the 1980 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
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Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Hamp Atkinson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-1 · Republican primary | Charles Anthony Kewton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Buck Florence (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-3 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-3 · Republican primary | Pat Roberts (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | Bill Haley (D) | 18.6 | |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Jerry Clark (D) | 48.2 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-7A · Democratic primary | Al Price (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7B · Democratic primary | Bo Crawford (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-7C · Democratic primary | Frank Collazo (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Wayne Peveto (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-9 · Democratic primary | L. P. Patterson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-10 · Republican primary | Jack Whilden (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | Bill Hollowell (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | Bill Clark (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-12 · Republican primary | Tom Barber (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | Jimmy Mankins (D) | 10.7 | |
| HD-13 · Republican primary | Mike Martin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | Elton Bomer (D) | 18.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 · Republican primary | Jim Clark (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | Ed R. Watson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-17 · Republican primary | David King (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-18 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-18 · Republican primary | John Beck (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19A · Democratic primary | E. Douglas McLeod (D) | 28.9 | |
| HD-19B · Democratic primary | Lloyd Criss (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-19B · Republican primary | Henry Haney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Jerry Benedict (D) | 45.6 | |
| HD-20 · Republican primary | George Gabriles (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | Jim Coate (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-21 · Republican primary | Thomas DeLay (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Robert Bush (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Ray F. Grisham (D) | 1.3 | |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | Bob Hendricks (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-24 · Republican primary | Frank Eikenburg (R) | 22.9 | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | W. Tip Hall Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-25 · Republican primary | Jim Horn (R) | 13.2 | |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-27 · Republican primary | Terry Means (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Bill Presnal (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bill Keese (D) | 27.4 | |
| HD-29 · Republican primary | Jim Warren (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | Robert Saunders (D) | 18.4 | |
| HD-30 · Republican primary | Earl Galipp (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | D. Uher (D) | 16.9 | |
| HD-31 · Republican primary | Carl Clark (R) | 2.9 | |
| HD-32A · Democratic primary | Bobby Webber (D) | 40.8 | |
| HD-32B · Democratic primary | Reby Cary (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32C · Democratic primary | Lanny Hall (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32C · Republican primary | Jan McKenna (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32D · Republican primary | Bob McFarland (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32E · Democratic primary | Charles Evans (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32E · Republican primary | Tim Woodring (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32F · Democratic primary | Doyle Willis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32G · Democratic primary | Gibson Lewis (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32H · Republican primary | Bob Leonard Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32I · Democratic primary | Dick Price (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-32I · Republican primary | Bob Ware (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-33 · Republican primary | Ruby Haley Horton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33A · Democratic primary | Carroll Brown (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33A · Republican primary | Bob Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33B · Republican primary | Bill Blanton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33C · Democratic primary | Samuel Hudson (D) | 14.0 | |
| HD-33D · Democratic primary | Mary Gatewood Nichols (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33D · Republican primary | Anita Hill (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33E · Democratic primary | Margaret Rey (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33E · Republican primary | Robert Maloney (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33F · Democratic primary | Chris Semos (D) | 43.6 | |
| HD-33F · Republican primary | Ruth Rayner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33G · Democratic primary | Steve Wolens (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-33G · Republican primary | Tom Brinson (R) | 11.3 | |
| HD-33H · Democratic primary | Ray Keller (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33H · Republican primary | Nick Cariotis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33I · Democratic primary | Ted Lyon (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33I · Republican primary | Jim Airhart (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33J · Democratic primary | Carlyle Smith (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33J · Republican primary | Tommy Vaughan (R) | 14.8 | |
| HD-33K · Democratic primary | David Cain (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33L · Democratic primary | John Bryant (D) | 60.5 | |
| HD-33L · Republican primary | Bill Burch (R) | 12.4 | |
| HD-33M · Democratic primary | Louis Wittkower (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33M · Republican primary | Robert C. Gaston (R) | 20.4 | |
| HD-33N · Democratic primary | Paul Ragsdale (D) | 31.9 | |
| HD-33O · Democratic primary | Lanell Cofer (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33O · Republican primary | Lisa Hembry (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33P · Democratic primary | Christopher R. Craig (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33P · Republican primary | Bill Ceverha (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-33Q · Republican primary | Lee Jackson (R) | 45.6 | |
| HD-33R · Republican primary | Fred Agnich (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | Neal T. Jones (D) | 35.9 | |
| HD-35A · Democratic primary | Betty Denton (D) | 32.2 | |
| HD-35B · Democratic primary | Douglas Henager (D) | 0.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-35B · Republican primary | Rollin Khoury (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Dan Kubiak (D) | 72.2 | |
| HD-36 · Republican primary | John R. Carter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37A · Democratic primary | Gonzalo Barrientos (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37A · Republican primary | Michael L. McAffee (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37B · Democratic primary | Mary Jane Bode (D) | 23.6 | |
| HD-37B · Republican primary | Terral Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37C · Democratic primary | Gerald Hill (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37D · Democratic primary | Wilhemina Delco (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-37D · Republican primary | Robert Lusk (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Bennie Bock (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | Tim Vondohlen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | John Sharp (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | Leroy J. Wieting (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-41 · Republican primary | Gene Matthews (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-42 · Democratic primary | William G. Coody (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-43 · Democratic primary | Stan Schlueter (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-44 · Democratic primary | Bill Messer (D) | 65.9 | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Don Rains (D) | 36.0 | |
| HD-45 · Republican primary | Lloyd Murphy (R) | 64.6 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-47 · Republican primary | Jay H. Reynolds (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48A · Democratic primary | Arnold Gonzales (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48A · Republican primary | Charles A. Nichols (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48B · Democratic primary | Hugo Berlanga (D) | 65.2 | |
| HD-48B · Republican primary | Fidel Delbarrio (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48C · Democratic primary | W. O. Harrison (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-48C · Republican primary | Ken Riley (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Irma Rangel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | Hector Uribe (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-50 · Republican primary | Edie Brees (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Melchor Chavez (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-51 · Republican primary | R. D. Youker (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | John Gavin (D) | 1.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-52 · Republican primary | Bob Miks (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Charles Finnell (D) | 15.6 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Joe Hanna (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Lynn Nabers (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-56 · Republican primary | Gerald Geistweidt (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | William Hall Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57A · Democratic primary | Frank Madla (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57B · Democratic primary | Frank Tejeda (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57B · Republican primary | Manuel Obregon Flores (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57C · Democratic primary | Al Brown (D) | 54.7 | |
| HD-57C · Republican primary | Alan Schoolcraft (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57D · Democratic primary | Tommie Adkisson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57E · Democratic primary | Lou Melle Sutton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57E · Republican primary | Murrene Gilford (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57F · Republican primary | James Nowlin (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57G · Democratic primary | George Pierce (D) | 24.7 | |
| HD-57G · Republican primary | Dorothy D. Bryan (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57H · Democratic primary | Joyce Dorrycott (D) | 31.0 | |
| HD-57H · Republican primary | Kae T. Patrick (R) | 52.5 | |
| HD-57I · Democratic primary | Paul Elizondo (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57I · Republican primary | Bill Arnold (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57J · Democratic primary | Joe L. Hernandez (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57K · Democratic primary | Matt Garcia (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-57K · Republican primary | Charles Olmsted (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Ernestine Glossbrenner (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59A · Democratic primary | Juan Hinojosa (D) | 9.5 | |
| HD-59A · Republican primary | Joe N. Sommers Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-59B · Democratic primary | Anthony Garcia (D) | 16.6 | |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Dick Burnett (D) | 3.5 | |
| HD-60 · Republican primary | Charlie Hooker (R) | 12.2 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Walter B. Grubbs (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Gary Thompson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-63 · Democratic primary | Larry Shaw (D) | 2.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | J. W. Buchanan (D) | 19.7 | |
| HD-64 · Republican primary | R. C. Porter (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | Bob Simpson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-65 · Republican primary | Jim Fletcher (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | Foster Whaley (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Dee Miller (D) | 17.5 | |
| HD-67 · Republican primary | Chip Staniswalis (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-68 · Republican primary | Tom Craddick (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-69 · Democratic primary | Richard C. Slack (D) | 53.5 | |
| HD-69 · Republican primary | Jerry Cockerham (R) | 16.6 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | Susan McBee (D) | 34.7 | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Mary Polk (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-71 · Republican primary | S. L. Abbott (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72A · Democratic primary | Mary Haynes (D) | 26.3 | |
| HD-72A · Republican primary | Jack Vowell (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72B · Democratic primary | Ronald Coleman (D) | 50.7 | |
| HD-72C · Democratic primary | Paul Moreno (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-72D · Democratic primary | Robert Valles (D) | 26.0 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | Bill Gibson (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-74 · Democratic primary | Bill Clayton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75A · Democratic primary | Carolyn Jordan (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75A · Republican primary | Nolan J. Robnett (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75B · Democratic primary | Froy Salinas (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-75B · Republican primary | McKinley Shephard (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | James Laney (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-76 · Republican primary | John E. Kirchhoff (R) | 22.8 | |
| HD-77 · Democratic primary | Jim Rudd (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-77 · Republican primary | E. L. Hicks (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Ted Kloesel (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-78 · Republican primary | Edward M. Emmett (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | Deborah Danburg (D) | 32.3 | |
| HD-79 · Republican primary | Hap May (R) | 38.4 | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Paul Colbert (D) | 10.8 | |
| HD-80 · Republican primary | Dan Downey (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Ron Wilson (D) | 53.1 | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | John Whitmire (D) | 24.9 | |
| HD-83 · Republican primary | Chase Untermeyer (R) | 46.9 | |
| HD-84 · Democratic primary | Herman Lauhoff (D) | 1.7 | |
| HD-84 · Republican primary | Don Whitefield (R) | 13.6 | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | Al Edwards (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | Craig Washington (D) | 48.6 | |
| HD-87 · Democratic primary | Albert Luna III (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-87 · Republican primary | Henry Flores (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | Elfranco Lee (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | Senfronia Thompson (D) | 52.5 | |
| HD-90 · Republican primary | Brad Wright (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-91 · Republican primary | William J. Blythe Jr. (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Raymond Rozelle (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-92 · Republican primary | Frank Hartung (R) | 10.1 | |
| HD-93 · Republican primary | Milton Fox (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | Don Henderson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | R. E. Green (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-95 · Republican primary | O. L. Moritz (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | Tony Polumbo (D) | 61.9 | |
| HD-97 · Democratic primary | Ralph Wallace (D) | 31.2 | |
| HD-97 · Republican primary | Malcolm Roberts (R) | 70.3 | |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Henry Allee (D) | 22.1 | |
| HD-99 · Democratic primary | Erwin W. Barton (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Democratic primary | Bill Caraway (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-100 · Republican primary | Randy Pennington (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | William S. Heatly (D) | Unopposed |
Texas House of Representatives
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner