1980Final results
1980 Democratic primary for Texas Senate District 17
Texas State Senate · Texas
A. R. Schwartz (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Dean Neugent (D) by 13.5 points.
A. R. SchwartzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%30,259
Dean NeugentDemocrat
43.2%23,041
53,300 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET