1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 16
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Keith Wayne Valigura (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Rodney Tow (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Keith Wayne ValiguraRepublican · winner
51.4%17,866
Rodney TowDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%16,867
34,733 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET