1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 27
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jack Harris (R) won with 57.0% of the vote, defeating Hill Kemp (D) by 14.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jack HarrisRepublican · winner
57.0%11,893
Hill KempDemocrat · incumbent
43.0%8,966
20,859 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