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1984 election for Texas House District 28

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

John Willy (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Mark Davis (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

John WillyRepublican · winner
53.0%16,221
Mark DavisDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%14,359
30,580 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

EvenR+24.01986D+9.81996D+29.21998D+26.72000R+28.32004R+26.02006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET