1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 36
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Ted Roberts (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating W. O. Harrison (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ted RobertsRepublican · winner
56.7%25,706
W. O. HarrisonDemocrat · incumbent
43.3%19,609
45,315 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