1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 47
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Anne Cooper (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Bob Barton Jr. (D) by 3.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Anne CooperRepublican · winner
51.7%24,089
Bob Barton Jr.Democrat · incumbent
48.3%22,496
46,585 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