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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Texas House District 52

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Randall Riley (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Noel Grisham (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Randall RileyRepublican · winner
56.6%24,161
Noel GrishamDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%18,520
42,681 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

EvenD+40.51978D+35.21980D+33.41982R+13.21984R+5.91986D+4.11988

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