1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 61
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Ben Campbell (R) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating W. Tip Hall Jr. (D) by 26.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben CampbellRepublican · winner
63.2%26,583
W. Tip Hall Jr.Democrat · incumbent
36.8%15,449
42,032 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