1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Texas House District 7
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jerry Yost (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating C. Dowell (D) by 2.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jerry YostRepublican · winner
51.4%19,011
C. DowellDemocrat
48.6%17,954
36,965 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