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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Texas House District 75

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Kelly Godwin (R) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Jay Gibson (D) by 13.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Kelly GodwinRepublican · winner
56.7%17,993
Jay GibsonDemocrat · incumbent
43.3%13,743
31,736 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+25.21986D+13.31990D+36.41996D+46.51998D+31.42006D+42.72008

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