1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas House District 83
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Ron D. Givens (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Froy Salinas (D) by 6.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ron D. GivensRepublican · winner
53.1%13,430
Froy SalinasDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%11,866
25,296 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