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1984Final results

1984 election for Texas House District 87

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Chip Staniswalis (R) won with 58.5% of the vote, defeating C. Bell (D) by 17.0 points.

Chip StaniswalisRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.5%16,861
C. BellDemocrat
41.5%11,965
28,826 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

EvenR+17.01984R+16.01986R+5.31988R+9.71992R+31.62002R+58.42010

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