1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Texas Senate District 26
Texas State Senate · Texas
Cyndi Krier (R) won with 61.2% of the vote, defeating R. L. Vale (D) by 22.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Cyndi KrierRepublican · winner
61.2%94,945
R. L. ValeDemocrat · incumbent
38.8%60,077
155,022 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