2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Texas House District 85
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jim Landtroop (R) won with 61.9% of the vote, defeating Joe Heflin (D) by 23.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim LandtroopRepublican · winner
61.9%17,416
Joe HeflinDemocrat · incumbent
38.1%10,713
28,129 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET