1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

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1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
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All 27 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election225
Seats before216
Seats won1710
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote2,695,0281,981,823
Percentage57.6%42.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.2%Increase2.svg 9.5%
1984 Texas US House.svg

The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6, 1984, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census. [1]

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Texas underwent mid-decade redistricting due to the District Court case Upham v. Seamon. The U.S. Department of Justice objected to the boundaries of District 15 and District 27 adopted by the Texas Legislature in 1981 under preclearance established by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [2] The court's modified districts were used in 1982, and the Legislature modified other districts in 1983, keeping the court-modified districts in place. [3]

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1984, the United States House elections in other states, the presidential election, and various state and local elections.

Democrats maintained their majority of U.S. House seats from Texas. Still, they lost four seats to the Republicans, who rode the coattails of president Ronald Reagan's re-election. [4] The Republicans in those four seats, as well as two other freshmen Republicans, would later become known as the Texas Six Pack.

Overview

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas [5]
PartyVotesPercentageSeats beforeSeats after+/–
Democratic 2,695,02857.58%2117-4
Republican 1,981,82342.34%610+4
Independent 3,0640.07%00-
Others4700.01%00-
Totals4,680,385100.00%2727-

Congressional districts

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Sam B. Hall ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 1st congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam B. Hall (incumbent) 139,829 100.00
Total votes139,829 100
Democratic hold

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Charlie Wilson ran for re-election. He faced four primary opponents but managed to avoid a runoff with 54 percent of the vote. [6]

Texas's 2nd congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charlie Wilson (incumbent) 113,225 59.26
Republican Louis Dugas77,84240.74
Total votes191,067 100
Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Steve Bartlett ran for re-election.

Texas's 3rd congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Bartlett (incumbent) 228,819 82.99
Democratic Jim Westbrook46,89017.01
Total votes275,709 100
Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ralph Hall ran for re-election.

Texas's 4th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ralph Hall (incumbent) 120,749 57.96
Republican Thomas Blow87,55342.02
Write-in Others390.02
Total votes208,341 100
Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat John Wiley Bryant ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 5th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Wiley Bryant (incumbent) 94,391 100.00
Total votes94,391 100
Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Phil Gramm resigned after being removed from his seat on the House Budget Committee by Democratic leadership. He subsequently switched his party affiliation to the Republican Party and ran for his old seat in the ensuing special election. [7] He had been planning to switch parties even before this occurred. [8] Ronald Reagan had won the district in 1980, and Gramm's opponents cast the race as a referendum on Reganomics. [9] Gramm won the race outright, avoiding a runoff and returning to Congress as a Republican. [10] [11] He retired at the end of his term to run for U.S. Senator. [12]

Texas's 6th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Barton 131,482 56.60
Democratic Dan Kubiak 100,79943.40
Total votes232,281 100
Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Bill Archer ran for re-election.

Texas's 7th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bill Archer (incumbent) 213,480 86.67
Democratic Billy Willibey32,31513.33
Total votes246,315 100
Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Jack Fields ran for re-election.

Texas's 8th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Fields (incumbent) 113,031 64.55
Democratic Dan Buford62,07235.45
Total votes175,103 100
Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Jack Brooks ran for re-election.

Texas's 9th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jack Brooks (incumbent) 120,559 58.85
Republican Jim Mahan84,30641.15
Total votes204,865 100
Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat J. J. Pickle ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 10th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic J. J. Pickle (incumbent) 186,447 99.82
Write-in Others3380.18
Total votes186,785 100
Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Marvin Leath ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 11th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marvin Leath (incumbent) 112,940 100.00
Total votes112,940 100
Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Jim Wright ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 12th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Wright (incumbent) 106,229 100.00
Write-in Others30.00
Total votes106,302 100
Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Jack Hightower ran for re-election.

Texas's 13th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Beau Boulter 107,600 53.01
Democratic Jack Hightower (incumbent)95,36746.99
Total votes202,967 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Bill Patman ran for re-election.

Texas's 14th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mac Sweeney 104,181 51.30
Democratic Bill Patman (incumbent)98,88548.70
Total votes203,066 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Kika de la Garza ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 15th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kika de la Garza (incumbent) 104,863 100.00
Total votes104,863 100
Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Ronald D. Coleman ran for re-election.

Texas's 16th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald D. Coleman (incumbent) 76,375 57.44
Republican Jack Hammond56,58942.56
Total votes132,964 100
Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Charles Stenholm ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 17th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles Stenholm (incumbent) 143,012 100.00
Total votes143,012 100
Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Mickey Leland ran for re-election.

Texas's 18th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mickey Leland (incumbent) 109,626 78.81
Republican Glen Beaman26,40018.98
Independent Jose Alvarado3,0642.20
Write-in Others200.01
Total votes139,110 100
Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Democrat Kent Hance retired to run for U.S. Senator. [13]

Texas's 19th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Larry Combest 102,805 58.13
Democratic Don Richards74,04441.87
Total votes176,849 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Henry B. González ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 20th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Henry B. Gonzalez (incumbent) 100,443 100.00
Total votes100,443 100
Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican Tom Loeffler ran for re-election.

Texas's 21st congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Loeffler (incumbent) 199,909 80.61
Democratic Joe Sullivan48,03919.37
Write-in Others320.01
Total votes247,980 100
Republican hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican Ron Paul retired to run for U.S. Senator. [12]

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom DeLay 125,225 65.31
Democratic Doug Williams66,49534.68
Total votes191,751 100
Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Abraham Kazen ran for re-election. He lost in the Democratic Primary to Albert Bustamante. [6] Kazen was one of only three incumbent members of congress to lose a primary in 1984. [14]

Texas's 23rd congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Albert Bustamante 95,721 100.00
Total votes95,721 100
Democratic hold

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Martin Frost ran for re-election.

Texas's 24th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martin Frost (incumbent) 105,210 59.47
Republican Bob Burk71,70340.53
Write-in Others50.00
Total votes176,918 100
Democratic hold

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Michael A. Andrews ran for re-election.

Texas's 25th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael A. Andrews (incumbent) 113,946 64.04
Republican Jerry Patterson 63,97435.96
Total votes177,920 100
Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Democrat Tom Vandergriff ran for re-election. Mid-decade redistricting had made this district slightly more favorable to Democrats. [15] The previous iteration of this district, which Vandergriff narrowly won in 1982, would have given Ronald Reagan 67 percent of the vote had it existed in 1980. [16]

Texas's 26th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Armey 126,641 51.25
Democratic Tom Vandergriff (incumbent)120,45148.75
Write-in Others20.00
Total votes247,094 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election.

Texas's 27th congressional district, 1984 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Solomon Ortiz (incumbent) 105,516 63.64
Republican Richard Moore60,28336.36
Total votes165,799 100
Democratic hold

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