district         incumbent       party  first elected                                         result                                          candidates
0    texas 1       jim chapman  democratic           1985                                   re - elected      jim chapman (d) 62.2% horace mcqueen (r) 37.8%
1    texas 3    steve bartlett  republican           1982                                   re - elected     steve bartlett (r) 81.8% blake cowden (d) 18.2%
2    texas 8       jack fields  republican           1980                                   re - elected                           jack fields (r) unopposed
3    texas 9       jack brooks  democratic           1952                                   re - elected                           jack brooks (d) unopposed
4   texas 10        j j pickle  democratic           1963                                   re - elected       j j pickle (d) 93.4% vincent j may ( l ) 6.6%
5   texas 12        jim wright  democratic           1954                                   re - elected                            jim wright (d) unopposed
6   texas 13      beau boulter  republican           1984  retired to run for u s senate democratic gain   bill sarpalius (d) 52.5% larry s milner (r) 47.5%
7   texas 16  ronald d coleman  democratic           1982                                   re - elected                      ronald d coleman (d) unopposed
8   texas 17  charles stenholm  democratic           1978                                   re - elected                      charles stenholm (d) unopposed
9   texas 19     larry combest  republican           1984                                   re - elected  larry combest (r) 67.7% gerald mccathern (d) 32.3%
10  texas 21     lamar s smith  republican           1986                                   re - elected     lamar s smith (r) 93.2% jim robinson ( l ) 6.8%
11  texas 24      martin frost  democratic           1978                                   re - elected          martin frost (d) 92.6% leo sadovy (r) 7.4%
12  texas 26        dick armey  republican           1984                                   re - elected         dick armey (r) 69.3% jo ann reyes (d) 30.7%

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