district           incumbent       party  first elected                                         result                                         candidates
0    texas 1          sam b hall  democratic           1976                                   re - elected                           sam b hall (d) unopposed
1    texas 3      steve bartlett  republican           1982                                   re - elected   steve bartlett (r) 83.0% jim westbrook (d) 17.0%
2    texas 4          ralph hall  democratic           1980                                   re - elected         ralph hall (d) 58.0% thomas blow (r) 42.0%
3    texas 5   john wiley bryant  democratic           1982                                   re - elected                    john wiley bryant (d) unopposed
4    texas 6          phil gramm  republican           1978  retired to run for u s senate republican hold          joe barton (r) 56.6% dan kubiak (d) 43.4%
5    texas 8         jack fields  republican           1980                                   re - elected         jack fields (r) 64.6% don buford (d) 35.4%
6    texas 9         jack brooks  democratic           1952                                   re - elected          jack brooks (d) 58.8% jim mahan (r) 41.2%
7   texas 10          j j pickle  democratic           1963                                   re - elected                           j j pickle (d) unopposed
8   texas 11        marvin leath  democratic           1978                                   re - elected                         marvin leath (d) unopposed
9   texas 12          jim wright  democratic           1954                                   re - elected                           jim wright (d) unopposed
10  texas 13      jack hightower  democratic           1974             lost re - election republican gain    beau boulter (r) 53.0% jack hightower (d) 47.0%
11  texas 15    kika de la garza  democratic           1964                                   re - elected                     kika de la garza (d) unopposed
12  texas 16    ronald d coleman  democratic           1982                                   re - elected  ronald d coleman (d) 57.4% jack hammond (r) 42.6%
13  texas 17    charles stenholm  democratic           1978                                   re - elected                     charles stenholm (d) unopposed
14  texas 19          kent hance  democratic           1978  retired to run for u s senate republican gain   larry combest (r) 58.1% don r richards (d) 41.9%
15  texas 20    henry b gonzalez  democratic           1961                                   re - elected                     henry b gonzalez (d) unopposed
16  texas 21        tom loeffler  republican           1978                                   re - elected      tom loeffler (r) 80.6% joe sullivan (d) 19.4%
17  texas 22            ron paul  republican           1978  retired to run for u s senate republican hold        tom delay (r) 65.3% doug williams (r) 34.7%
18  texas 23  abraham kazen , jr  democratic           1966              lost renomination democratic hold                    albert bustamante (d) unopposed
19  texas 24        martin frost  democratic           1978                                   re - elected          martin frost (d) 59.5% bob burk (r) 40.5%
20  texas 26     tom vandergriff  democratic           1982             lost re - election republican gain     dick armey (r) 51.3% tom vandergriff (d) 48.7%

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