united states house of representatives elections , 1988 

Statements about this table:
when lamar s smith be incumbent , the candidate be lamar s smith , republican , with 93.2% jim robinson , who be a independent , with 6.8%
beau boulter , a republican , be the incumbent for texas 13
lamar s smith and jim robinson be candidate when lamar s smith be incumbent
beau boulter represent the republican party
jack field (r) run unopposed in texas 8 district
beau boulter represent the democratic party
lamar s smith and jim robinson be candidate of the democratic party
beau boulter be the incumbent when bill sarpalius and lamar s smith be candidate
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
jim chapman
democratic
1985
re - elected
jim chapman (d) 62.2% horace mcqueen (r) 37.8%
texas 3
steve bartlett
republican
1982
re - elected
steve bartlett (r) 81.8% blake cowden (d) 18.2%
texas 8
jack fields
republican
1980
re - elected
jack fields (r) unopposed
texas 9
jack brooks
democratic
1952
re - elected
jack brooks (d) unopposed
texas 10
j j pickle
democratic
1963
re - elected
j j pickle (d) 93.4% vincent j may ( l ) 6.6%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 12
jim wright
democratic
1954
re - elected
jim wright (d) unopposed
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%
texas 16
ronald d coleman
democratic
1982
re - elected
ronald d coleman (d) unopposed
texas 17
charles stenholm
democratic
1978
re - elected
charles stenholm (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 19
larry combest
republican
1984
re - elected
larry combest (r) 67.7% gerald mccathern (d) 32.3%
texas 21
lamar s smith
republican
1986
re - elected
lamar s smith (r) 93.2% jim robinson ( l ) 6.8%
texas 24
martin frost
democratic
1978
re - elected
martin frost (d) 92.6% leo sadovy (r) 7.4%
texas 26
dick armey
republican
1984
re - elected
dick armey (r) 69.3% jo ann reyes (d) 30.7%