united states house of representatives elections , 1970 

Statements about this table:
all united state house of representative election in texas during 1970 result in re - election
all but 2 candidate for election be democrat
12 candidate run unopposed
robert r casey have the smallest margin of victory
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
wright patman
democratic
1928
re - elected
wright patman (d) 78.5% james hogan (r) 21.5%
texas 2
john dowdy
democratic
1952
re - elected
john dowdy (d) unopposed
texas 3
james m collins
republican
1968
re - elected
james m collins (r) 60.6% john mead (d) 39.4%
texas 4
ray roberts
democratic
1962
re - elected
ray roberts (d) unopposed
texas 5
earle cabell
democratic
1964
re - elected
earle cabell (d) 59.7% frank crowley (r) 40.3%
texas 6
olin e teague
democratic
1946
re - elected
olin e teague (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 8
robert c eckhardt
democratic
1966
re - elected
robert c eckhardt (d) unopposed
texas 9
jack brooks
democratic
1952
re - elected
jack brooks (d) 64.5% henry c pressler (d) 35.5%
texas 10
j j pickle
democratic
1963
re - elected
j j pickle (d) unopposed
texas 11
william r poage
democratic
1936
re - elected
william r poage (d) unopposed
texas 12
jim wright
democratic
1954
re - elected
jim wright (d) unopposed
texas 14
john andrew young
democratic
1956
re - elected
john andrew young (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 17
omar burleson
democratic
1946
re - elected
omar burleson (d) unopposed
texas 18
bob price
republican
1966
re - elected
bob price (r) unopposed
texas 19
george h mahon
democratic
1934
re - elected
george h mahon (d) unopposed
texas 20
henry b gonzalez
democratic
1961
re - elected
henry b gonzalez (d) unopposed
texas 21
o c fisher
democratic
1942
re - elected
o c fisher (d) 61.4% richard gill (r) 38.6%
texas 22
robert r casey
democratic
1958
re - elected
robert r casey (d) 55.6% arthur busch (r) 44.4%