united states house of representatives elections , 1972 

Statements about this table:
the incumbent politician lose only 1 time
8 politician run unopposed in their election
all of the politician belong to the democratic party
wright patman be first elect before ray robert
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
wright patman
democratic
1928
re - elected
wright patman (d) unopposed
texas 4
ray roberts
democratic
1962
re - elected
ray roberts (d) 70.2% james russell (r) 29.8%
texas 5
earle cabell
democratic
1964
lost re - election republican gain
alan steelman (r) 55.7% earle cabell (d) 44.3%
texas 6
olin e teague
democratic
1946
re - elected
olin e teague (d) 72.6% carl nigliazzo (r) 27.4%
texas 9
jack brooks
democratic
1952
re - elected
jack brooks (d) 66.2% randolph c reed (d) 33.8%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
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
texas 15
kika de la garza
democratic
1964
re - elected
kika de la garza (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 16
richard c white
democratic
1964
re - elected
richard c white (d) unopposed
texas 17
omar burleson
democratic
1946
re - elected
omar burleson (d) unopposed
texas 19
george h mahon
democratic
1934
re - elected
george h mahon (d) unopposed
texas 21
o c fisher
democratic
1942
re - elected
o c fisher (d) 56.8% doug harlan (r) 43.2%