united states house of representatives elections , 1984 

Statements about this table:
15 candidate in all be re - elect
tom loeffler be not unopposed
charles stenholm be first elect earlier than jack field
only 1 of the republican candidate first elect in 1978 be re - elect
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 1
sam b hall
democratic
1976
re - elected
sam b hall (d) unopposed
texas 3
steve bartlett
republican
1982
re - elected
steve bartlett (r) 83.0% jim westbrook (d) 17.0%
texas 4
ralph hall
democratic
1980
re - elected
ralph hall (d) 58.0% thomas blow (r) 42.0%
texas 5
john wiley bryant
democratic
1982
re - elected
john wiley bryant (d) unopposed
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%
texas 8
jack fields
republican
1980
re - elected
jack fields (r) 64.6% don buford (d) 35.4%
texas 9
jack brooks
democratic
1952
re - elected
jack brooks (d) 58.8% jim mahan (r) 41.2%
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
texas 10
j j pickle
democratic
1963
re - elected
j j pickle (d) unopposed
texas 11
marvin leath
democratic
1978
re - elected
marvin leath (d) unopposed
texas 12
jim wright
democratic
1954
re - elected
jim wright (d) unopposed
texas 13
jack hightower
democratic
1974
lost re - election republican gain
beau boulter (r) 53.0% jack hightower (d) 47.0%
texas 15
kika de la garza
democratic
1964
re - elected
kika de la garza (d) unopposed
texas 16
ronald d coleman
democratic
1982
re - elected
ronald d coleman (d) 57.4% jack hammond (r) 42.6%
texas 17
charles stenholm
democratic
1978
re - elected
charles stenholm (d) unopposed
district
incumbent
party
first elected
result
candidates
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%
texas 20
henry b gonzalez
democratic
1961
re - elected
henry b gonzalez (d) unopposed
texas 21
tom loeffler
republican
1978
re - elected
tom loeffler (r) 80.6% joe sullivan (d) 19.4%
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%
texas 23
abraham kazen , jr
democratic
1966
lost renomination democratic hold
albert bustamante (d) unopposed
texas 24
martin frost
democratic
1978
re - elected
martin frost (d) 59.5% bob burk (r) 40.5%
texas 26
tom vandergriff
democratic
1982
lost re - election republican gain
dick armey (r) 51.3% tom vandergriff (d) 48.7%