Election Name: | 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
Country: | Texas |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
Previous Year: | 1976 |
Next Election: | 1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Seats For Election: | All 24 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Election Date: | November 7, 1978 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 22 |
Seats1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,285,348 |
Percentage1: | 58.9% |
Swing1: | 5.8% |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 889,450 |
Percentage2: | 40.7% |
Swing2: | 5.8% |
The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 7, 1978, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-four seats in the House apportioned according to the 1970 United States census.[1]
These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1978, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.
Democrats maintained their majority of U.S. House seats from Texas, but they lost two seats to the Republicans, decreasing their majority to twenty out of twenty-four seats. These elections produced a high level of turnover due to the retirements of several representatives, as well as the electoral defeat of others.[2]
1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[3] | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
Democratic | 1,285,348 | 58.90% | 22 | 20 | -2 | ||
Republican | 888,215 | 40.70% | 2 | 4 | +2 | ||
La Raza Unida | 7,185 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
Socialist Workers | 1,632 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
Totals | 2,182,380 | 100.00% | 24 | 24 | - |
See also: Texas's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Sam B. Hall ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 2nd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Charlie Wilson ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 3rd congressional district. Incumbent Republican James M. Collins ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 4th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Ray Roberts ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 5th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jim Mattox ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 6th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Olin E. Teague opted to retire rather than run for re-election.[4]
See also: Texas's 7th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Bill Archer ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 8th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Bob Eckhardt ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 9th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jack Brooks ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 10th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat J. J. Pickle ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 11th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat William R. Poage opted to retire rather than run for re-election. He resigned on December 31, 1978, four days before his term would have expired.[5]
See also: Texas's 12th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jim Wright ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 13th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Jack Hightower ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 14th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat John Andrew Young ran for re-election. He lost in the Democratic Primary to Joseph Wyatt.[6]
See also: Texas's 15th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Kika de la Garza ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 16th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Richard Crawford White ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 17th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Omar Burleson opted to retire rather than run for re-election.[7]
See also: Texas's 18th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Barbara Jordan opted to retire rather than run for re-election.[8]
See also: Texas's 19th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat George H. Mahon opted to retire rather than run for re-election. Future president George W. Bush was defeated in this election.[9]
See also: Texas's 20th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Henry B. González ran for re-election unopposed.
See also: Texas's 21st congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Bob Krueger retired to run for U.S. Senator.[10]
See also: Texas's 22nd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Robert Gammage ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 23rd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Abraham Kazen ran for re-election.
See also: Texas's 24th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Dale Milford ran for re-election. He lost in the Democratic Primary to Martin Frost.[11]