1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

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All 27 Texas seats to theUnited States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 19 5 Seats won 22 5 Seat change 3 Popular vote 1,847,045 934,863 Percentage 64.8% 32.8% Swing 5.7% 6.7%
Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>% Republican   50–60%   70–80%   80–90%   90>%

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The1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 2, 1982, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to theUnited States House of Representatives.Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House, up three from the 1970s, apportioned according to the1980 United States census.^[1]

Due to the Texas'divided government, considerable challenge was foreseen in the state's decennialredistricting process. The process attracted the attention of many prominent members of the U.S. House.^[2] TheTexas Legislature failed to adopt new congressional districts during the regular legislative session in 1981 due to conflict between liberal and conservativeTexas Democrats. During a special session in 1981, conservative Democrats voted withRepublicans on a plan supported by RepublicangovernorBill Clements. Most contentious during this session was the transfer of African-American voting precincts fromDistrict 5 toDistrict 24 in theDallas area. Though Republicans supported the establishment of the minority opportunity district, it was seen by many Democrats as a tactical political move to increase the Republican lean of the 5th District.^[3][4]

The adopted congressional districts were challenged by theU.S. Department of Justice in a District Court in Upham v. Seamon. Under preclearance established by Section 5 of theVoting Rights Act of 1965, they asserted that the boundaries ofDistrict 15 andDistrict 27 were racially gerrymandered. The court ruled in favor of the Department of Justice, and it drew its own map, which established two districts inDallas County whereAfrican-Americans made up a substantial proportion of the voting-age population. The case was appealed to theSupreme Court, and it remanded the case back to the District Court, but the ruling was made so close to the Mayprimary election that the District Court's maps were allowed to stand for the 1982 elections.^[5][6]

These elections occurred simultaneously with theUnited States Senate elections of 1982, theUnited States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Although Republicans were expected to gain seats in Texas's congressional delegation,^[3]Democrats maintained their majority of seats, winning all three of the new seats Texas gained in the1980 United States census.^[7]

Incumbent DemocratSam B. Hall ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratCharlie Wilson ran for re-election.

Incumbent RepublicanJames M. Collins retired torun for U.S. Senator.^[9]

Incumbent DemocratRalph Hall ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratJim Mattox retired to run forAttorney General.^[10]

Incumbent DemocratPhil Gramm ran for re-election.

Incumbent RepublicanBill Archer ran for re-election.

Incumbent RepublicanJack Fields ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratJack Brooks ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratJ. J. Pickle ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratMarvin Leath ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratJim Wright ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratJack Hightower ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratBill Patman ran for re-election. Former representativeJoseph Wyatt, who retired in1980,^[11] challenged Patman, having switched his party affiliation from theDemocratic Party to theRepublican Party.^[12]

Incumbent DemocratKika de la Garza ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratRichard Crawford White opted to retire rather than run for re-election.^[13]

Incumbent DemocratCharles Stenholm ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratMickey Leland ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratKent Hance ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratHenry B. González ran for re-election.

Incumbent RepublicanTom Loeffler ran for re-election.

Incumbent RepublicanRon Paul ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratAbraham Kazen ran for re-election.

Incumbent DemocratMartin Frost ran for re-election. Under the legislature's initial redistricting plan, this district was slated to become a minority-majority district. Democratic formerDallas city councilwomanLucy Patterson, an African-American woman, had announced her intention to challenge Frost in the Democratic primary. After the district's boundaries were changed by federal courts to return the district to having a majority-white population, Patterson switched parties and ran in the general election as a Republican.^[14]

District 25 was created as a result of redistricting after the1980 census. The district was located in southernHarris County.

District 26 was created as a result of redistricting after the1980 census. Both political parties heavily lobbied formerArlington mayorTom Vandergriff to run for the seat on their respective tickets.^[15] Vandergriff eventually chose to run as a Democrat. The district's lines had been drawn to favor Republicans; it would have givenRonald Reagan 67 percent of the vote had it existed in1980.^[16]

District 27 was created as a result of redistricting after the1980 census. The district was located inSouth Texas and was 53 percentHispanic while the neighboring15th District was 80 percent Hispanic in the plan passed by theTexas Legislature. TheU.S. Department of Justice successfully argued that this was aracial gerrymander that diluted Hispanic voting power, and aDistrict Court redrew the districts to more equally reflect Hispanic voting strength in the region.^[4]

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