District 1 Incumbent Democrat
Sam B. Hall ran for re-election unopposed.
District 2 Incumbent Democrat
Charlie Wilson ran for re-election. He faced four primary opponents but managed to avoid a runoff with 54 percent of the vote.
District 3 Incumbent Republican
Steve Bartlett ran for re-election.
District 4 Incumbent Democrat
Ralph Hall ran for re-election.
District 5 Incumbent Democrat
John Wiley Bryant ran for re-election unopposed.
District 6 Incumbent Democrat
Phil Gramm resigned after being removed from his seat on the
House Budget Committee by Democratic leadership. He subsequently switched his party affiliation to the
Republican Party and ran for his old seat in the ensuing
special election. He had been planning to switch parties even before this occurred.
Ronald Reagan had won the district in
1980, and Gramm's opponents cast the race as a referendum on
Reganomics. Gramm won the race outright, avoiding a runoff and returning to Congress as a Republican. He retired at the end of his term to
run for U.S. Senator.
District 7 Incumbent Republican
Bill Archer ran for re-election.
District 8 Incumbent Republican
Jack Fields ran for re-election.
District 9 Incumbent Democrat
Jack Brooks ran for re-election.
District 10 Incumbent Democrat
J. J. Pickle ran for re-election unopposed.
District 11 Incumbent Democrat
Marvin Leath ran for re-election unopposed.
District 12 Incumbent Democrat
Jim Wright ran for re-election unopposed.
District 13 Incumbent Democrat
Jack Hightower ran for re-election.
District 14 Incumbent Democrat
Bill Patman ran for re-election.
District 15 Incumbent Democrat
Kika de la Garza ran for re-election unopposed.
District 16 Incumbent Democrat
Ronald D. Coleman ran for re-election.
District 17 Incumbent Democrat
Charles Stenholm ran for re-election unopposed.
District 18 Incumbent Democrat
Mickey Leland ran for re-election.
District 19 Incumbent Democrat
Kent Hance retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
District 20 Incumbent Democrat
Henry B. González ran for re-election unopposed.
District 21 Incumbent Republican
Tom Loeffler ran for re-election.
District 22 Incumbent Republican
Ron Paul retired to
run for U.S. Senator.
District 24 Incumbent Democrat
Martin Frost ran for re-election.
District 25 Incumbent Democrat
Michael A. Andrews ran for re-election.
District 26 Incumbent Democrat
Tom Vandergriff ran for re-election. Mid-decade redistricting had made this district slightly more favorable to Democrats. The previous iteration of this district, which Vandergriff narrowly won in
1982, would have given Ronald Reagan 67 percent of the vote had it existed in
1980.
District 27 Incumbent Democrat
Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election. ==References==