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Election 1984 Results

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1984 US Senate election in Texas

Phil Gramm (Republican) beat Lloyd Doggett (Democrat) in Texas in 1984, 58.5% to 41.4%, a margin of 17.1 points and 908,791 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when John G. Tower won.

Republicans led in 203 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 51. The largest, Harris, cast 860,959 votes and went to the Republican by 14.7 points. The closest was Haskell, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Phil Gramm won Republican 3,111,348 58.5%
Lloyd Doggett Democratic 2,202,557 41.4%
All other candidates 273 0.0%
Total5,314,178

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 367,293 42.7% 493,618 57.3% 48 860,959 R+14.7
Dallas 229,649 38.2% 371,128 61.8% 11 600,788 R+23.5
Tarrant 135,541 37.3% 228,117 62.7% 1 363,659 R+25.5
Bexar 151,535 45.9% 178,958 54.1% 330,493 R+8.3
Travis 117,518 53.7% 101,337 46.3% 36 218,891 D+7.4
El Paso 59,741 50.9% 57,696 49.1% 25 117,462 D+1.7
Jefferson 58,903 58.8% 41,322 41.2% 100,225 D+17.5
Nueces 49,232 49.7% 49,784 50.3% 99,016 R+0.6
Hidalgo 44,702 58.4% 31,792 41.6% 76,494 D+16.9
Lubbock 22,779 29.8% 53,612 70.2% 3 76,394 R+40.4
Galveston 38,525 51.5% 36,266 48.5% 1 74,792 D+3.0
Collin 17,673 23.9% 56,349 76.1% 74,022 R+52.2
Denton 20,915 30.2% 48,325 69.8% 1 69,241 R+39.6
McLennan 26,289 40.2% 39,067 59.8% 65,356 R+19.6
Fort Bend 21,702 36.7% 37,425 63.3% 35 59,162 R+26.6
Brazoria 22,343 38.0% 36,487 62.0% 2 58,832 R+24.0
Smith 18,261 32.7% 37,613 67.3% 3 55,877 R+34.6
Montgomery 15,704 29.1% 38,188 70.9% 4 53,896 R+41.7
Cameron 27,781 51.6% 26,010 48.4% 53,791 D+3.3
Brazos 13,595 28.7% 33,786 71.3% 1 47,382 R+42.6
Wichita 18,986 42.3% 25,856 57.7% 44,842 R+15.3
Taylor 11,771 26.7% 32,290 73.3% 8 44,069 R+46.6
Bell 15,754 36.1% 27,911 63.9% 43,665 R+27.8
Midland 8,281 20.5% 32,078 79.5% 1 40,360 R+59.0
Ector 10,644 26.6% 29,352 73.4% 39,996 R+46.8
Gregg 12,346 31.4% 27,004 68.6% 39,350 R+37.3
Randall 7,774 21.4% 28,578 78.6% 36,352 R+57.2
Williamson 13,434 38.0% 21,931 62.0% 35,365 R+24.0
Grayson 13,886 40.6% 20,327 59.4% 34,213 R+18.8
Tom Green 11,111 33.7% 21,840 66.3% 2 32,953 R+32.6
Orange 18,156 57.1% 13,647 42.9% 11 31,814 D+14.2
Potter 9,824 33.8% 19,273 66.2% 29,097 R+32.5
Bowie 12,098 42.5% 16,350 57.5% 28,448 R+14.9
Johnson 10,335 37.6% 17,174 62.4% 1 27,510 R+24.9
Victoria 7,579 30.5% 17,241 69.5% 1 24,821 R+38.9
Ellis 8,983 36.2% 15,832 63.8% 24,815 R+27.6
Angelina 10,381 43.5% 13,462 56.5% 23,843 R+12.9
Webb 15,032 70.2% 6,370 29.8% 21,402 D+40.5
Hunt 8,293 39.3% 12,795 60.7% 21,088 R+21.3
Henderson 8,492 42.7% 11,380 57.3% 19,872 R+14.5
Harrison 8,161 41.4% 11,566 58.6% 19,727 R+17.3
Parker 7,274 37.1% 12,309 62.9% 19,583 R+25.7
San Patricio 9,160 47.0% 10,327 53.0% 19,487 R+6.0
Guadalupe 6,191 32.3% 12,961 67.7% 3 19,155 R+35.3
Hays 8,684 45.4% 10,435 54.6% 19,119 R+9.2
Nacogdoches 6,705 35.7% 12,079 64.3% 18,784 R+28.6
Comal 5,146 29.2% 12,478 70.8% 5 17,629 R+41.6
Liberty 7,071 42.7% 9,490 57.3% 1 16,562 R+14.6
Rusk 5,481 35.3% 10,042 64.7% 15,523 R+29.4
Hardin 7,453 49.2% 7,706 50.8% 15,159 R+1.7
Kaufman 6,456 43.7% 8,329 56.3% 14,785 R+12.7
Lamar 6,650 45.5% 7,979 54.5% 14,629 R+9.1
Kerr 3,701 25.4% 10,897 74.6% 1 14,599 R+49.3
Matagorda 5,792 42.8% 7,752 57.2% 13,544 R+14.5
Wharton 5,876 43.5% 7,630 56.5% 13,506 R+13.0
Navarro 6,177 46.1% 7,231 53.9% 13,408 R+7.9
Jim Wells 8,124 60.8% 5,233 39.2% 2 13,359 D+21.6
Anderson 5,570 41.8% 7,747 58.2% 13,317 R+16.3
Walker 4,964 38.3% 7,998 61.7% 12,962 R+23.4
Van Zandt 5,307 41.2% 7,564 58.8% 12,871 R+17.5
Brown 4,461 35.7% 8,031 64.3% 1 12,493 R+28.6
Cherokee 5,143 41.8% 7,165 58.2% 12,308 R+16.4
Coryell 4,130 34.3% 7,920 65.7% 12,050 R+31.5
Upshur 5,315 45.1% 6,473 54.9% 11,788 R+9.8
Howard 4,676 40.2% 6,944 59.8% 11,620 R+19.5
Jasper 6,363 54.9% 5,228 45.1% 11,591 D+9.8
Cooke 3,794 33.3% 7,592 66.7% 2 11,388 R+33.4
Cass 5,402 47.6% 5,938 52.4% 11,340 R+4.7
Bastrop 5,534 49.9% 5,547 50.1% 11,081 R+0.1
Hutchinson 2,633 23.9% 8,400 76.1% 11,033 R+52.3
Gray 2,454 22.6% 8,408 77.4% 2 10,864 R+54.8
Wise 4,523 41.9% 6,260 58.1% 10,783 R+16.1
Wood 4,026 38.4% 6,454 61.6% 10,480 R+23.2
Hale 3,292 31.5% 7,150 68.5% 10,442 R+36.9
Kleberg 5,014 49.0% 5,218 51.0% 10,232 R+2.0
Hood 3,489 35.3% 6,398 64.7% 9,887 R+29.4
Polk 4,457 45.1% 5,416 54.9% 9,873 R+9.7
Val Verde 4,405 46.5% 5,065 53.5% 9,470 R+7.0
Hopkins 3,975 42.3% 5,416 57.7% 9,391 R+15.3
Erath 3,785 40.4% 5,574 59.6% 9,359 R+19.1
Palo Pinto 3,865 42.8% 5,161 57.2% 9,026 R+14.4
Fannin 4,895 54.2% 4,130 45.8% 9,025 D+8.5
Washington 2,970 33.2% 5,964 66.8% 8,934 R+33.5
Bee 3,955 44.7% 4,899 55.3% 8,854 R+10.7
Hill 3,690 42.0% 5,095 58.0% 8,785 R+16.0
Atascosa 3,981 45.8% 4,710 54.2% 8,691 R+8.4
Panola 3,689 42.5% 4,995 57.5% 8,684 R+15.0
Medina 3,416 39.5% 5,223 60.5% 8,639 R+20.9
Titus 4,143 48.1% 4,466 51.9% 8,609 R+3.8
Burnet 3,558 42.5% 4,817 57.5% 8,375 R+15.0
Shelby 4,023 48.4% 4,278 51.5% 7 8,308 R+3.1
Rockwall 2,090 25.3% 6,172 74.7% 8,262 R+49.4
Milam 4,251 52.8% 3,798 47.2% 8,049 D+5.6
Waller 4,133 51.8% 3,843 48.2% 7,976 D+3.6
Fayette 2,906 37.1% 4,934 62.9% 7,840 R+25.9
Houston 3,593 46.9% 4,065 53.1% 7,658 R+6.2
Caldwell 3,901 51.0% 3,741 49.0% 7,642 D+2.1
Hockley 2,535 33.7% 4,980 66.3% 7,515 R+32.5
Young 2,627 35.3% 4,823 64.7% 7,450 R+29.5
Lavaca 2,891 39.2% 4,488 60.8% 7,379 R+21.6
Eastland 2,808 38.3% 4,518 61.7% 7,326 R+23.3
Limestone 3,393 46.8% 3,861 53.2% 3 7,257 R+6.4
Wilson 3,150 43.8% 4,044 56.2% 7,194 R+12.4
Chambers 3,168 44.2% 4,000 55.8% 7,168 R+11.6
Uvalde 2,778 39.2% 4,309 60.8% 7,087 R+21.6
Calhoun 3,116 44.5% 3,884 55.5% 7,000 R+11.0
Montague 2,855 40.9% 4,117 59.1% 6,972 R+18.1
Austin 2,247 33.5% 4,467 66.5% 6,714 R+33.1
Gillespie 1,457 21.8% 5,239 78.2% 6,696 R+56.5
Tyler 3,398 50.8% 3,286 49.2% 6,684 D+1.7
Colorado 2,639 40.0% 3,966 60.0% 6,605 R+20.1
Scurry 1,753 26.6% 4,829 73.4% 6,582 R+46.7
Starr 5,194 80.1% 1,290 19.9% 6,484 D+60.2
Jones 2,636 41.7% 3,687 58.3% 6,323 R+16.6
De Witt 2,093 34.0% 4,063 66.0% 6,156 R+32.0
Deaf Smith 1,751 28.6% 4,379 71.4% 6,130 R+42.9
Freestone 2,697 44.2% 3,407 55.8% 6,104 R+11.6
Nolan 2,664 44.5% 3,319 55.5% 5,983 R+10.9
Bosque 2,395 40.1% 3,583 59.9% 5,978 R+19.9
Gonzales 2,420 40.6% 3,541 59.4% 5,961 R+18.8
Robertson 3,470 58.2% 2,489 41.8% 5,959 D+16.5
Aransas 1,948 32.7% 4,008 67.3% 5,956 R+34.6
Llano 2,270 38.5% 3,628 61.5% 1 5,899 R+23.0
Falls 3,117 53.3% 2,733 46.7% 5,850 D+6.6
Moore 1,419 24.8% 4,303 75.2% 5,722 R+50.4
Lamb 2,163 38.0% 3,533 62.0% 5,696 R+24.1
Grimes 2,502 44.3% 3,148 55.7% 5,650 R+11.4
Morris 3,086 54.8% 2,545 45.2% 5,631 D+9.6
Burleson 2,829 50.4% 2,786 49.6% 5,615 D+0.8
Kendall 1,196 21.5% 4,367 78.5% 5,563 R+57.0
Wilbarger 2,287 41.2% 3,264 58.8% 5,551 R+17.6
San Jacinto 2,605 47.7% 2,852 52.3% 5,457 R+4.5
Newton 3,538 66.4% 1,791 33.6% 5,329 D+32.8
Dawson 1,855 34.9% 3,465 65.1% 5,320 R+30.3
Jackson 2,085 39.2% 3,230 60.8% 5,315 R+21.5
Red River 2,756 51.9% 2,559 48.1% 5,315 D+3.7
Willacy 3,128 60.1% 2,077 39.9% 5,205 D+20.2
Pecos 1,934 38.8% 3,034 60.9% 17 4,985 R+22.1
Leon 1,992 40.3% 2,957 59.7% 4,949 R+19.5
Comanche 2,430 49.3% 2,504 50.7% 4,934 R+1.5
Callahan 1,554 32.2% 3,275 67.8% 2 4,831 R+35.6
Duval 3,756 78.4% 1,037 21.6% 4,793 D+56.7
Ward 1,478 31.2% 3,257 68.7% 4 4,739 R+37.5
Reeves 2,504 52.9% 2,228 47.1% 4,732 D+5.8
Karnes 1,960 41.4% 2,771 58.6% 4,731 R+17.1
Andrews 1,058 22.4% 3,660 77.6% 4,718 R+55.2
Lampasas 1,624 35.2% 2,994 64.8% 4,618 R+29.7
Trinity 2,380 51.5% 2,238 48.5% 4,618 D+3.1
Maverick 3,117 67.6% 1,495 32.4% 4,612 D+35.2
Terry 1,551 33.7% 3,056 66.3% 2 4,609 R+32.7
Lee 2,004 43.7% 2,582 56.3% 4,586 R+12.6
Frio 2,673 59.8% 1,800 40.2% 4,473 D+19.5
Clay 2,106 48.0% 2,281 52.0% 4,387 R+4.0
Marion 2,248 52.1% 2,066 47.9% 4,314 D+4.2
Coleman 1,659 39.8% 2,509 60.2% 4,168 R+20.4
Runnels 1,464 35.6% 2,653 64.4% 4,117 R+28.9
Camp 2,094 51.1% 2,006 48.9% 4,100 D+2.1
Sabine 2,106 53.7% 1,816 46.3% 3,922 D+7.4
Stephens 1,164 29.7% 2,750 70.2% 2 3,916 R+40.5
Bandera 1,019 26.2% 2,866 73.8% 3,885 R+47.5
Refugio 1,738 44.7% 2,147 55.3% 3,885 R+10.5
Ochiltree 558 14.4% 3,304 85.6% 3,862 R+71.1
Dimmit 2,598 68.9% 1,171 31.1% 3,769 D+37.9
Live Oak 1,404 38.1% 2,280 61.9% 3,684 R+23.8
Zavala 2,849 80.0% 712 20.0% 1 3,562 D+60.0
Archer 1,371 38.7% 2,173 61.3% 3,544 R+22.6
Gaines 1,047 29.9% 2,453 70.1% 3,500 R+40.2
Madison 1,532 43.9% 1,954 56.1% 3,486 R+12.1
McCulloch 1,519 43.7% 1,959 56.3% 3,478 R+12.7
Brooks 2,760 80.1% 684 19.9% 3,444 D+60.3
San Augustine 1,764 51.4% 1,667 48.6% 3,431 D+2.8
Brewster 1,587 46.3% 1,835 53.6% 2 3,424 R+7.2
Mitchell 1,506 45.7% 1,788 54.3% 3,294 R+8.6
Hamilton 1,354 41.8% 1,882 58.2% 3,236 R+16.3
Carson 998 30.9% 2,229 69.1% 3,227 R+38.1
Swisher 1,817 57.0% 1,370 43.0% 3,187 D+14.0
Floyd 1,158 37.6% 1,922 62.4% 3,080 R+24.8
Haskell 1,528 49.8% 1,540 50.2% 3,068 R+0.4
Parmer 723 23.6% 2,340 76.4% 3,063 R+52.8
Wheeler 954 32.0% 2,024 68.0% 2,978 R+35.9
Castro 1,153 38.7% 1,824 61.3% 2,977 R+22.5
Winkler 860 29.2% 2,083 70.8% 2,943 R+41.6
Franklin 1,207 41.5% 1,703 58.5% 2,910 R+17.0
Jack 1,097 39.9% 1,653 60.1% 2,750 R+20.2
Zapata 1,723 64.2% 962 35.8% 2,685 D+28.3
Yoakum 656 24.7% 1,996 75.3% 2,652 R+50.5
Blanco 921 35.0% 1,706 64.8% 4 2,631 R+29.8
Lynn 1,167 44.7% 1,446 55.3% 2,613 R+10.7
San Saba 1,195 45.9% 1,406 54.0% 1 2,602 R+8.1
Crosby 1,319 51.5% 1,242 48.5% 2,561 D+3.0
Rains 1,235 48.4% 1,316 51.6% 2,551 R+3.2
Childress 997 40.8% 1,449 59.2% 2,446 R+18.5
Hansford 365 15.0% 2,073 85.0% 2,438 R+70.1
Bailey 838 34.9% 1,562 65.1% 2,400 R+30.2
La Salle 1,526 64.9% 827 35.1% 2,353 D+29.7
Fisher 1,427 61.2% 903 38.8% 2,330 D+22.5
Baylor 1,142 49.7% 1,158 50.3% 2,300 R+0.7
Goliad 891 38.9% 1,402 61.1% 2,293 R+22.3
Jim Hogg 1,791 80.2% 442 19.8% 2,233 D+60.4
Dallam 596 29.1% 1,455 70.9% 2,051 R+41.9
Collingsworth 810 39.9% 1,219 60.1% 2,029 R+20.2
Hemphill 496 24.9% 1,498 75.1% 1 1,995 R+50.2
Hardeman 960 48.1% 1,034 51.9% 1,994 R+3.7
Somervell 826 41.5% 1,159 58.3% 4 1,989 R+16.7
Delta 1,070 54.6% 888 45.4% 1,958 D+9.3
Hall 1,044 53.9% 894 46.1% 1,938 D+7.7
Knox 1,055 54.7% 875 45.3% 1,930 D+9.3
Upton 522 27.7% 1,361 72.2% 2 1,885 R+44.5
Crane 501 27.2% 1,338 72.8% 1,839 R+45.5
Donley 608 34.0% 1,179 66.0% 1,787 R+32.0
Hartley 424 24.0% 1,341 76.0% 1,765 R+52.0
Mills 730 41.8% 1,016 58.2% 1,746 R+16.4
Kimble 474 27.2% 1,271 72.8% 1,745 R+45.7
Mason 627 36.4% 1,097 63.6% 1,724 R+27.3
Martin 569 33.3% 1,142 66.7% 1,711 R+33.5
Presidio 963 56.6% 737 43.4% 1,700 D+13.3
Sutton 503 29.6% 1,195 70.4% 1,698 R+40.8
Garza 597 35.2% 1,097 64.8% 1,694 R+29.5
Lipscomb 346 20.8% 1,321 79.2% 1,667 R+58.5
Crockett 566 35.0% 1,051 65.0% 1,617 R+30.0
Cochran 648 40.4% 957 59.6% 1,605 R+19.3
Shackelford 496 31.3% 1,087 68.7% 1,583 R+37.3
Coke 611 38.8% 965 61.2% 1,576 R+22.5
Sherman 333 22.5% 1,148 77.5% 1,481 R+55.0
Concho 679 49.1% 702 50.8% 1 1,382 R+1.7
Reagan 322 24.6% 989 75.4% 1,311 R+50.9
Real 462 35.3% 847 64.7% 1,309 R+29.4
Dickens 749 59.6% 508 40.4% 1,257 D+19.2
Stonewall 695 57.2% 519 42.8% 1,214 D+14.5
Kinney 569 48.0% 616 51.9% 1 1,186 R+4.0
Schleicher 394 33.8% 771 66.2% 1,165 R+32.4
Cottle 661 58.7% 466 41.3% 1,127 D+17.3
Armstrong 299 29.2% 725 70.8% 1,024 R+41.6
Briscoe 542 53.2% 477 46.8% 1,019 D+6.4
Throckmorton 421 43.0% 557 57.0% 978 R+13.9
Menard 454 47.4% 504 52.6% 958 R+5.2
Oldham 295 30.8% 662 69.2% 957 R+38.3
Foard 492 55.3% 398 44.7% 890 D+10.6
Culberson 400 46.7% 457 53.3% 857 R+6.7
Hudspeth 387 46.7% 439 53.0% 3 829 R+6.3
Irion 266 32.8% 544 67.2% 810 R+34.3
Motley 324 40.6% 475 59.4% 799 R+18.9
Edwards 209 27.6% 545 72.1% 2 756 R+44.4
Jeff Davis 306 42.8% 409 57.2% 715 R+14.4
Sterling 185 27.5% 488 72.5% 673 R+45.0
Terrell 315 46.9% 357 53.1% 672 R+6.3
Roberts 138 21.7% 498 78.3% 636 R+56.6
Kent 273 46.8% 309 53.0% 1 583 R+6.2
Glasscock 153 29.1% 372 70.9% 525 R+41.7
Borden 148 32.3% 310 67.7% 458 R+35.4
McMullen 67 17.1% 325 82.9% 392 R+65.8
Kenedy 110 57.0% 83 43.0% 193 D+14.0
King 69 35.8% 124 64.2% 193 R+28.5
Loving 15 21.4% 55 78.6% 70 R+57.1

Counties as they stood in 1984; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Texas Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Ted Cruz (R) R+8.5
2020 John Cornyn (R) R+9.6
2018 Ted Cruz (R) R+2.6
2014 John Cornyn (R) R+27.2
2012 Ted Cruz (R) R+15.8
2008 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2006 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+25.6
2002 John Cornyn (R) R+12.0
2000 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+32.8
1996 Phil Gramm (R) R+10.8
1994 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) R+22.5
1990 Phil Gramm (R) R+22.8
1988 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+19.2
1984 Phil Gramm (R) R+17.1
1982 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+18.1
1978 John G. Tower (R) R+0.5
1976 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+14.5
1972 John G. Tower (R) R+9.1
1970 Lloyd Bentsen (D) D+7.1
1966 John G. Tower (R) R+13.3
1964 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+12.7
1960 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.9
1958 Ralph Yarborough (D) D+51.0
1954 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+69.9
1952 Price Daniel (D) D+100.0
1948 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.3
1946 Tom Connally (D) D+77.1
1942 Pappy O'Daniel (D) D+90.5
1940 Tom Connally (D) D+88.5
1936 Morris Sheppard (D) D+85.4
1934 Tom Connally (D) D+93.8
1930 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.2
1928 Tom Connally (D) D+62.5
1924 Morris Sheppard (D) D+70.8
1922 Earle B. Mayfield (D) D+66.9
1918 Morris Sheppard (D) D+74.3
1916 Charles Culberson (D) D+68.2