Texas Six Pack
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Texas Six Pack was a group of six freshmen Republican congressmen from Texas who were elected during the 1984 Ronald Reagan landslide victory over Walter Mondale. With their victories the Texas congressional delegation shifted from a 21-6 Democratic advantage to only 17–10.
Four of the six new congressmen would go on to long and powerful careers in Washington. Beau Boulter, Mac Sweeney and Dick Armey upset three incumbent Democratic congressmen. Larry Combest won an open seat being vacated by retiring Democrat, later Republican Kent Hance, while Joe Barton and Tom DeLay won seats vacated by retiring Republicans Phil Gramm and Ron Paul, respectively. For Sweeney, Combest, and Armey it was the first time their districts had ever elected a Republican to congress. In 1988; Boulter relinquished his seat after two terms to wage an unsuccessful race against U.S. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, who ran the same year for Vice President of the United States; while Sweeney was defeated in his bid for re-election by Greg Laughlin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joe Barton | Script error: No such module "string". | 56.60 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dan Kubiak | Script error: No such module "string". | 43.40 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Beau Boulter | Script error: No such module "string". | 53.01 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jack Hightower (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 46.99 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mac Sweeney | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.30 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bill Patman (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.70 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Larry Combest | Script error: No such module "string". | 58.13 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Don Richards | Script error: No such module "string". | 41.87 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom DeLay | Script error: No such module "string". | 65.31 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Doug Williams | Script error: No such module "string". | 34.68 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Dick Armey | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.25 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom Vandergriff (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.75 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Others | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.00 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00 | ||
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References
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Sources
- The Almanac of American Politics 1986
- Texas Monthly Dec 8, 1984