[['district', 'incumbent', 'party', 'first elected', 'result', 'candidates'], ['texas 1', 'sam b hall', 'democratic', '1976', 're - elected', 'sam b hall (d) unopposed'], ['texas 3', 'steve bartlett', 'republican', '1982', 're - elected', 'steve bartlett (r) 83.0% jim westbrook (d) 17.0%'], ['texas 4', 'ralph hall', 'democratic', '1980', 're - elected', 'ralph hall (d) 58.0% thomas blow (r) 42.0%'], ['texas 5', 'john wiley bryant', 'democratic', '1982', 're - elected', 'john wiley bryant (d) unopposed'], ['texas 6', 'phil gramm', 'republican', '1978', 'retired to run for u s senate republican hold', 'joe barton (r) 56.6% dan kubiak (d) 43.4%'], ['texas 8', 'jack fields', 'republican', '1980', 're - elected', 'jack fields (r) 64.6% don buford (d) 35.4%'], ['texas 9', 'jack brooks', 'democratic', '1952', 're - elected', 'jack brooks (d) 58.8% jim mahan (r) 41.2%'], ['texas 10', 'j j pickle', 'democratic', '1963', 're - elected', 'j j pickle (d) unopposed'], ['texas 11', 'marvin leath', 'democratic', '1978', 're - elected', 'marvin leath (d) unopposed'], ['texas 12', 'jim wright', 'democratic', '1954', 're - elected', 'jim wright (d) unopposed'], ['texas 13', 'jack hightower', 'democratic', '1974', 'lost re - election republican gain', 'beau boulter (r) 53.0% jack hightower (d) 47.0%'], ['texas 15', 'kika de la garza', 'democratic', '1964', 're - elected', 'kika de la garza (d) unopposed'], ['texas 16', 'ronald d coleman', 'democratic', '1982', 're - elected', 'ronald d coleman (d) 57.4% jack hammond (r) 42.6%'], ['texas 17', 'charles stenholm', 'democratic', '1978', 're - elected', 'charles stenholm (d) unopposed'], ['texas 19', 'kent hance', 'democratic', '1978', 'retired to run for u s senate republican gain', 'larry combest (r) 58.1% don r richards (d) 41.9%'], ['texas 20', 'henry b gonzalez', 'democratic', '1961', 're - elected', 'henry b gonzalez (d) unopposed'], ['texas 21', 'tom loeffler', 'republican', '1978', 're - elected', 'tom loeffler (r) 80.6% joe sullivan (d) 19.4%'], ['texas 22', 'ron paul', 'republican', '1978', 'retired to run for u s senate republican hold', 'tom delay (r) 65.3% doug williams (r) 34.7%'], ['texas 23', 'abraham kazen , jr', 'democratic', '1966', 'lost renomination democratic hold', 'albert bustamante (d) unopposed'], ['texas 24', 'martin frost', 'democratic', '1978', 're - elected', 'martin frost (d) 59.5% bob burk (r) 40.5%'], ['texas 26', 'tom vandergriff', 'democratic', '1982', 'lost re - election republican gain', 'dick armey (r) 51.3% tom vandergriff (d) 48.7%']]
only 1 of the Republican Candidate First Elected in 1978 was Re - Elected
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