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  TX District 6 - Special Election
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Parents > United States > Texas > TX - District 06
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline January 05, 1983 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open February 12, 1983 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close February 12, 1983 - 03:00pm Central
Term Start February 13, 1983 - 12:00am
Term End January 03, 1985 - 12:00am
Contributornystate63
Last ModifiedRBH September 29, 2020 01:04am
Data SourcesCQ's Guide to US Elections and CQ Voting and Election Collection
Description Special election when Phil Gramm resigned January 5, 1983 to run as a Republican
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1982
NamePhil Gramm Votes91,546 (94.54%)
Term01/03/1983 - 01/05/1983 Margin86,258 (+89.08%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1984
NameJoe L. Barton Votes131,482 (56.60%)
Term01/03/1985 - 01/03/1987 Margin30,683 (+13.21%)
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Name (I) Rep. Phil Gramm Dan Kubiak John Henry Faulk William Lorenzo Powers, Jr. Rex Lynn Carey H. Martin Gibson George M. Chamberlain
PartyRepublican Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Libertarian Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 46,371 (55.27%) 33,201 (39.57%) 3,070 (3.66%) 318 (0.38%) 268 (0.32%) 223 (0.27%) 153 (0.18%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -13,170 (-15.70%) -43,301 (-51.61%) -46,053 (-54.89%) -46,103 (-54.95%) -46,148 (-55.00%) -46,218 (-55.08%)
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Name Louis C. Davis Joe R. English Carl Nigliazzo Joe Agris  
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic  
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Uncertified Votes 84 (0.10%) 80 (0.10%) 78 (0.09%) 59 (0.07%)  
Margin-46,287 (-55.17%) -46,291 (-55.17%) -46,293 (-55.17%) -46,312 (-55.20%)  
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