The 1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 6, 1984, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had twenty-seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1980 United States census.^[1]

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1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

← 1982 November 6, 1984 1986 →
All 27 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 22 5 Seats before 21 6 Seats won 17 10 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 2,695,028 1,981,823 Percentage 57.6% 42.3% Swing 7.2% 9.5%
Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   90>% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   80–90%

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Texas underwent mid-decade redistricting due to the District Court case Upham v. Seamon. The U.S. Department of Justice objected to the boundaries of District 15 and District 27 adopted by the Texas Legislature in 1981 under preclearance established by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.^[2] The court's modified districts were used in 1982, and the Legislature modified other districts in 1983, keeping the court-modified districts in place.^[3]

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1984, the United States House elections in other states, the presidential election, and various state and local elections.

Democrats maintained their majority of U.S. House seats from Texas. Still, they lost four seats to the Republicans, who rode the coattails of president Ronald Reagan's re-election.^[4] The Republicans in those four seats, as well as two other freshmen Republicans, would later become known as the Texas Six Pack.