After 28 years in Congress, Texas District 4 incumbent Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall, is “going for 30.”

In the March 4 primary, Hall beat out four Republican opponents, the most he’s ever had, without the need for a runoff.

“I just outworked them,” Hall said. “I’m of a generation that knows what it’s like to go to bed tired at night. All the time they said I was too old and out of touch, I was in touch with the people who vote.”

Hall spent election day making one last effort to reach the 51 percent of votes he needed to win the Republican seat. The 84-year-old sta...