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1968Final results

1968 election for Texas House District 58

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

W. S. Pickett (D) won with 66.9% of the vote, defeating Gidney Talley (R) by 33.9 points.

W. S. PickettDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.9%11,154
Gidney TalleyRepublican
33.1%5,510
16,664 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenD+16.11986D+12.51990R+16.01992R+0.11994R+7.81996R+18.81998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET