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1970Final results

1970 election for Texas House District 43

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Joe Wyatt (D) won with 76.8% of the vote, defeating Simon Cornelius (R) by 53.7 points.

Joe WyattDemocrat · winner
76.8%10,909
Simon CorneliusRepublican
23.1%3,285
14,199 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 1970

Races before and after

EvenD+23.61994D+23.22002D+18.62004R+3.12012R+22.82014R+22.32016

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