1970Final results
1970 election for Texas House District 70
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Tom Craddick (R) won re-election with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Bob Northington (D) by 4.4 points.
Tom CraddickRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.2%8,470
Bob NorthingtonDemocrat
47.8%7,752
16,223 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)