1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Texas House District 79
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Phil Cates (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Nix (R) by 1.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Phil CatesDemocrat · winner
50.8%8,272
Bill NixRepublican
49.2%8,025
16,298 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET