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1970Final results

1970 election for Texas Senate District 31

Texas State Senate · Texas

Max Sherman (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Malouf Abraham (R) by 5.6 points.

Max ShermanDemocrat · winner
52.8%37,593
Malouf AbrahamRepublican
47.2%33,637
71,235 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+5.61970D+30.71980D+47.71982R+22.31988R+57.12004R+46.32026

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