1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas House District 29
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Latham Boone III (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Gus F. Mutscher (D) by 12.7 points.
Latham Boone IIIDemocrat · winner
56.3%11,119
Gus F. MutscherDemocrat · incumbent
43.7%8,614
19,733 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET