1972Final results

1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas House District 7

Name: 1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas House District 7
Start: 1972-06-01
Location: Texas

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Pike Powers (D) won with 56.7% of the vote, defeating Jerry Hanks (D) by 13.4 points.

Pike PowersDemocrat · winner

56.7%21,398

43.3%16,356

37,754 votes

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