1972Final results

1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas House District 97

Name: 1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas House District 97
Start: 1972-06-01
Location: Texas

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Gene Jones (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Ralph Wallace (D) by 19.3 points.

Gene JonesDemocrat · winner

59.7%7,880

40.3%5,326

13,206 votes

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