1972Final results
1972 Democratic primary runoff for Texas Senate District 21
Texas State Senate · Texas
John Traeger (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Oscar Carrillo (D) by 4.1 points.
John TraegerDemocrat · winner
52.0%36,746
Oscar CarrilloDemocrat
48.0%33,858
70,604 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET