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1972Final results

1972 election for Texas House District 33H

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Ben Atwell (D) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Leo D. Haney (R) by 21.6 points.

Ben AtwellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.8%11,661
Leo D. HaneyRepublican
39.2%7,514
19,175 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+21.61972D+58.61974D+32.11976D+8.11978D+11.71980

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