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1972Final results

1972 election for Texas Senate District 27

Texas State Senate · Texas

Raul Longoria (D) won with 61.5% of the vote, defeating G. G. Garcia (R) by 33.9 points.

Raul LongoriaDemocrat · winner
61.5%49,654
G. G. GarciaRepublican
27.6%22,275
10.9%8,757
80,686 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+33.91972D+33.51994D+29.62020D+0.42022R+1.12024

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