1972Final results
1972 Democratic primary for Texas House District 28
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Bill Presnal (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Michael Essmyer (D) by 28.2 points.
Bill PresnalDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%8,920
Michael EssmyerDemocrat
25.7%4,253
Edward Royce StephensonDemocrat
20.3%3,350
16,523 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET