1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Texas House District 100
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Bill Caraway (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Ray Barnhart (R) by 8.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Bill CarawayDemocrat · winner
53.6%6,942
Ray BarnhartRepublican · incumbent
45.1%5,830
Tony MichnaOther party
1.3%169
12,941 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET