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1974Final results

1974 election for Texas House District 12

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Bill Clark (D) won with 74.7% of the vote, defeating Dan Bailey (R) by 49.3 points.

Bill ClarkDemocrat · winner
74.7%7,993
Dan BaileyRepublican
25.3%2,714
10,707 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

EvenD+1.01980D+16.21988D+27.91996D+25.51998D+22.32002D+2.12004

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