1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1974 election for Texas House District 64
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
G. R. Close (R) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Pressley Ashton (D) by 11.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
G. R. CloseRepublican · winner
55.7%9,298
Pressley AshtonDemocrat
44.3%7,398
16,696 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)