1976Final results

1976 election for Texas House District 7B

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Pike Powers (D) won with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Leon K. Richardson (R) by 19.2 points.

Pike PowersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.6%18,982
40.4%12,873
31,855 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+19.21976D+12.71978

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