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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 100

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Bill Caraway (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Randy Pennington (R) by 5.7 points.

Bill CarawayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.8%10,220
47.2%9,119
19,339 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+91.81976D+5.71978R+3.11980D+73.41982D+71.81986D+72.01988

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