1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Texas House District 21
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Thomas DeLay (R) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Larry Wilkinson (D) by 8.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Thomas DeLayRepublican · winner
54.4%13,013
Larry WilkinsonDemocrat
45.6%10,905
23,918 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET