1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Texas House District 32D
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Bob McFarland (R) won with 68.5% of the vote, defeating Bill Owens (D) by 37.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob McFarlandRepublican · winner · incumbent
68.5%11,121
Bill OwensDemocrat
31.5%5,111
16,232 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