1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Texas House District 32I
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Bob Ware (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Tom Schieffer (D) by 6.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob WareRepublican · winner
53.0%9,081
Tom SchiefferDemocrat · incumbent
47.0%8,055
17,136 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