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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 33I

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Ted Lyon (D) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Jim Airhart (R) by 3.6 points.

Ted LyonDemocrat · winner
51.8%6,325
Jim AirhartRepublican
48.2%5,881
12,206 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+4.91972D+7.71976D+3.61978D+7.11980

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