1978Final results
1978 election for Texas House District 35B
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Joe Gibson (D) won with 59.9% of the vote, defeating Gordon Erkfitz (R) by 19.9 points.
Joe GibsonDemocrat · winner
59.9%13,518
Gordon ErkfitzRepublican
40.1%9,033
22,551 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