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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 36

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Dan Kubiak (D) won with 72.5% of the vote, defeating Jack Smith (R) by 45.0 points.

Dan KubiakDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.5%14,696
Jack SmithRepublican
27.5%5,569
20,265 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+45.01978D+30.61980D+9.81982R+13.51984D+10.01988D+22.61996

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