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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 73

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Jay Gibson (D) won with 59.1% of the vote, defeating Dubb Duff (R) by 18.2 points.

Jay GibsonDemocrat · winner
59.1%7,976
Dubb DuffRepublican
40.9%5,517
13,493 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+18.21978D+31.91984D+22.31992D+18.01994D+3.61998D+8.82000

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