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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 75B

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Froy Salinas (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating David Hester (R) by 11.6 points.

Froy SalinasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.8%5,206
David HesterRepublican
44.2%4,125
9,331 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+16.61976D+11.61978D+18.11980

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