1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Texas House District 78
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Edward M. Emmett (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Allen (D) by 3.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Edward M. EmmettRepublican · winner
52.0%8,852
Joe AllenDemocrat · incumbent
48.0%8,183
17,035 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