1978Final results
1978 election for Texas Senate District 10
Texas State Senate · Texas
Bill Meier (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Dru Sheldon (R) by 33.4 points.
Bill MeierDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%34,559
Dru SheldonRepublican
33.3%17,251
51,810 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