1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 100
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Randy Pennington (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Bill Caraway (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Randy PenningtonRepublican · winner
51.6%19,207
Bill CarawayDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%18,044
37,251 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET