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1980Final results

1980 election for Texas House District 41

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Leroy J. Wieting (D) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Gene Matthews (R) by 21.0 points.

Leroy J. WietingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.5%16,842
Gene MatthewsRepublican
39.5%10,994
27,836 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

EvenD+21.01980D+30.41982D+31.11988D+30.11990D+32.71996D+31.62008

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