1980Final results
1980 election for Texas House District 82
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
John Whitmire (D) won with 95.2% of the vote, defeating John Westerlage (Lib) by 90.5 points.
John WhitmireDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.2%14,519
John WesterlageLibertarian
4.8%725
15,244 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