1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1980 Democratic primary for Texas House District 35B

Name: 1980 Democratic primary for Texas House District 35B
Start: 1980-05-01
Location: Texas

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Douglas Henager (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Joe Gibson (D) by 0.8 points.

Douglas HenagerDemocrat · winner

50.4%6,785

Joe GibsonDemocrat · incumbent

49.6%6,674

13,459 votes

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