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1982Final results

1982 election for Texas House District 149

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Talmadge Heflin (R) won with 88.7% of the vote, defeating Joe Ellerbrock (Lib) by 77.3 points.

Talmadge HeflinRepublican · winner
88.7%11,908
Joe EllerbrockLibertarian
11.3%1,522
13,430 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+0.12004D+8.62006D+12.72008D+4.52010D+22.22012D+9.82014

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