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1982Final results

1982 election for Texas House District 73

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Mary Polk (D) won with 89.8% of the vote, defeating Edward T. Walsh (Lib) by 79.5 points.

Mary PolkDemocrat · winner · incumbent
89.8%11,449
Edward T. WalshLibertarian
10.2%1,305
12,754 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+18.21978D+31.91984D+22.31992D+18.01994D+3.61998D+8.82000

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