1982Final results
1982 election for Texas Senate District 1
Texas State Senate · Texas
Ed Howard (D) won with 96.6% of the vote, defeating Joyce Patricia Bell (Lib) by 93.1 points.
Ed HowardDemocrat · winner · incumbent
96.6%81,096
Joyce Patricia BellLibertarian
3.4%2,877
83,973 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET