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1982Final results

1982 election for Texas Senate District 30

Texas State Senate · Texas

Ray Farabee (D) won with 95.4% of the vote, defeating Dan Dotson (Lib) by 90.7 points.

Ray FarabeeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.4%89,308
Dan DotsonLibertarian
4.6%4,344
93,652 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+1.51992R+2.41994R+25.31998R+37.82002R+38.12004R+47.92018

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