1990Final results
1990 election for Texas House District 78
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
David Counts (D) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating John Pennington (R) by 28.2 points.
David CountsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.1%17,024
John PenningtonRepublican
35.9%9,544
26,568 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET