1998Final results
1998 election for Texas House District 78
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Pat Haggerty (R) won with 64.8% of the vote, defeating John Cook (D) by 29.6 points.
Pat HaggertyRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.8%17,436
John CookDemocrat
35.2%9,480
26,916 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET