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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas House District 118

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Joe Farias (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Robert A. Casias (R) by 19.7 points.

Joe FariasDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.8%23,992
40.2%16,095
40,087 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+13.62004D+4.02006D+23.42008D+19.72012D+10.32016D+16.12018

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