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2012Final results

2012 election for Texas House District 121

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Joe Straus (R) won with 80.2% of the vote, defeating Arthur M. Thomas IV (Lib) by 60.5 points.

Joe StrausRepublican · winner · incumbent
80.2%50,530
19.8%12,444
62,974 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

EvenR+44.01994R+32.51996R+39.62000R+8.42018R+6.92020R+10.02022

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