DemocratNot in office · last served 1976Last on a ballot: Nov 1974

Elmer Tarbox

Elmer Tarbox ran in 9 elections between 1968 and 1974, winning 7. Served in the Texas House of Representatives (District 76 and District 75).

Career

Offices held, and every time Tarbox was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Margin: how far Tarbox finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1974	Texas House of Representatives, District 75	General	Won	R. B. McAlister (D), David E. Sullivan (I), Carlos Quirino (I)	30.9%	R+11.1
1974	Texas House of Representatives, District 75	Runoff	Won	Delwin Jones (D)	56.9%	+13.7
1974	Texas House of Representatives, District 75	Primary	Lost	R. B. McAlister (D), Delwin Jones (D), Jim Teaver (D)	18.9%	−11.6
1972	Texas House of Representatives, District 75	General	Won	R. B. McAlister (D)	50.1%	D+0.2
1972	Texas House of Representatives, District 75	Primary	Won	R. B. McAlister (D), Blair Cherry Jr. (D), Roger Q. Settler (D)	37.3%	+11.3
1970	Texas House of Representatives, District 76	General	Won	R. B. McAlister (D), Delwin Jones (D)	33.4%	D+0.1
1970	Texas House of Representatives, District 76	Primary	Lost	R. B. McAlister (D), Delwin Jones (D), Horace McQueen (D)	22%	−9.2
1968	Texas House of Representatives, District 76	General	Won	Delwin Jones (D), R. B. McAlister (D), Eddie Paxton (R)	28%	D+1.5
1968	Texas House of Representatives, District 76	Primary	Won	Delwin Jones (D), R. B. McAlister (D), John J. Kendrick (D)	31.6%	−0.2