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

Joe Salem

Joe Salem ran in 9 elections between 1968 and 1976, winning 7. Served in the Texas House of Representatives (District 45 and District 48).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1976	Texas State Senate, District 20	Primary	Lost	Carlos Truan (D), Mike McKinnon (D), W. O. Harrison (D)	16.7%	−22.7
1974	Texas House of Representatives, District 48	General	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Carlos Truan (D), Fonville Kelly (R)	26.3%	R+5.2
1974	Texas House of Representatives, District 48	Primary	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Carlos Truan (D), Gerald Smith (D)	27.8%	+3.5
1972	Texas House of Representatives, District 48	General	Won	Carlos Truan (D), V. L. Dewitt (D), George Jones Jr. (R)	27.6%	R+2.2
1972	Texas House of Representatives, District 48	Primary	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Carlos Truan (D), George B. Coleman (D)	27.1%	+1.8
1970	Texas House of Representatives, District 45	General	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Carlos Truan (D), Frances Tarlton Farenthold (D)	23.3%	D+0.6
1970	Texas House of Representatives, District 45	Primary	Lost	Carlos Truan (D), L. Dewitt Hale (D), Frances Tarlton Farenthold (D)	22.8%	0.0
1968	Texas House of Representatives, District 45	General	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Carlos Truan (D), Frances Tarlton Farenthold (D)	21.4%	R+0.1
1968	Texas House of Representatives, District 45	Primary	Won	L. Dewitt Hale (D), Frances Tarlton Farenthold (D), A. C. Coke Williamson (D)	14.9%	−4.4