Texas 1978 Governor Election

Name: Texas 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

John Hill vs. William P. Clements

William P. Clements won the Texas 1978 governor election with 1,183,839 votes (50.0%), a margin of R+0.7.

Statewide Results

49.2%

50.0%

1,166,979

John Hill (49.2%)

1,183,839

William P. Clements (50.0%)

Total Votes: 2,369,764|Margin: R+0.7

County Results

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County Results (254 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
STARR	D+76.4	D+54.3	D+50.5	4,092	R+17.3%
JIM HOGG	D+62.2	D+45.2	D+47.3	1,685	D+1.1%
FOARD	D+57.9	D+27.4	R+2.6	848	R+25.1%
SWISHER	D+54.6	D+12.0	D+1.0	2,753	D+1.3%
DUVAL	D+51.1	D+56.6	D+51.4	2,925	R+43.3%
DICKENS	D+49.6	D+24.2	D+7.6	1,065	R+14.9%
NEWTON	D+48.5	D+40.4	D+21.6	1,961	R+22.1%
DELTA	D+46.9	D+27.1	R+2.5	1,102	R+27.0%
BROOKS	D+46.7	D+51.2	D+50.0	1,680	R+36.1%
MAVERICK	D+45.0	D+35.8	D+26.3	2,269	R+26.1%
ROBERTSON	D+44.2	D+36.0	D+11.2	2,835	R+37.5%
BURLESON	D+41.7	D+14.6	R+8.8	2,421	R+36.1%
BRISCOE	D+41.5	R+0.1	R+6.6	775	R+20.6%
KNOX	D+40.4	D+19.3	R+5.4	1,308	R+39.6%
SABINE	D+40.3	D+17.5	R+2.6	1,576	R+35.0%
TRINITY	D+37.8	D+24.8	R+10.2	1,949	R+38.8%
COTTLE	D+37.5	D+17.5	D+10.1	843	R+42.5%
RAINS	D+37.2	D+17.9	R+20.6	984	R+38.3%
CROSBY	D+37.0	D+1.7	R+6.3	2,174	R+6.3%
SOMERVELL	D+36.9	D+12.0	R+38.2	1,159	R+37.2%
FISHER	D+35.5	D+29.8	D+17.8	1,743	R+46.0%
SAN AUGUSTINE	D+32.0	D+9.0	R+10.0	1,723	R+34.6%
FANNIN	D+31.9	D+24.2	R+3.2	6,385	R+43.4%
COMANCHE	D+31.2	D+12.5	R+8.7	2,724	R+42.8%
FRANKLIN	D+31.0	D+14.5	R+24.8	1,098	R+47.8%
STONEWALL	D+30.8	D+18.9	D+3.5	685	R+47.8%
HOUSTON	D+30.8	D+18.1	R+16.2	3,702	R+33.3%
CASTRO	D+30.5	R+23.5	R+33.3	2,570	R+12.4%
ZAPATA	D+29.4	D+16.1	D+13.0	1,188	R+53.3%
HASKELL	D+29.0	D+14.7	R+8.5	2,411	R+56.1%
HARDEMAN	D+28.4	D+5.2	R+14.3	1,868	R+38.1%
WEBB	D+27.6	D+36.6	D+17.8	8,745	R+48.9%
JASPER	D+27.4	D+12.8	R+1.5	4,665	R+31.3%
MILAM	D+27.3	D+12.8	R+8.0	4,615	R+37.2%
THROCKMORTON	D+26.9	D+1.2	R+20.2	631	R+49.9%
HARDIN	D+26.0	D+9.3	R+10.5	8,463	R+30.0%
FALLS	D+26.0	D+12.0	R+5.0	4,191	R+47.1%
KENT	D+26.0	D+1.7	R+13.4	524	R+40.9%
COLLINGSWORTH	D+24.5	R+12.0	R+30.4	1,259	R+28.6%
BAYLOR	D+24.5	D+3.7	R+12.6	1,308	R+50.2%
ORANGE	D+24.2	D+9.1	D+4.4	12,079	R+42.5%
LAMAR	D+23.8	D+8.0	R+25.4	7,660	R+35.5%
POLK	D+23.8	D+5.5	R+21.1	3,725	R+37.7%
HALL	D+22.8	R+3.8	R+3.6	1,332	R+31.0%
HOPKINS	D+22.3	D+6.1	R+21.8	4,390	R+46.3%
CHEROKEE	D+22.0	D+0.8	R+29.1	6,032	R+31.9%
SAN JACINTO	D+21.9	D+15.5	R+12.5	1,795	R+33.9%
CLAY	D+21.6	D+10.0	R+16.4	2,399	R+52.2%
MADISON	D+21.5	D+6.4	R+21.8	1,532	R+54.0%
ANGELINA	D+21.2	D+1.2	R+23.6	8,883	R+30.8%
JEFFERSON	D+21.2	D+10.5	D+9.7	40,871	R+21.4%
SAN SABA	D+20.9	D+19.2	R+18.7	1,538	R+43.4%
RED RIVER	D+20.6	D+22.1	R+8.4	2,741	R+48.4%
LIMESTONE	D+20.1	D+9.0	R+11.4	4,231	R+52.3%
LIBERTY	D+20.1	D+2.5	R+25.0	6,199	R+36.6%
MARION	D+20.0	D+9.4	R+5.0	1,820	R+44.6%
GRIMES	D+19.8	D+7.7	R+17.3	3,471	R+41.5%
TYLER	D+19.8	D+16.1	R+7.6	2,764	R+42.2%
NAVARRO	D+19.6	D+12.6	R+15.9	6,680	R+43.6%
LYNN	D+19.6	R+12.8	R+23.1	2,021	R+24.5%
MORRIS	D+19.1	D+18.4	D+2.6	2,725	R+50.0%
SHELBY	D+19.1	D+9.2	R+14.7	3,745	R+49.0%
HOCKLEY	D+19.0	R+30.0	R+45.3	4,526	R+25.7%
LEON	D+18.8	D+9.1	R+27.5	2,004	R+56.7%
BASTROP	D+18.5	D+10.8	R+15.1	4,491	R+30.2%
DONLEY	D+18.1	R+18.8	R+41.9	1,230	R+21.9%
CAMP	D+17.9	D+14.4	R+7.7	1,694	R+49.9%
HAYS	D+17.8	R+3.8	R+30.3	6,534	R+16.2%
REFUGIO	D+17.7	D+6.6	R+21.6	2,947	R+42.8%
DIMMIT	D+17.5	D+28.0	D+31.0	2,294	R+60.6%
CASS	D+17.1	D+5.5	R+13.8	6,089	R+44.7%
LAVACA	D+17.1	R+9.6	R+34.4	3,584	R+47.9%
CHAMBERS	D+17.0	R+10.7	R+24.2	2,807	R+43.4%
TITUS	D+16.7	D+1.6	R+16.5	3,615	R+47.4%
ARCHER	D+16.6	R+10.9	R+39.0	1,612	R+61.0%
COCHRAN	D+16.3	R+34.3	R+33.2	1,251	R+18.9%
KAUFMAN	D+15.3	D+3.4	R+25.4	5,802	R+46.3%
EL PASO	D+15.0	R+13.3	R+12.0	55,299	R+11.6%
WISE	D+14.8	D+3.5	R+28.6	4,438	R+55.0%
WILBARGER	D+14.6	R+12.5	R+28.8	2,947	R+52.0%
CALDWELL	D+14.4	D+4.5	R+11.8	4,075	R+36.7%
WILLACY	D+14.4	D+20.6	D+12.9	2,597	R+39.4%
JONES	D+14.0	D+4.7	R+26.2	4,157	R+58.6%
GALVESTON	D+13.9	D+2.0	R+5.4	30,780	R+25.6%
JIM WELLS	D+13.9	D+22.2	D+13.8	5,504	R+49.6%
LEE	D+13.7	R+6.4	R+28.2	1,812	R+41.6%
UPSHUR	D+13.2	D+0.6	R+22.6	4,434	R+41.9%
HIDALGO	D+13.0	D+14.2	D+11.4	31,830	R+18.1%
VAN ZANDT	D+13.0	D+1.9	R+30.5	6,290	R+44.8%
COKE	D+12.7	D+8.3	R+33.0	1,228	R+63.8%
JACK	D+12.4	R+4.6	R+31.7	1,546	R+53.6%
VAL VERDE	D+12.2	R+10.0	R+21.0	4,664	R+60.2%
GONZALES	D+11.7	R+0.6	R+28.6	2,932	R+53.0%
ZAVALA	D+11.6	D+50.6	D+52.0	3,986	R+63.1%
FLOYD	D+11.4	R+15.9	R+34.1	2,264	R+20.1%
FAYETTE	D+10.9	R+22.3	R+41.1	3,882	R+36.1%
GARZA	D+10.9	R+26.9	R+39.9	991	R+22.5%
CAMERON	D+10.8	D+2.5	R+5.6	24,209	R+22.2%
TRAVIS	D+10.8	D+1.2	R+14.0	88,531	R+0.4%
PALO PINTO	D+10.6	D+2.1	R+25.9	4,509	R+55.2%
NACOGDOCHES	D+10.4	R+17.5	R+39.2	6,775	R+39.8%
PARKER	D+10.3	R+7.2	R+38.4	7,852	R+48.0%
CHILDRESS	D+10.1	R+8.1	R+27.2	1,608	R+39.1%
WALKER	D+10.0	R+7.2	R+34.7	5,567	R+43.1%
CALHOUN	D+10.0	R+4.2	R+26.3	3,668	R+46.8%
JOHNSON	D+9.9	R+3.9	R+33.1	10,356	R+48.8%
LAMB	D+9.9	R+26.8	R+33.9	4,153	R+25.4%
HUNT	D+9.9	R+2.8	R+34.4	8,025	R+44.0%
EASTLAND	D+9.7	R+1.4	R+31.4	4,072	R+53.2%
LA SALLE	D+9.7	D+29.8	D+19.8	2,051	R+71.7%
FREESTONE	D+9.7	D+5.1	R+18.5	2,725	R+60.9%
MONTAGUE	D+9.6	D+1.4	R+25.7	3,472	R+61.0%
BURNET	D+9.5	R+4.1	R+32.7	4,884	R+22.8%
BROWN	D+9.4	R+14.3	R+34.9	6,489	R+49.3%
NUECES	D+8.8	D+3.3	R+7.5	47,939	R+35.3%
ANDERSON	D+8.6	R+7.1	R+29.0	6,965	R+52.5%
BELL	D+8.3	R+12.9	R+39.8	19,339	R+39.5%
WHEELER	D+8.2	R+19.5	R+47.2	1,677	R+24.5%
PANOLA	D+7.9	R+5.0	R+28.1	3,790	R+51.5%
WHARTON	D+7.9	R+12.2	R+25.2	6,722	R+47.7%
YOUNG	D+7.7	R+20.1	R+41.0	3,714	R+57.8%
WOOD	D+7.7	R+5.6	R+34.8	4,513	R+33.5%
PRESIDIO	D+7.6	D+17.6	D+8.1	980	R+35.9%
WILSON	D+7.0	R+5.2	R+23.7	3,359	R+52.5%
HARRISON	D+7.0	R+9.0	R+23.6	8,664	R+38.8%
KLEBERG	D+6.9	D+5.1	R+7.4	4,836	R+50.7%
BOSQUE	D+6.8	R+8.8	R+31.4	3,654	R+54.5%
CALLAHAN	D+6.8	R+6.5	R+45.9	2,768	R+54.7%
COLORADO	D+6.4	R+19.1	R+30.1	3,199	R+45.0%
OLDHAM	D+6.2	R+30.5	R+54.1	680	R+25.1%
COLEMAN	D+6.0	R+12.7	R+32.5	2,299	R+63.8%
HENDERSON	D+6.0	D+1.8	R+27.0	8,133	R+47.5%
CARSON	D+5.6	R+30.0	R+48.7	1,850	R+27.6%
ELLIS	D+5.6	R+4.2	R+35.4	9,027	R+60.0%
CONCHO	D+5.5	D+0.1	R+17.1	946	R+69.5%
HILL	D+5.5	D+6.4	R+21.9	4,659	R+64.8%
JACKSON	D+5.0	R+16.0	R+33.9	2,954	R+51.1%
GRAYSON	D+4.9	R+9.6	R+31.2	14,402	R+47.4%
BEXAR	D+4.6	R+7.1	R+19.5	170,219	R+22.7%
MILLS	D+4.5	D+2.1	R+29.3	1,224	R+65.0%
MITCHELL	D+4.5	R+0.3	R+20.1	1,816	R+64.9%
WICHITA	D+4.4	R+12.6	R+28.7	21,721	R+50.5%
ATASCOSA	D+4.2	R+4.5	R+19.6	4,258	R+45.0%
HOOD	D+4.1	R+10.9	R+37.8	3,299	R+62.8%
TERRY	D+3.5	R+23.7	R+34.8	3,132	R+27.6%
BRAZORIA	D+3.5	R+19.7	R+35.4	25,604	R+30.3%
ERATH	D+3.0	D+2.1	R+30.7	4,692	R+50.7%
WALLER	D+2.8	D+4.8	R+3.6	3,109	R+53.8%
FRIO	D+2.6	D+23.5	D+14.0	3,173	R+77.1%
SHACKELFORD	D+2.6	R+22.3	R+47.8	1,037	R+52.9%
MATAGORDA	D+2.5	R+9.2	R+23.7	4,845	R+51.9%
MCLENNAN	D+2.2	R+9.5	R+29.0	34,162	R+49.0%
BRAZOS	D+2.2	R+26.9	R+47.4	15,082	R+40.1%
NOLAN	D+1.9	D+0.3	R+17.7	3,654	R+55.7%
BOWIE	D+1.5	R+10.1	R+28.7	11,647	R+61.6%
HAMILTON	D+1.3	R+4.8	R+30.3	2,078	R+63.1%
WILLIAMSON	D+1.2	R+17.4	R+44.3	12,069	R+43.3%
KARNES	D+0.7	R+8.6	R+25.9	2,818	R+60.2%
CORYELL	D+0.4	R+14.1	R+48.7	4,978	R+52.9%
ARMSTRONG	R+0.1	R+35.3	R+53.5	707	R+37.3%
SAN PATRICIO	R+0.2	D+1.7	R+11.2	8,593	R+48.2%
KENEDY	R+0.8	D+16.0	D+6.8	127	R+85.9%
REEVES	R+0.9	R+3.9	R+1.3	3,560	R+51.8%
GOLIAD	R+1.3	R+3.9	R+29.6	1,145	R+55.0%
LLANO	R+1.7	R+14.4	R+36.1	3,213	R+26.6%
RUSK	R+2.0	R+21.6	R+41.2	6,586	R+37.3%
PARMER	R+2.0	R+56.9	R+63.1	2,383	R+23.7%
POTTER	R+2.0	R+24.9	R+41.6	14,789	R+12.3%
HALE	R+2.2	R+33.2	R+41.0	6,672	R+15.5%
MENARD	R+3.0	R+5.6	R+29.4	773	R+64.1%
DEAF SMITH	R+3.0	R+41.0	R+52.2	3,527	R+24.3%
STEPHENS	R+3.5	R+21.9	R+46.8	1,959	R+59.9%
BLANCO	R+3.9	R+27.8	R+47.2	1,477	R+48.3%
BORDEN	R+4.2	R+35.7	R+39.5	311	R+61.1%
GAINES	R+4.5	R+33.0	R+54.3	2,609	R+36.9%
AUSTIN	R+5.1	R+32.0	R+42.9	3,515	R+45.1%
TARRANT	R+5.2	R+17.2	R+34.7	134,991	R+40.5%
HUDSPETH	R+5.5	R+8.7	R+21.1	475	R+73.7%
HARTLEY	R+5.9	R+44.3	R+59.5	1,220	R+50.1%
LAMPASAS	R+6.3	R+7.9	R+41.5	2,517	R+62.9%
WASHINGTON	R+6.4	R+30.7	R+44.7	3,902	R+27.8%
HARRIS	R+6.4	R+19.8	R+23.1	360,452	R+21.5%
BAILEY	R+6.7	R+38.0	R+46.6	1,552	R+26.0%
TOM GREEN	R+7.6	R+24.4	R+45.2	14,515	R+41.3%
YOAKUM	R+7.8	R+45.4	R+65.5	1,656	R+35.4%
HEMPHILL	R+8.0	R+31.5	R+59.8	947	R+22.7%
CULBERSON	R+8.0	R+12.1	R+11.1	733	R+65.7%
DENTON	R+8.1	R+25.1	R+51.7	21,620	R+38.0%
KING	R+8.2	R+43.4	R+45.4	146	R+77.8%
SHERMAN	R+9.0	R+57.8	R+67.1	963	R+31.6%
VICTORIA	R+9.3	R+28.3	R+45.3	11,621	R+50.2%
MOORE	R+9.4	R+35.7	R+60.7	2,928	R+32.5%
DAWSON	R+9.7	R+26.9	R+34.7	3,982	R+37.5%
COOKE	R+10.2	R+27.0	R+43.1	5,451	R+57.4%
LUBBOCK	R+10.7	R+41.2	R+50.3	38,661	D+3.4%
MONTGOMERY	R+11.4	R+34.1	R+51.1	16,194	R+48.9%
DALLAM	R+11.5	R+20.3	R+52.2	1,170	R+38.1%
HUTCHINSON	R+12.0	R+42.4	R+62.9	6,566	R+22.9%
MCCULLOCH	R+12.3	D+5.3	R+17.9	2,134	R+82.9%
DE WITT	R+12.4	R+25.2	R+40.0	3,372	R+46.0%
MOTLEY	R+12.7	R+25.0	R+30.6	676	R+56.9%
TAYLOR	R+13.7	R+26.2	R+56.1	22,186	R+51.8%
HOWARD	R+14.5	R+19.5	R+29.1	6,347	R+68.0%
GREGG	R+14.9	R+38.5	R+46.7	17,035	R+40.1%
SMITH	R+16.0	R+30.7	R+45.5	24,404	R+14.0%
ARANSAS	R+17.0	R+25.3	R+43.8	2,607	R+47.7%
KINNEY	R+17.1	R+6.8	R+22.8	568	R+99.8%
WINKLER	R+17.2	R+35.2	R+49.1	2,419	R+62.6%
DALLAS	R+17.4	R+22.4	R+33.1	265,737	R+30.7%
GRAY	R+17.6	R+43.4	R+63.3	6,454	R+23.9%
GUADALUPE	R+17.7	R+31.4	R+47.8	8,668	R+31.8%
IRION	R+18.0	R+28.1	R+51.1	372	R+68.1%
BEE	R+18.2	R+7.1	R+19.0	3,585	R+73.3%
PECOS	R+18.4	R+25.5	R+36.5	2,903	R+68.8%
FORT BEND	R+18.5	R+36.0	R+37.6	19,186	R+44.2%
RUNNELS	R+18.7	R+20.9	R+42.8	2,822	R+81.5%
LIPSCOMB	R+18.8	R+58.0	R+71.4	931	R+23.9%
JEFF DAVIS	R+19.0	R+15.0	R+26.0	468	R+65.7%
BREWSTER	R+19.2	R+7.8	R+17.0	1,486	R+59.6%
ROCKWALL	R+19.5	R+33.2	R+60.5	2,809	R+61.1%
KIMBLE	R+20.6	R+24.4	R+49.9	1,169	R+86.8%
MEDINA	R+20.6	R+21.7	R+30.5	4,752	R+82.6%
MASON	R+20.7	R+20.7	R+34.3	1,331	R+56.3%
LIVE OAK	R+21.0	R+22.5	R+32.5	1,839	R+76.4%
BANDERA	R+21.1	R+44.0	R+60.5	2,614	R+61.6%
CROCKETT	R+21.3	R+19.4	R+30.0	902	R+88.5%
HANSFORD	R+21.3	R+58.9	R+78.9	1,479	R+35.8%
SCURRY	R+21.4	R+29.8	R+52.3	3,619	R+73.8%
RANDALL	R+22.4	R+50.4	R+66.5	16,121	R+14.2%
REAL	R+23.9	R+15.8	R+47.0	929	R+101.2%
COMAL	R+25.0	R+45.2	R+52.4	8,077	R+50.2%
SUTTON	R+25.0	R+34.1	R+45.7	984	R+78.2%
COLLIN	R+25.1	R+39.7	R+63.5	22,078	R+57.6%
SCHLEICHER	R+25.5	R+20.2	R+44.5	779	R+87.7%
REAGAN	R+26.4	R+37.2	R+63.1	813	R+88.3%
TERRELL	R+27.0	R+22.0	R+16.9	422	R+89.8%
WARD	R+28.7	R+34.3	R+48.7	2,389	R+68.2%
MARTIN	R+29.0	R+28.4	R+40.6	1,035	R+96.3%
UPTON	R+29.2	R+40.6	R+61.3	1,012	R+83.0%
EDWARDS	R+29.9	R+41.0	R+59.4	542	R+92.0%
ROBERTS	R+30.7	R+51.7	R+67.1	388	R+54.7%
STERLING	R+31.1	R+24.9	R+63.1	351	R+89.5%
LOVING	R+33.3	R+38.9	R+56.2	57	R+84.4%
ANDREWS	R+35.6	R+41.0	R+65.2	2,344	R+70.8%
CRANE	R+35.9	R+36.0	R+57.7	1,011	R+102.1%
MCMULLEN	R+37.1	R+37.4	R+69.3	329	R+97.6%
KERR	R+37.6	R+44.4	R+58.3	7,683	R+56.0%
KENDALL	R+39.3	R+55.3	R+65.7	3,281	R+42.7%
UVALDE	R+41.0	R+23.3	R+31.7	4,512	R+125.2%
ECTOR	R+44.0	R+47.3	R+55.3	18,922	R+65.2%
GILLESPIE	R+46.6	R+59.3	R+65.5	3,543	R+51.5%
OCHILTREE	R+47.1	R+65.9	R+78.5	1,806	R+32.9%
MIDLAND	R+49.5	R+55.6	R+64.6	18,550	R+51.6%
GLASSCOCK	R+55.1	R+56.1	R+51.3	421	R+127.0%

All Texas Elections 1978 National Results Texas Profile

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