Texas State House District 70
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mihaela Pleșa Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
George FlintRepublicanMihaela PleșaDemocratic · Incumbent
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Plesa (D) 52.2, Kinard (R) 47.8
- Last election
- Plesa (Democratic) won by 4.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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- Mihaela PleșaIncumbentDemocratic
- George FlintRepublican
Source: sos.state.tx.us (PDF), dated Aug 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 73,116
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPlesaWon Democratic 38,18352.2% RepublicanKinard Republican 34,93347.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,461
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMihaela PleșaWonName as filed: Mihaela Elizabeth Plesa Democratic 29,66050.7% RepublicanJamee Jolly Republican 28,80149.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 124,097
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott SanfordWon(incumbent) Republican 76,75461.9% DemocraticAngie Bado Democratic 47,34338.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 85,069
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott SanfordWon(incumbent) Republican 52,52661.8% DemocraticJulie Luton Democratic 32,54338.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 84,499
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott SanfordWon(incumbent) Republican 56,68467.1% DemocraticJohn Bryant Democratic 24,05728.5% LibertarianRachel Wester Libertarian 3,1603.7% GreenEmmett Merwin Green 5980.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,534
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott SanfordWon(incumbent) Republican 29,534100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 46,997
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott SanfordWon Republican 46,997100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,006
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon(incumbent) Republican 43,006100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 85,201
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon(incumbent) Republican 73,45086.2% LibertarianRobert R. Virasin Libertarian 11,75113.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,549
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon(incumbent) Republican 30,06269.0% DemocraticRick Koster Democratic 12,26528.2% LibertarianRobert R. Virasin Libertarian 1,2222.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 76,971
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon(incumbent) Republican 58,52076.0% DemocraticMartin Woodward Democratic 18,45124.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,686
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKen PaxtonWon Republican 28,01278.5% DemocraticFred Lusk Democratic 7,07419.8% LibertarianRobert Worthington Libertarian 6001.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,189
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid CountsWon(incumbent) Democratic 26,189100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,396
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid CountsWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,18853.8% RepublicanScott McLaughlin Republican 12,20846.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,869
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid CountsWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,83451.1% RepublicanScott McLaughlin Republican 17,03548.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,038
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid CountsWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,10758.9% RepublicanWilma Hogan Republican 11,93141.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,037
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid CountsWon(incumbent) Democratic 29,037100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,839
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack VowellWon(incumbent) Republican 15,08669.1% DemocraticPaula L. Thomas Democratic 6,75330.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,229
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack VowellWon(incumbent) Republican 23,229100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,063
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack VowellWon(incumbent) Republican 13,063100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,646
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack VowellWon(incumbent) Republican 19,96569.7% DemocraticR. Lovelace Democratic 8,68130.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,315
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJack VowellWon(incumbent) Republican 12,02965.7% DemocraticCharlie Deason Democratic 6,28634.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,904
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSusan McBeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,904100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,657
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSusan McBeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,26282.5% OtherJosue Faz Other 2,39517.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,580
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSusan McBeeWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,56299.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,865
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSusan McBeeWon Democratic 8,95475.5% RepublicanElpidio Lizcano Republican 2,91124.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,796
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHilary B. Doran Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 12,05667.8% OtherErasmo Andrade Other 5,74032.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,223
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom CraddickWon(incumbent) Republican 8,47052.2% DemocraticBob Northington Democratic 7,75247.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,456
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Texas House of Representatives District 70, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom CraddickWon Republican 14,49370.8% DemocraticRay C. Howard Democratic 5,96329.1%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Texas State House District 70, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/tx/house/70. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:tx/sldl:70
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026