1972Final results

1972 election for Texas House District 57D

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Ronald Bird (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating J. Therold Berry (R) by 33.0 points.

Ronald BirdDemocrat · winner
62.2%11,708
29.3%5,507
Hector RodriguezOther party
8.5%1,600
18,815 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+33.01972D+65.71978

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