1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Texas House District 57C
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Al Brown (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating Joseph F. Sage (R) by 18.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Al BrownDemocrat · winner
59.2%7,176
Joseph F. SageRepublican · incumbent
40.8%4,952
12,128 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET