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1974Final results

1974 election for Texas House District 57H

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Donald Cartwright (D) won with 48.2% of the vote, defeating Jeffrey Wentworth (R) by 5.3 points.

Donald CartwrightDemocrat · winner
48.2%7,138
42.9%6,349
Jose L. MontalvoOther party
8.9%1,311
14,798 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

EvenD+6.21972D+5.31974D+34.51976D+3.01978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)