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1978Final results

1978 election for Texas House District 57C

Texas House of Representatives · Texas

Al Brown (D) won with 69.9% of the vote, defeating Bill Biddy (R) by 39.9 points.

Al BrownDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.9%12,790
Bill BiddyRepublican
30.1%5,496
18,286 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenR+4.81972D+18.31974D+39.91978R+2.81980

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