1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Texas House District 57C
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Alan Schoolcraft (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Al Brown (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Alan SchoolcraftRepublican · winner
51.4%19,250
Al BrownDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%18,212
37,462 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET