1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Texas House District 57H
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Kae T. Patrick (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Joyce Dorrycott (D) by 2.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kae T. PatrickRepublican · winner
51.1%25,807
Joyce DorrycottDemocrat
48.9%24,674
50,481 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET