1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for Texas House District 57
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Barbara Rusling (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Betty Denton (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Barbara RuslingRepublican · winner
51.6%12,896
Betty DentonDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%12,117
25,013 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET