1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Texas House District 57
Texas House of Representatives · Texas
Jim Dunnam (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Barbara Rusling (R) by 17.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim DunnamDemocrat · winner
58.6%18,245
Barbara RuslingRepublican · incumbent
41.4%12,901
31,146 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET