Texas' 23rd Congressional District

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Texas' 23rd Congressional District

Incumbent

Tony Gonzales

Assumed office: January 3, 2021

Texas' 23rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Tony Gonzales (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Texas's 23rd Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on March 3, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 23

Patti Hale Ashe (Independent), Pati Hale-Ashe (Independent), and Veronica Williams (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 23 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Patti Hale Ashe (Independent)
	Submit photo	Pati Hale-Ashe (Independent)
	Submit photo	Veronica Williams (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Gretel Marysdatter Enck
		Santos Limon
	Submit photo	Gregory Lopez
	Submit photo	Bruce Richardson
		Katy Padilla Stout
		Peter White

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R), Keith Barton (R), Brandon Herrera (R), and Susan Storey Rubio (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Tony Gonzales
	Submit photo	Keith Barton
		Brandon Herrera
		Susan Storey Rubio

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ezekiel Enriquez (R)

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Santos Limon (D) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 23 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales (R)	62.3	180,720
		Santos Limon (D)	37.7	109,373

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,093
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Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Brandon Herrera (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23 on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales	50.6	15,023
		Brandon Herrera	49.4	14,669

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,692
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Santos Limon (D) defeated Lee Bausinger (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Santos Limon	58.5	16,316
		Lee Bausinger	41.5	11,577

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,893
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rocco Ciappa (D)
• Gregory Lopez (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) and Brandon Herrera (R) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Julie Clark (R), Francisco Lopez (R), and Victor Avila (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales	45.1	25,988
✔		Brandon Herrera	24.6	14,201
		Julie Clark	13.9	7,994
		Francisco Lopez	10.9	6,266
		Victor Avila	5.5	3,181

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,630
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See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated John Lira (D) and Francisco Lopez (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 23 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales (R)	55.9	116,649
		John Lira (D)	38.8	80,947
		Francisco Lopez (Independent)	5.4	11,180

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 208,776
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• James Hart (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

John Lira (D) defeated Priscilla Golden (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Lira	55.9	19,816
	Submit photo	Priscilla Golden	44.1	15,664

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,480
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Alma Arredondo-Lynch (R) and Alia Garcia-Ureste (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales	78.0	37,212
		Alma Arredondo-Lynch	15.2	7,261
		Alia Garcia-Ureste	6.8	3,235

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,708
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See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 23

Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Beto Villela (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 23 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales (R)	50.6	149,395
		Gina Ortiz Jones (D)	46.6	137,693
		Beto Villela (L)	2.8	8,369

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 295,457
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Sanders (Independent)

Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23

Tony Gonzales (R) defeated Raul Reyes Jr. (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales	50.1	12,342
		Raul Reyes Jr.	49.9	12,297

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,639
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Gina Ortiz Jones (D) defeated Efrain Valdez (D), Rosalinda Ramos Abuabara (D), Ricardo Madrid (D), and Jaime Escuder (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gina Ortiz Jones	66.2	41,718
	Submit photo	Efrain Valdez	11.4	7,163
		Rosalinda Ramos Abuabara	10.9	6,896
	Submit photo	Ricardo Madrid	7.2	4,518
		Jaime Escuder	4.3	2,725

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,020
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Liz Wahl (D)
• Brandyn Waterman (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tony Gonzales	28.1	11,522
✔		Raul Reyes Jr.	23.3	9,555
		Alma Arredondo-Lynch	13.2	5,391
		Ben Van Winkle	10.8	4,427
		Jeff McFarlin	10.3	4,241
		Sharon Thomas	6.1	2,511
		Cecil B. Jones	3.8	1,552
		Alia Garcia-Ureste	2.5	1,039
		Darwin Boedeker	1.8	745

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,983
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Adam Hansen (R)

Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 23

Beto Villela (L) defeated Tim Martinez (L) in the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Tim Martinez
✔		Beto Villela

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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent William Hurd (R) defeated Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Ruben Corvalan (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 23 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Hurd (R)	49.2	103,285
		Gina Ortiz Jones (D)	48.7	102,359
		Ruben Corvalan (L)	2.1	4,425

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 210,0690
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Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23

Gina Ortiz Jones (D) defeated Ricardo Jose Treviño Jr. (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 23 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gina Ortiz Jones	66.8	16,696
		Ricardo Jose Treviño Jr.	33.2	8,296

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 24,992
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Gina Ortiz Jones (D) and Ricardo Jose Treviño Jr. (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Judith Ann Canales (D), Jay Hulings (D), and Angela Villescaz (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gina Ortiz Jones	41.6	18,443
✔		Ricardo Jose Treviño Jr.	17.4	7,710
		Judith Ann Canales	17.0	7,538
		Jay Hulings	15.0	6,649
		Angela Villescaz	9.1	4,032

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,372
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23

Incumbent William Hurd (R) defeated Alma Arredondo-Lynch (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 23 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		William Hurd	80.4	24,569
		Alma Arredondo-Lynch	19.6	5,986

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,555
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2016

Texas' 23rd Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Will Hurd (R) won re-election to his second term, and defeated former Rep. Pete Gallego (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hurd defeated Gallego in the 2014 general election to win the seat. Hurd defeated William Peterson in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Gallego defeated Lee Keenen to win the Democratic nomination. Ruben Corvalan (L) also sought election to the seat.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Will Hurd Incumbent	48.3%	110,577
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	47%	107,526
	Libertarian	Ruben Corvalan	4.7%	10,862
Total Votes				228,965
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 23 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Will Hurd Incumbent	82.2%	39,870
William Peterson	17.8%	8,628
Total Votes		48,498
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 23 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Pete Gallego	88.4%	43,223
Lee Keenen	11.6%	5,688
Total Votes		48,911
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

The 23rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District elections, 2014

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Will Hurd	49.8%	57,459
	Democratic	Pete Gallego Incumbent	47.7%	55,037
	Libertarian	Ruben Corvalan	2.5%	2,933
Total Votes				115,429
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 23rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 23rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which Pete Gallego (D) won election. He defeated incumbent Francisco Canseco (R), Jeffrey Blunt (L) and Ed Scharf (G) in the general election. This switched partisan control of the district.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pete Gallego	50.3%	96,676
	Republican	Francisco Canseco Incumbent	45.6%	87,547
	Libertarian	Jeffrey C. Blunt	3%	5,841
	Green	Ed Scharf	1.1%	2,105
Total Votes				192,169
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Francisco Canseco won election to the United States House. He defeated Ciro Rodriguez (D), Craig Stephens (I), Martin Nitschke (L) and Ed Scharf (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Francisco Canseco	49.4%	74,853
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez incumbent	44.4%	67,348
	Independent	Craig Stephens	3.6%	5,432
	Libertarian	Martin Nitschke	1.6%	2,482
	Green	Ed Scharf	0.9%	1,419
Total Votes				151,534

2008
On November 4, 2008, Ciro Rodriguez won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lyle Larson (R) and Lani Connolly (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez incumbent	55.8%	134,090
	Republican	Lyle Larson	41.9%	100,799
	Libertarian	Lani Connolly	2.3%	5,581
Total Votes				240,470

2006
On November 7, 2006, Ciro Rodriguez won election to the United States House. He defeated Henry Bonilla (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ciro Rodriguez	54.3%	38,256
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	45.7%	32,217
Total Votes				70,473

2004
On November 2, 2004, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Sullivan (D) and Nazirite Perez (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	69.3%	170,716
	Democratic	Joe Sullivan	29.4%	72,480
	Libertarian	Nazirite Perez	1.3%	3,307
Total Votes				246,503

2002
On November 5, 2002, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Henry Cuellar (D), Jeffrey Blunt (L) and Ed Scharf (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	51.5%	77,573
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	47.2%	71,067
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	0.7%	1,106
	Write-in	Ed Scharf	0.5%	806
Total Votes				150,552

2000
On November 7, 2000, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Isidro Garza, Jr. (D) and Jeffrey Blunt (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	59.3%	119,679
	Democratic	Isidro Garza, Jr.	38.8%	78,274
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	1.9%	3,801
Total Votes				201,754

1998
On November 3, 1998, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charlie Urbina Jones (D) and William Stallknecht (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	63.8%	73,177
	Democratic	Charlie Urbina Jones	35.1%	40,281
	Libertarian	William Stallknecht	1.1%	1,262
Total Votes				114,720

1996
On November 5, 1996, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles Jones (D) and Linda Caswell (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	61.8%	101,332
	Democratic	Charles Jones	36.4%	59,596
	Natural Law	Linda Caswell	1.8%	2,911
Total Votes				163,839

1994
On November 8, 1994, Henry Bonilla won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rolando Rios (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla incumbent	62.6%	73,815
	Democratic	Rolando Rios	37.4%	44,101
Total Votes				117,916

1992
On November 3, 1992, Henry Bonilla won election to the United States House. He defeated Albert Bustamante (D) and David Alter (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Henry Bonilla	59.1%	98,259
	Democratic	Albert Bustamante incumbent	38.4%	63,797
	Libertarian	David Alter	2.6%	4,291
Total Votes				166,347

1990
On November 6, 1990, Albert Bustamante won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jerome Gonzales (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 23 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Albert Bustamante incumbent	63.5%	71,052
	Republican	Jerome Gonzales	36.5%	40,856
Total Votes				111,908

District map

Redistricting

2025-2026

See also: Redistricting in Texas ahead of the 2026 elections

In August 2025, the Texas Legislature proposed a new congressional district map during special legislative sessions that prompted Democratic legislators to leave the state to prevent a quorum. Click here to read more about the 2025 Democratic walkout during mid-decade redistricting in Texas.

On August 20, 2025, the Texas House approved House Bill 4 containing a new congressional map by an 88-52 vote along party lines. On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025. The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.

On November 18, 2025, a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to block Texas from using the 2025 map in the 2026 elections, and ordered the state to use the 2021 map. On November 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused the panel's ruling, reinstating the new map pending further Court action. On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 2025 map could be used for the 2026 elections.

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

After the 2020 census, Texas enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021. On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021. This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."

2020

2024

The 23rd Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.

In redistricting, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting. Francisco Canseco ranked 3rd on the list. The article notes that in the redistricting process, Republican legislators were "careful when they redrew the district not to bring down the district’s Hispanic percentage in order to avoid violating the Voting Rights Act, which protects minority voters." Instead, redistricting switched out high-voting Democratic Hispanic areas with areas that have lower turnout.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 23rd the 169th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 23rd the 189th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 52.9%-45.8%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 23rd the 188th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 45.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 52.9%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 23rd Congressional District the 227th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.93. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.93 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 23rd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 23rd Congressional District & Map

Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)