Texas' 24th Congressional District

Texas' 24th Congressional District

Incumbent

Beth Van Duyne

Assumed office: January 3, 2021

Texas' 24th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Beth Van Duyne (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

2024

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Beth Van Duyne defeated Sam Eppler in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 24 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne (R)	60.3	227,108
		Sam Eppler (D)	39.7	149,518

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,626
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Sam Eppler defeated Francine Ly in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sam Eppler	58.6	17,451
		Francine Ly	41.4	12,314

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,765
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sandeep Srivastava (D)
• Kamal Al Mahesh (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Beth Van Duyne advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne	100.0	75,982

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,982
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Heather Burlison (R)

2022

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Beth Van Duyne defeated Jan McDowell in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 24 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne (R)	59.7	177,947
		Jan McDowell (D)	40.3	119,878

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 297,825
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24

Jan McDowell defeated Derrik Gay in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jan McDowell	51.2	7,118
		Derrik Gay	48.8	6,788

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,906
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Jan McDowell and Derrik Gay advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kathy Fragnoli in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jan McDowell	39.3	11,467
✔		Derrik Gay	32.8	9,571
		Kathy Fragnoli	27.9	8,139

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,177
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michelle Beckley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Beth Van Duyne defeated Nate Weymouth in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne	85.0	61,768
	Submit photo	Nate Weymouth	15.0	10,868

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,636
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2020

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 24

Beth Van Duyne defeated Candace Valenzuela, Darren Hamilton, Steve Kuzmich, and Mark Bauer in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 24 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne (R)	48.8	167,910
		Candace Valenzuela (D)	47.5	163,326
		Darren Hamilton (L)	1.6	5,647
		Steve Kuzmich (Independent)	1.2	4,229
		Mark Bauer (Independent)	0.8	2,909

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 344,021
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24

Candace Valenzuela defeated Kim Olson in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 24 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Candace Valenzuela	60.4	20,003
		Kim Olson	39.6	13,131

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,134
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Olson	41.0	24,442
✔		Candace Valenzuela	30.4	18,078
		Jan McDowell	10.0	5,965
	Submit photo	Crystal Fletcher (Unofficially withdrew)	5.7	3,386
		Richard Fleming	5.1	3,010
		Sam Vega	4.5	2,677
		John Biggan	3.4	1,996

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,554
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Carl Fisher (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Beth Van Duyne defeated David Fegan, Desi Maes, Sunny Chaparala, and Jeron Liverman in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Van Duyne	64.3	32,067
		David Fegan	20.7	10,295
		Desi Maes	5.8	2,867
		Sunny Chaparala	5.6	2,808
		Jeron Liverman	3.6	1,809

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,846
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Deanna Maria Metzger (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 24

Darren Hamilton advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Darren Hamilton (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Kenny Marchant defeated Jan McDowell and Mike Kolls in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 24 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenny Marchant (R)	50.6	133,317
		Jan McDowell (D)	47.5	125,231
		Mike Kolls (L)	1.8	4,870

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,418
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Jan McDowell defeated John Biggan, Edward Allen, and Joshua Andrew Imhoff in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jan McDowell	52.5	14,551
		John Biggan	21.5	5,970
	Submit photo	Edward Allen	20.0	5,556
		Joshua Andrew Imhoff	6.0	1,663

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,740
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24

Incumbent Kenny Marchant defeated Johnathan Davidson in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 24 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenny Marchant	74.4	30,310
		Johnathan Davidson	25.6	10,425

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,735
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2016

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Kenny Marchant (R) defeated Jan McDowell (D), Mike Kolls (L) and Kevin McCormick (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidates faced any primary opposition on March 1, 2016.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant Incumbent	56.2%	154,845
	Democratic	Jan McDowell	39.3%	108,389
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	3.1%	8,625
	Green	Kevin McCormick	1.4%	3,776
Total Votes				275,635
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 24th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kenny Marchant (R) defeated Patrick McGehearty (D) and Mike Kolls (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant Incumbent	65%	93,712
	Democratic	Patrick McGehearty	32.3%	46,548
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	2.6%	3,813
Total Votes				144,073
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 24th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 24th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Kenny Marchant (R) won re-election. He defeated Tim Rusk (D) and John Stathas (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant Incumbent	61%	148,586
	Democratic	Tim Rusk	36%	87,645
	Libertarian	John Stathas	3%	7,258
Total Votes				243,489
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Sparks (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant incumbent	81.6%	100,078
	Libertarian	David Sparks	18.4%	22,609
Total Votes				122,687

2008
On November 4, 2008, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Love (D) and David Casey (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant incumbent	56%	151,434
	Democratic	Tom Love	41.1%	111,089
	Libertarian	David Casey	2.9%	7,972
Total Votes				270,495

2006
On November 7, 2006, Kenny Marchant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Page (D) and Mark Frohman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant incumbent	59.8%	83,835
	Democratic	Gary Page	37.2%	52,075
	Libertarian	Mark Frohman	3%	4,228
Total Votes				140,138

2004
On November 2, 2004, Kenny Marchant won election to the United States House. He defeated Gary Page (D) and James Lawrence (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	64%	154,435
	Democratic	Gary Page	34.2%	82,599
	Libertarian	James Lawrence	1.8%	4,340
Total Votes				241,374

2002
On November 5, 2002, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Rivera Ortega (R) and Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	64.7%	73,002
	Republican	Mike Rivera Ortega	34%	38,332
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	1.4%	1,560
Total Votes				112,894

2000
On November 7, 2000, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Wright (R) and Robert Worthington (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	61.8%	103,152
	Republican	James Wright	36.7%	61,235
	Write-in	Robert Worthington	1.5%	2,561
Total Votes				166,948

1998
On November 3, 1998, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Shawn Terry (R), George Arias (I) and David Stover (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	57.5%	56,321
	Republican	Shawn Terry	40.9%	40,105
	Independent	George Arias	0.8%	830
	Libertarian	David Stover	0.8%	736
Total Votes				97,992

1996
On November 5, 1996, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ed Harrison (R), Marion Jacob (D) and Dale Mouton (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	55.7%	77,847
	Republican	Ed Harrison	39.1%	54,551
	Democratic	Marion Jacob	3.3%	4,656
	Independent	Dale Mouton	1.8%	2,574
	N/A	Write-in	0%	9
Total Votes				139,637

1994
On November 8, 1994, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ed Harrison (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	52.8%	65,019
	Republican	Ed Harrison	47.2%	58,062
Total Votes				123,081

1992
On November 3, 1992, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Masterson (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	59.8%	104,174
	Republican	Steve Masterson	40.2%	70,042
Total Votes				174,216

1990
On November 6, 1990, Martin Frost won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 24 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Frost incumbent	100%	86,297
Total Votes				86,297

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

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.

Texas first 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."

Texas District 24
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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Texas District 24
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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The 24th 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.

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' 24th the 162nd 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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 24th the 148th 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) 55.4%-43.0%.

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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 24th the 146th 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 43.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 55.4%.

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+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 24th Congressional District the 151st 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 1.11. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.11 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 24th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 24th 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)