Texas' 25th Congressional District

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 4, 2025, that Texas could use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 elections, reversing a decision by a three-judge panel that ordered the state to return to the 2021 map. Click here to read more about mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections.

Texas' 25th Congressional District

Incumbent

Roger Williams

Assumed office: January 3, 2013

Texas' 25th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Roger Williams (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 25th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 25th 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.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

William Marks (D), Stephen O'Toole (D), and Dione Sims (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		William Marks
	Submit photo	Stephen O'Toole
	Submit photo	Dione Sims

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Roger Williams

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See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Chad Hagg (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 25 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams (R)	99.4	263,042
		Chad Hagg (Independent) (Write-in)	0.6	1,661

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,703
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for March 5, 2024, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Rector (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Matthew Lucci (R) and Vince Crabb (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams	78.0	66,345
		Matthew Lucci	14.0	11,929
		Vince Crabb	7.9	6,738

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,012
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See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) won election in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 25 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams (R)	100.0	185,270

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Collier (Independent)
• Tristan Miller (Independent)

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for March 1, 2022, was canceled.

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams	100.0	69,418

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Smith (R)

See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Julie Oliver (D) and Bill Kelsey (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 25 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams (R)	55.9	220,088
		Julie Oliver (D)	42.1	165,697
		Bill Kelsey (L)	2.0	7,738

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 393,523
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Julie Oliver (D) defeated Heidi Sloan (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Oliver	69.6	56,151
		Heidi Sloan	30.4	24,512

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,663
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Keith Neuendorff (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams	87.6	63,146
		Keith Neuendorff	12.4	8,965

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,111
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 25

Bill Kelsey (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Bill Kelsey

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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 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Julie Oliver (D) and Desarae Lindsey (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 25 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams (R)	53.5	163,023
		Julie Oliver (D)	44.8	136,385
	Submit photo	Desarae Lindsey (L)	1.7	5,145

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 304,5530
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Martin Luecke (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 25

Julie Oliver (D) defeated Christopher Michael Perri (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 25 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Oliver	52.2	12,005
		Christopher Michael Perri	47.8	10,984

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Christopher Michael Perri (D) and Julie Oliver (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Kathi Thomas (D), West Hansen (D), and Chetan Panda (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Michael Perri	32.8	13,896
✔		Julie Oliver	26.5	11,220
		Kathi Thomas	21.2	8,976
		West Hansen	10.6	4,479
		Chetan Panda	9.0	3,835

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,406
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25

Incumbent Roger Williams (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 25 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Williams	100.0	51,122

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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Kathi Thomas (D) and Loren Marc Schneiderman (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced any primary opposition on March 1, 2016.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Roger Williams Incumbent	58.3%	180,988
	Democratic	Kathi Thomas	37.7%	117,073
	Libertarian	Loren Schneiderman	3.9%	12,135
Total Votes				310,196
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 25th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Marco Montoya (D) and John Betz, Jr. (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Roger Williams Incumbent	60.2%	107,120
	Democratic	Marco Montoya	36.2%	64,463
	Libertarian	John Betz, Jr.	3.5%	6,300
Total Votes				177,883
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 25th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 25th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which Roger Williams (R) won the election. He defeated Elaine Henderson (D) and Betsy Dewey (L) in the general election. This switched partisan control of the district.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Roger Williams	58.4%	154,245
	Democratic	Elaine M. Henderson	37.4%	98,827
	Libertarian	Betsy Dewey	4.1%	10,860
Total Votes				263,932
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Lloyd Doggett won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Donna Campbell (R) and Jim Stutsman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett incumbent	52.8%	99,967
	Republican	Donna Campbell	44.8%	84,849
	Libertarian	Jim Stutsman	2.3%	4,431
Total Votes				189,247

2008
On November 4, 2008, Lloyd Doggett won re-election to the United States House. He defeated George Morovich (R) and Jim Stutsman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett incumbent	65.8%	191,755
	Republican	George Morovich	30.4%	88,693
	Libertarian	Jim Stutsman	3.7%	10,848
Total Votes				291,296

2006
On November 7, 2006, Lloyd Doggett won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Grant Rostig (R), Barbara Cunningham (L) and Brian Parrett (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett incumbent	67.3%	109,911
	Republican	Grant Rostig	26.3%	42,975
	Libertarian	Barbara Cunningham	4.2%	6,942
	Independent	Brian Parrett	2.2%	3,596
Total Votes				163,424

2004
On November 2, 2004, Lloyd Doggett won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rebecca Armendariz Klein (R) and James Werner (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett incumbent	67.6%	108,309
	Republican	Rebecca Armendariz Klein	30.7%	49,252
	Libertarian	James Werner	1.7%	2,656
Total Votes				160,217

2002
On November 5, 2002, Chris Bell won election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Reiser (R), George Reiter (G) and Guy McLendon (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Bell	54.8%	63,590
	Republican	Tom Reiser	43.1%	50,041
	Green	George Reiter	1.2%	1,399
	Libertarian	Guy McLendon	0.9%	1,096
Total Votes				116,126

Bell advanced past the Democratic primary with 36.1% of the vote. He defeated Carroll Robinson in the primary runoff with 54.3% of the vote.

2000
On November 7, 2000, Ken Bentsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Phil Sudan (R) and Clifford Lee Messina (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ken Bentsen incumbent	60.1%	106,112
	Republican	Phil Sudan	38.5%	68,010
	Libertarian	Clifford Lee Messina	1.4%	2,400
Total Votes				176,522

1998
On November 3, 1998, Ken Bentsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Sanchez (R) and Eric Atkisson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ken Bentsen incumbent	66.7%	85,591
	Republican	John Sanchez	32.6%	41,848
	Libertarian	Eric Atkisson	0.6%	830
Total Votes				128,269

1996
On November 5, 1996, Ken Bentsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dolly Madison McKenna (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ken Bentsen incumbent	57.3%	29,396
	Republican	Dolly Madison McKenna	42.7%	21,892
Total Votes				51,288

1994
On November 8, 1994, Ken Bentsen won election to the United States House. He defeated Gene Fontenot (R), Sarah Klein-Tower (I) and Robert Lockhart (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ken Bentsen	52.3%	61,959
	Republican	Gene Fontenot	45%	53,321
	Independent	Sarah Klein-Tower	1.7%	2,060
	Libertarian	Robert Lockhart	1%	1,189
Total Votes				118,529

1992
On November 3, 1992, Michael Andrews won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dolly Madison McKenna (R) and Richard Mauk (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michael Andrews incumbent	56%	98,975
	Republican	Dolly Madison McKenna	41.4%	73,192
	Libertarian	Richard Mauk	2.7%	4,710
Total Votes				176,877

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

U.S. House, Texas District 25 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Michael Andrews incumbent	100%	67,427
Total Votes				67,427

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 25th 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+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 25th the 49th 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+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 25th the 51st 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) 64.9%-33.8%.

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+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 25th the 50th 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 33.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 64.9%.

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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 25th Congressional District the 122nd 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 0.86. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.86 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 25th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 25th 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)