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Texas' 27th Congressional District

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Texas' 27th Congressional District
Incumbent
Michael CloudRepublican
Assumed office: July 10, 2018

Texas' 27th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Michael Cloud (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' 27th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Tanya Lloyd in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud (R)
 
66.0
 
183,980
Image of Tanya Lloyd
Tanya Lloyd (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.0
 
94,596

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 278,576
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Tanya Lloyd defeated Anthony Tristan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Tanya Lloyd
Tanya Lloyd Candidate Connection
 
53.3
 
10,305
Image of Anthony Tristan
Anthony Tristan
 
46.7
 
9,013

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,318
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Scott Mandel, Luis Espindola, and Chris Mapp in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud
 
74.6
 
53,304
Image of Scott Mandel
Scott Mandel Candidate Connection
 
15.1
 
10,791
Image of Luis Espindola
Luis Espindola
 
5.4
 
3,838
Image of Chris Mapp
Chris Mapp
 
5.0
 
3,553

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 71,486
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2022

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Maclovio Perez Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud (R)
 
64.4
 
133,416
Image of Maclovio Perez Jr.
Maclovio Perez Jr. (D) Candidate Connection
 
35.6
 
73,611

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 207,027
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Maclovio Perez Jr. defeated Anthony Tristan and Victor Melgoza in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maclovio Perez Jr.
Maclovio Perez Jr. Candidate Connection
 
59.1
 
13,044
Image of Anthony Tristan
Anthony Tristan Candidate Connection
 
26.0
 
5,733
Image of Victor Melgoza
Victor Melgoza
 
14.9
 
3,289

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,066
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated A.J. Louderback, Chris Mapp, Andrew Alvarez, and Eric Mireles in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud
 
72.5
 
45,741
Image of A.J. Louderback
A.J. Louderback
 
12.2
 
7,704
Image of Chris Mapp
Chris Mapp
 
7.2
 
4,542
Image of Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez Candidate Connection
 
4.2
 
2,648
Image of Eric Mireles
Eric Mireles
 
3.9
 
2,478

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 63,113
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2020

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Ricardo De La Fuente and Phil Gray in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud (R)
 
63.1
 
172,305
Image of Ricardo De La Fuente
Ricardo De La Fuente (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.9
 
95,466
Image of Phil Gray
Phil Gray (L)
 
2.0
 
5,482

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 273,253
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Ricardo De La Fuente defeated Charlie Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ricardo De La Fuente
Ricardo De La Fuente Candidate Connection
 
61.4
 
20,767
Image of Charlie Jackson
Charlie Jackson Candidate Connection
 
38.6
 
13,030

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,797
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud
 
100.0
 
60,945

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 60,945
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 27

Phil Gray advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 21, 2020.

Candidate
✔
Image of Phil Gray
Phil Gray (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

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2018

Regular

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Eric Holguin, James Duerr, and Daniel Tinus in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud (R)
 
60.3
 
125,118
Image of Eric Holguin
Eric Holguin (D)
 
36.6
 
75,929
Image of James Duerr
James Duerr (Independent)
 
2.1
 
4,274
Image of Daniel Tinus
Daniel Tinus (L)
 
1.0
 
2,100

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 207,421
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 27

Eric Holguin defeated Raul Barrera in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 27 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eric Holguin
Eric Holguin
 
62.0
 
6,376
Image of Raul Barrera
Raul Barrera
 
38.0
 
3,903

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 10,279
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 27

Incumbent Michael Cloud defeated Bech Bruun in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 27 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud
 
61.1
 
15,041
Image of Bech Bruun
Bech Bruun
 
38.9
 
9,565

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 24,606
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

Raul Barrera and Eric Holguin advanced to a runoff. They defeated Vanessa Edwards Foster and Ronnie McDonald in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Raul Barrera
Raul Barrera
 
41.2
 
8,733
✔
Image of Eric Holguin
Eric Holguin
 
23.3
 
4,939
Image of Vanessa Edwards Foster
Vanessa Edwards Foster
 
19.1
 
4,041
Image of Ronnie McDonald
Ronnie McDonald
 
16.4
 
3,474

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 21,187
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 27 on March 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bech Bruun
Bech Bruun
 
36.1
 
15,919
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud
 
33.8
 
14,920
Image of Chris Mapp
Chris Mapp
 
12.1
 
5,356
Image of Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall
 
8.3
 
3,649
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John Grunwald
 
6.9
 
3,027
Image of Eddie Gassman
Eddie Gassman
 
2.8
 
1,237

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 44,108
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Special

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District special election, 2018

The election was held to replace Blake Farenthold (R), who resigned from office on April 6, 2018, amid sexual misconduct allegations.[1] The winner of the special election served in Congress until Farenthold's term expired on January 1, 2019.

Michael Cloud (R) won the special election.

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Texas District 27

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Texas District 27 on June 30, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michael Cloud
Michael Cloud (R)
 
54.8
 
19,872
Image of Eric Holguin
Eric Holguin (D)
 
32.0
 
11,599
Image of Raul Barrera
Raul Barrera (D)
 
4.8
 
1,748
Image of Bech Bruun
Bech Bruun (R)
 
4.3
 
1,571
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Michael J. Westergren (D)
 
2.4
 
858
Image of Marty Perez
Marty Perez (R)
 
0.8
 
276
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Judith Cutright (Independent)
 
0.5
 
172
Image of Daniel Tinus
Daniel Tinus (L)
 
0.4
 
144
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Christopher Suprun (Independent)
 
0.1
 
51

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,291
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2016

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Blake Farenthold (R) defeated Raul (Roy) Barrera (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Farenthold defeated Gregg Deeb in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Barrera defeated Ray Madrigal and Wayne Raasch to win the Democratic primary.[2][3]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Farenthold Incumbent 61.7% 142,251
     Democratic Raul (Roy) Barrera 38.3% 88,329
Total Votes 230,580
Source: Texas Secretary of State


U.S. House, Texas District 27 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Farenthold Incumbent 55.9% 42,195
Gregg Deeb 44.1% 33,280
Total Votes 75,475
Source: Texas Secretary of State
U.S. House, Texas District 27 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRaul Barrera 50.3% 15,939
Ray Madrigal 35.2% 11,157
Wayne Raasch 14.4% 4,570
Total Votes 31,666
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 27th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Blake Farenthold (R) defeated Wesley Reed (D) and Roxanne Simonson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Farenthold Incumbent 63.6% 83,342
     Democratic Wesley Reed 33.7% 44,152
     Libertarian Roxanne Simonson 2.7% 3,553
Total Votes 131,047
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 27th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 27th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Blake Farenthold (R) won re-election. He defeated Rose Meza Harrison (D), Corrie Byrd (L) and William Bret Baldwin (I) in the general election.[4]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Farenthold Incumbent 56.8% 120,684
     Democratic Rose Meza Harrison 39.2% 83,395
     Independent Bret Baldwin 2.5% 5,354
     Libertarian Corrie Byrd 1.5% 3,218
Total Votes 212,651
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"


2010
On November 2, 2010, Blake Farenthold won election to the United States House. He defeated Solomon Ortiz (D) and Ed Mishou (L) in the general election.[5]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Farenthold 47.9% 50,976
     Democratic Solomon Ortiz incumbent 47.1% 50,179
     Libertarian Ed Mishou 5% 5,376
Total Votes 106,531


2008
On November 4, 2008, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William Willie Vaden (R) and Robert Powell (L) in the general election.[6]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 58% 104,864
     Republican William Willie Vaden 38.4% 69,458
     Libertarian Robert Powell 3.7% 6,629
Total Votes 180,951


2006
On November 7, 2006, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Willie Vaden (R) and Robert Powell (L) in the general election.[7]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 56.8% 62,058
     Republican Willie Vaden 38.9% 42,538
     Libertarian Robert Powell 4.3% 4,718
Total Votes 109,314


2004
On November 2, 2004, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William Vaden (R) and Christopher Claytor (L) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 63.1% 112,081
     Republican William Vaden 34.9% 61,955
     Libertarian Christopher Claytor 2% 3,500
Total Votes 177,536


2002
On November 5, 2002, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pat Ahumada (R) and Christopher Claytor (L) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 61.1% 68,559
     Republican Pat Ahumada 36.5% 41,004
     Libertarian Christopher Claytor 2.4% 2,646
Total Votes 112,209


2000
On November 7, 2000, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pat Ahumada (R) and William Bunch (L) in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 63.4% 102,088
     Republican Pat Ahumada 33.9% 54,660
     Libertarian William Bunch 2.7% 4,324
Total Votes 161,072


1998
On November 3, 1998, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Erol Stone (R) and Mark Pretz (L) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 1998
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 63.3% 61,638
     Republican Erol Stone 35.2% 34,284
     Libertarian Mark Pretz 1.5% 1,476
Total Votes 97,398


1996
On November 5, 1996, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Gardner (R) and Kevin Richardson (Natural Law) in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 1996
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 64.6% 97,350
     Republican Joe Gardner 33.8% 50,964
     Natural Law Kevin Richardson 1.5% 2,286
Total Votes 150,600


1994
On November 8, 1994, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Erol Stone (R) in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 1994
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 59.4% 65,325
     Republican Erol Stone 40.6% 44,693
Total Votes 110,018


1992
On November 3, 1992, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jay Kimbrough (R) and Charles Henry Schoonover (L) in the general election.[14]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 1992
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 55.5% 87,022
     Republican Jay Kimbrough 42.6% 66,853
     Libertarian Charles Henry Schoonover 1.9% 2,969
Total Votes 156,844


1990
On November 6, 1990, Solomon Ortiz won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Texas District 27 General Election, 1990
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSolomon Ortiz incumbent 100% 62,822
Total Votes 62,822


District map

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.[16][17] 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.[18] On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines.[19] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025.[20] The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.[24] 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.[25]

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:[25]

  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."[25]

Texas District 27
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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Texas District 27
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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The 27th 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.[26][27][28]

In redistricting, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting.[29] Farenthold ranked 1st on the list.[29] The article notes that in redistricting the new Republican map moved Farenthold's district into "white, heavily Republican Corpus Christi, Texas."[29]

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+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 27th the 83rd most Republican district nationally.[30]

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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 27th the 104th most Republican district nationally.[31]

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) 60.6%-38.1%.[32]

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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 27th the 108th most Republican district nationally.[33]

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 38.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 60.6%.[34]

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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 27th Congressional District the 98th most Republican nationally.[35]

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 1.03. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.03 points toward that party.[36]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Roll Call, "Farenthold Resigns After Sexual Harassment Scandal," April 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
  3. ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
  4. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Texas," November 6, 2012
  5. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
  12. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
  13. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," accessed March 28, 2013
  14. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1992," accessed March 28, 2013
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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
John Cornyn (R)
Ted Cruz (R)
Representatives
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District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
Al Green (D)
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
Vacant
District 19
District 20
District 21
Chip Roy (R)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
Republican Party (27)
Democratic Party (12)
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