Texas' 33rd 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' 33rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Marc Veasey (D).

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

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

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 33

Incumbent Julie Johnson (D), incumbent Marc Veasey (D), Colin Allred (D), Zeeshan Hafeez (D), and Carlos Quintanilla (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Julie Johnson
		Marc Veasey
		Colin Allred
		Zeeshan Hafeez
		Carlos Quintanilla

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Patrick Gillespie (R), Payton Jackson (R), Monte Mitchell (R), Kurt L. Schwab (R), and John Sims (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Patrick Gillespie
		Payton Jackson
	Submit photo	Monte Mitchell
		Kurt L. Schwab
	Submit photo	John Sims

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General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Patrick Gillespie (R) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey (D)	68.8	114,289
	Patrick Gillespie (R)	31.2	51,864

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 166,153
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Payton Jackson (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Carlos Quintanilla (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey	68.3	15,313
	Carlos Quintanilla	31.7	7,102

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,415
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Viktor Avalos (D)
Luis Fuentes (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Patrick Gillespie (R) defeated Kurt L. Schwab (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Patrick Gillespie	61.6	6,144
	Kurt L. Schwab	38.4	3,833

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,977
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General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Patrick Gillespie (R) and Ken Ashby (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marc Veasey (D)	72.0	82,081
		Patrick Gillespie (R)	25.6	29,203
	Submit photo	Ken Ashby (L)	2.4	2,746

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,030
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Carlos Quintanilla (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey	69.5	16,806
	Carlos Quintanilla	30.5	7,373

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,179
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Patrick Gillespie (R) defeated Robert MacGlaflin (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 1, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Patrick Gillespie	63.5	5,709
	Robert MacGlaflin	36.5	3,284

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,993
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33

Ken Ashby (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ken Ashby

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General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Fabian Cordova Vasquez (R), Carlos Quintanilla (Independent), Jason Reeves (L), and Renedria Welton (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey (D)	66.8	105,317
	Fabian Cordova Vasquez (R)	25.2	39,638
	Carlos Quintanilla (Independent)	5.1	8,071
	Jason Reeves (L)	1.6	2,586
	Renedria Welton (Independent)	1.3	1,994

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,606
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Sean Paul Segura (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey	63.6	23,869
	Sean Paul Segura	36.4	13,678

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,547
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Avalos Valencia (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Fabian Cordova Vasquez (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fabian Cordova Vasquez	100.0	7,317

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Rich Helms (R)

Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33

Jason Reeves (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Jason Reeves

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General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Willie Billups (R) and Jason Reeves (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 33 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey (D)	76.2	90,805
	Willie Billups (R)	21.9	26,120
	Jason Reeves (L)	1.9	2,299

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 119,2240
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Carlos Quintanilla (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Marc Veasey	70.6	14,998
	Carlos Quintanilla	29.4	6,233

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,231
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Willie Billups (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Willie Billups	100.0	5,254

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,254
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 33rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated M. Mark Mitchell (R) and Roy Carl Stanley (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Veasey defeated Carlos Quintanilla in the Democratic primary on March 1, 2016, while Mitchell defeated Bruce Chadwick to win the Republican nomination.^[1]^[2]

**U.S. House, Texas District 33 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marc Veasey Incumbent	73.7%	93,147
	Republican	M. Mark Mitchell	26.3%	33,222
Total Votes				126,369
Source: Texas Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Texas District 33 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
M. Mark Mitchell	52.4%	6,411
Bruce Chadwick	47.6%	5,831
Total Votes		12,242
Source: Texas Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Texas District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Marc Veasey Incumbent	63.4%	20,526
Carlos Quintanilla	36.6%	11,846
Total Votes		32,372
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 33rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 33rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Marc Veasey (D) defeated Jason Reeves (L) in the general election.

**U.S. House, Texas District 33 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marc Veasey Incumbent	86.5%	43,769
	Libertarian	Jason Reeves	13.5%	6,823
Total Votes				50,592
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 33rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 33rd Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which Marc Veasey (D) won election. He defeated Chuck Bradley (R) and Ed Lindsay (L) in the general election. This was the first election for this newly created district.^[3]

**U.S. House, Texas District 33 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marc Veasey	72.5%	85,114
	Republican	Chuck Bradley	25.8%	30,252
	Green	Ed Lindsay	1.7%	2,009
Total Votes				117,375
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

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.^[4]^[5] 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.^[6] On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines.^[7] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025.^[8] The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.^[9]

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.^[10] On November 21, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused the panel's ruling, reinstating the new map pending further Court action.^[11] On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 2025 map could be used for the 2026 elections.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.^[15] 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.^[16]

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:^[16]

Lieutenant governor
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Attorney general
State comptroller
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."^[16]

2020

2024

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.^[17]^[18]^[19]

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 D+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 33rd the 60th most Democratic district nationally.^[20]

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 D+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 33rd the 42nd most Democratic district nationally.^[21]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 74.2%-24.4%.^[22]

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 D+24. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 24 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 33rd the 44th most Democratic district nationally.^[23]

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 74.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 24.4%.^[24]

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 D+23. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 23 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 33rd Congressional District the 54th most Democratic nationally.^[25]

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 1.17. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.17 points toward that party.^[26]

External links

GovTrack.us Texas's 33rd 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)

[1] Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015

[primaryresults16-2] The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016

[3] Politico, "2012 Election Map, Texas," November 6, 2012

[4] Associated Press, "Texas Democrats fleeing state to block redistricting vote follows strategy that’s had mixed results," August 3, 2025

[5] Texas Tribune, "The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.," July 21, 2025

[6] CBS News, "Texas House passes GOP redistricting plan after weeks-long standoff," August 20, 2025

[7] Houston Chronicle, "Texas Democrats ramp up criticism of new Texas congressional map after Senate sends it to governor," August 23, 2025

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[hb4-9] LegiScan, "Texas House Bill 4," accessed August 29, 2025

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[12] Politico, "Supreme Court gives Texas OK to use House map drawn to boost GOP," December 4, 2025

[13] Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate approves congressional map that draws no new Black or Hispanic districts even as people of color fueled population growth," October 8, 2021

[14] Texas Legislature Online, "SB 6," accessed October 20, 2021

[15] Texas Tribune, "Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on Texas’ new political maps, which protect GOP majorities while diluting voices of voters of color," October 25, 2021

[txloyola-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015

[17] All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015

[18] All About Redistricting, "Litigation in the 2010 cycle, Texas," accessed May 7, 2015

[19] Barone, M. & McCutcheon, C. (2013). The almanac of American politics 2014 : the senators, the representatives and the governors : their records and election results, their states and districts. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

[20] Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025

[21] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024

[22] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[23] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

[24] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[25] Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017

[26] FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018

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Texas' 33rd Congressional District

Elections

General election

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 33

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 33

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 33

District map

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2020-2021

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