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Texas' 37th Congressional District
Texas' 37th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Lloyd Doggett (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.
This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more.
Click here for more information about apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census and here for more information about redistricting in Texas.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 37
Incumbent Lloyd Doggett defeated Jenny Garcia Sharon and Girish Altekar in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 37 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lloyd Doggett (D) | 74.2 | 252,980 |
 | Jenny Garcia Sharon (R) | 23.6 | 80,366 | |
 | Girish Altekar (L) | 2.2 | 7,511 | |
| Total votes: 340,857 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 37
Incumbent Lloyd Doggett defeated Christopher McNerney and Eduardo Romero in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lloyd Doggett | 86.1 | 57,762 |
 | Christopher McNerney | 7.9 | 5,279 | |
| Eduardo Romero | 6.0 | 4,048 | ||
| Total votes: 67,089 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 37
Jenny Garcia Sharon advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jenny Garcia Sharon | 100.0 | 16,304 |
| Total votes: 16,304 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 37
Girish Altekar advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Girish Altekar (L) |
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 37
Incumbent Lloyd Doggett defeated Jenny Garcia Sharon, Clark Patterson, and Sherri Taylor in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 37 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lloyd Doggett (D) | 76.8 | 219,358 |
| Jenny Garcia Sharon (R) | 21.0 | 59,923 | |
 | Clark Patterson (L) | 2.2 | 6,332 | |
| Sherri Taylor (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 176 | ||
| Total votes: 285,789 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Benjamin Ovard (Independent)
Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 37
Jenny Garcia Sharon defeated Rod Lingsch in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 37 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jenny Garcia Sharon | 59.1 | 6,923 |
 | Rod Lingsch | 40.9 | 4,791 | |
| Total votes: 11,714 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 37
Incumbent Lloyd Doggett defeated Donna Imam, Christopher Jones, and Quinton Beaubouef in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lloyd Doggett | 79.3 | 60,007 |
 | Donna Imam | 17.7 | 13,385 | |
 | Christopher Jones | 2.0 | 1,503 | |
| Quinton Beaubouef | 1.1 | 804 | ||
| Total votes: 75,699 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Hasani Burton (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 37
Jenny Garcia Sharon and Rod Lingsch advanced to a runoff. They defeated Jeremiah Diacogiannis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jenny Garcia Sharon | 46.8 | 9,087 |
| ✔ | | Rod Lingsch | 27.8 | 5,403 |
 | Jeremiah Diacogiannis | 25.4 | 4,938 | |
| Total votes: 19,428 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 37
Clark Patterson defeated Nazirite Perez in the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 37 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Clark Patterson (L) |
| Nazirite Perez (L) | ||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
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.[1][2] 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.[3] On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines.[4] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025.[5] The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.[9] 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.[10]
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:[10]
- 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."[10]
Texas District 37
before 2020 redistricting cycle
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Texas District 37
after 2020 redistricting cycle
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District analysis
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' 37th the 41st most Democratic district nationally.[11]
See also
- Redistricting in Texas
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 37th Congressional District election, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Texas Democrats fleeing state to block redistricting vote follows strategy that’s had mixed results," August 3, 2025
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.," July 21, 2025
- ↑ CBS News, "Texas House passes GOP redistricting plan after weeks-long standoff," August 20, 2025
- ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Texas Democrats ramp up criticism of new Texas congressional map after Senate sends it to governor," August 23, 2025
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Texas Legislature Online, "SB 6," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
