Texas' 6th Congressional District

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Texas' 6th Congressional District

Incumbent

Jake Ellzey

Assumed office: July 30, 2021

Texas' 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Jake Ellzey (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
• 2021
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Texas's 6th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Texas, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 6th 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 6

Danny Minton (D) and Aiden Morgan (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Danny Minton
		Aiden Morgan

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Jake Ellzey (R), James Buford (R), and Brian Stahl (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Jake Ellzey
		James Buford
		Brian Stahl

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See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Jake Ellzey (R) defeated John Love III (D) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Ellzey (R)	65.7	188,119
		John Love III (D)	34.3	98,319

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 286,438
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

John Love III (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Love III	100.0	13,813

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,813
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Jake Ellzey (R) defeated James Buford (R) and Clifford Wiley (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Ellzey	60.8	38,143
		James Buford	20.4	12,782
		Clifford Wiley	18.9	11,843

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,768
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matthew Southard (R)

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Jake Ellzey (R) won election in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Ellzey (R)	100.0	149,321

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Takona Scauflaire (Independent)

Democratic primary

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

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Jake Ellzey (R) defeated James Buford (R) and Bill Payne (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Ellzey	71.2	38,683
		James Buford	15.9	8,636
	Submit photo	Bill Payne	12.9	7,008

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,327
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See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District special election, 2021

General Runoff

Special general runoff election for U.S. House Texas District 6

Jake Ellzey (R) defeated Susan Wright (R) in the special general runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on July 27, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jake Ellzey (R)	53.3	20,873
		Susan Wright (R)	46.7	18,293

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,166
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General election

Special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 1, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Wright (R)	19.2	15,077
✔		Jake Ellzey (R)	13.8	10,865
		Jana Lynne Sanchez (D)	13.4	10,518
		Brian E. Harrison (R)	10.8	8,485
		Shawn Lassiter (D)	8.9	6,973
		John Castro (R)	5.5	4,321
		Tammy Allison (D)	5.4	4,240
		Lydia Bean (D)	3.7	2,923
		Michael Wood (R)	3.2	2,509
		Michael Ballantine (R)	2.8	2,225
		Daniel Rodimer (R)	2.7	2,088
		Daryl Eddings (D)	2.1	1,654
		Michael Egan (R)	2.0	1,544
		Patrick Moses (D)	1.5	1,189
	Submit photo	Manuel Salazar (D)	1.4	1,120
		Sery Kim (R)	1.1	889
		Travis Rodermund (R)	0.6	460
		Adrian Mizher (Independent)	0.4	351
		Brian Stephenson (D)	0.3	271
		Phil Gray (L)	0.3	265
		Matt Hinterlong (D)	0.3	252
		Jenny Garcia Sharon (R)	0.2	150
	Submit photo	Christopher Suprun (D)	0.1	102

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,471
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Montgomery Markland (R)
• Asa Palagi (R)
• Katrina Pierson (R)

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Ronald Wright (R) defeated Stephen Daniel (D) and Melanie Black (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright (R)	52.8	179,507
		Stephen Daniel (D)	44.0	149,530
		Melanie Black (L)	3.2	10,955

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,992
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chad Snider (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Stephen Daniel (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Daniel	100.0	47,996

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Imran Khan (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Incumbent Ronald Wright (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright	100.0	55,759

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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 6

Melanie Black (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Melanie Black

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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 6

Ronald Wright (R) defeated Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) and Jason Harber (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright (R)	53.1	135,961
		Jana Lynne Sanchez (D)	45.4	116,350
	Submit photo	Jason Harber (L)	1.5	3,731

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 256,0420
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gregory Brady (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6

Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jana Lynne Sanchez	53.1	6,103
		Ruby Faye Woolridge	46.9	5,386

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 11,489
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Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6

Ronald Wright (R) defeated Jake Ellzey (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright	52.2	12,747
		Jake Ellzey	47.8	11,686

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 24,433
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

Ruby Faye Woolridge (D) and Jana Lynne Sanchez (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated John W. Duncan (D), Justin Snider (D), and Levii Shocklee (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 6 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruby Faye Woolridge	36.9	10,857
✔		Jana Lynne Sanchez	36.9	10,838
		John W. Duncan	13.5	3,978
		Justin Snider	6.9	2,014
		Levii Shocklee	5.8	1,702

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,389
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 6

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Wright	45.1	20,750
✔		Jake Ellzey	21.8	9,999
		Ken Cope	7.7	3,540
		Shannon Dubberly	6.3	2,884
		Mark Mitchell	4.7	2,152
		Troy Ratterree	4.0	1,858
		Kevin Harrison	3.9	1,771
	Submit photo	Deborah Gagliardi	3.6	1,676
		Thomas Dillingham	1.2	544
	Submit photo	Shawn Dandridge	1.1	518
	Submit photo	Mel Hassell	0.6	268

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,960
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Joe Barton (R) defeated Ruby Faye Woolridge (D) and Darrel Smith Jr. (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Barton defeated Steven Fowler and Collin Baker in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Woolridge defeated Don Jaquess and Jeffrey Roseman to win the Democratic nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton Incumbent	58.3%	159,444
	Democratic	Ruby Faye Woolridge	39%	106,667
	Green	Darrel Smith	2.6%	7,185
Total Votes				273,296
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Joe Barton Incumbent	68.6%	55,285
Steven Fowler	22.3%	17,960
Collin Baker	9.1%	7,292
Total Votes		80,537
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ruby Faye Woolridge	69.7%	23,294
Jeffrey Roseman	17.9%	5,993
Don Jaquess	12.4%	4,132
Total Votes		33,419
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 6th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Joe Barton (R) defeated David Cozad (D) and Hugh Chauvin (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton Incumbent	61.1%	92,334
	Democratic	David Cozad	36.4%	55,027
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	2.4%	3,635
Total Votes				150,996
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 6th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Joe Barton (R) won re-election. He defeated Kenneth Sanders (D), Hugh Chauvin (L) and Brandon Parmer (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton Incumbent	58%	145,019
	Democratic	Kenneth Sanders	39.2%	98,053
	Libertarian	Hugh Chauvin	1.9%	4,847
	Green	Brandon Parmer	0.8%	2,017
Total Votes				249,936
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Cozad (D) and Byron Severns (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	65.9%	107,140
	Democratic	David Cozad	31.2%	50,717
	Libertarian	Byron Severns	2.9%	4,700
Total Votes				162,557

2008
On November 4, 2008, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ludwig Otto (D) and Max Koch, III (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	62%	174,008
	Democratic	Ludwig Otto	35.6%	99,919
	Libertarian	Max Koch, III	2.4%	6,655
Total Votes				280,582

2006
On November 7, 2006, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Harris (D) and Carl Nulsen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	60.5%	91,927
	Democratic	David Harris	37.1%	56,369
	Libertarian	Carl Nulsen	2.5%	3,740
Total Votes				152,036

2004
On November 2, 2004, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Morris Meyer (D) and Stephen Schrader (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	66%	168,767
	Democratic	Morris Meyer	32.7%	83,609
	Libertarian	Stephen Schrader	1.3%	3,251
Total Votes				255,627

2002
On November 5, 2002, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Felix Alvarado (D), Frank Brady (L) and B. J. Armstrong (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	70.3%	115,396
	Democratic	Felix Alvarado	27.7%	45,404
	Libertarian	Frank Brady	1.2%	1,992
	Green	B. J. Armstrong	0.8%	1,245
Total Votes				164,037

2000
On November 7, 2000, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Frank Brady (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	88.1%	222,685
	Libertarian	Frank Brady	11.9%	30,056
Total Votes				252,741

1998
On November 3, 1998, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ben Boothe (D) and Richard Bandlow (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	72.9%	112,957
	Democratic	Ben Boothe	25.9%	40,112
	Libertarian	Richard Bandlow	1.2%	1,817
Total Votes				154,886

1996
On November 5, 1996, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Janet Carroll Richardson (I), Catherine Anderson (L) and Doug Williams (U.S. Taxpayers) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	77.1%	160,800
	Independent	Janet Carroll Richardson	12.8%	26,713
	Libertarian	Catherine Anderson	6.9%	14,456
	U.S. Taxpayers	Doug Williams	3.1%	6,547
Total Votes				208,516

1994
On November 8, 1994, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Terry Jesmore (D) and Bill Baird (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	75.6%	152,038
	Democratic	Terry Jesmore	22%	44,286
	Libertarian	Bill Baird	2.3%	4,688
Total Votes				201,012

1992
On November 3, 1992, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Dietrich (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	71.9%	189,140
	Democratic	John Dietrich	28.1%	73,933
Total Votes				263,073

1990
On November 6, 1990, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Welch (D) and Michael Worsham (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	66.5%	125,049
	Democratic	John Welch	33.1%	62,344
	Write-in	Michael Worsham	0.4%	737
Total Votes				188,130

1988
On November 8, 1988, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pat Kendrick (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	67.6%	164,692
	Democratic	Pat Kendrick	32.4%	78,786
Total Votes				243,478

1986
On November 4, 1986, Joe Barton won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pete Geren (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton incumbent	55.8%	86,190
	Democratic	Pete Geren	44.2%	68,270
Total Votes				154,460

1984
On November 6, 1984, Joe Barton won election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Kubiak (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 6 General Election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Joe Barton	56.6%	131,482
	Democratic	Dan Kubiak	43.4%	100,799
Total Votes				232,281

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 6th 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+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' 6th the 86th 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+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 6th the 82nd 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) 61.3%-37.4%.

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+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 6th the 85th 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 37.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 61.3%.

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' 6th Congressional District the 146th 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 0.96. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.96 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 6th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 6th 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)