Texas' 12th Congressional District

Texas redrew its congressional district boundaries in August 2025. Voters will elect representatives under the new map in 2026. Click here to read more about mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections.

Texas' 12th Congressional District

Incumbent

Craig Goldman

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Texas' 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Craig Goldman (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 12th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Texas' 12th 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 12

Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera (D) and Heli Rodriguez Prilliman (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera
	Submit photo	Heli Rodriguez Prilliman

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Craig Goldman (R), Brian Sprague (R), and Semaj Swire (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Craig Goldman
		Brian Sprague
	Submit photo	Semaj Swire

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See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman (R) defeated Trey Hunt (D) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Goldman (R)	63.5	215,564
		Trey Hunt (D)	36.5	124,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,718
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Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman (R) defeated John O'Shea (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 12 on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Goldman	62.9	16,787
		John O'Shea	37.1	9,903

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,690
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Hunt (D) defeated Sebastian Gehrig (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hunt	58.0	11,935
		Sebastian Gehrig	42.0	8,638

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,573
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Craig Goldman (R) and John O'Shea (R) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Clint Dorris (R), Shellie Gardner (R), and Anne Henley (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Goldman	44.4	31,568
✔		John O'Shea	26.4	18,757
		Clint Dorris	14.9	10,591
		Shellie Gardner	7.6	5,373
	Submit photo	Anne Henley	6.8	4,849

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,138
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kay Granger (R)
• Ryan Catala (R)
• Montgomery Markland (R)

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Trey Hunt (D) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger (R)	64.3	152,953
		Trey Hunt (D)	35.7	85,026

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 237,979
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Hunt (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hunt	100.0	20,561

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Ryan Catala (R) and Alysia Rieg (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger	75.2	46,779
		Ryan Catala	14.1	8,759
		Alysia Rieg	10.7	6,662

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,200
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chris Putnam (R)
• Chris Rector (R)

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Lisa Welch (D) and Trey Holcomb (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger (R)	63.7	233,853
		Lisa Welch (D)	33.0	121,250
		Trey Holcomb (L)	3.2	11,918

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 367,021
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Lisa Welch (D) defeated Danny Anderson (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Welch	81.1	36,750
		Danny Anderson	18.9	8,588

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,338
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Al Woolum (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Chris Putnam (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger	58.0	43,420
		Chris Putnam	42.0	31,420

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,840
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 12

Trey Holcomb (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Trey Holcomb

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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 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Vanessa Adia (D) and Jacob Leddy (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger (R)	64.3	172,557
		Vanessa Adia (D)	33.9	90,994
		Jacob Leddy (L)	1.8	4,940

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 268,4910
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Vanessa Adia (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vanessa Adia	100.0	21,018

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12

Incumbent Kay Granger (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 12 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kay Granger	100.0	49,385

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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Bill Bradshaw (D) and Ed Colliver (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Granger and Bradshaw both ran unopposed in their respective primaries on March 1, 2016.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger Incumbent	69.4%	196,482
	Democratic	Bill Bradshaw	26.9%	76,029
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	3.7%	10,604
Total Votes				283,115
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 12th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Kay Granger (R) defeated Mark Greene (D) and Ed Colliver (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger Incumbent	71.3%	113,186
	Democratic	Mark Greene	26.3%	41,757
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	2.4%	3,787
Total Votes				158,730
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 12th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 12th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Kay Granger (R) won re-election. She defeated Dave Robinson (D) and Matthew Solodow (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger Incumbent	70.9%	175,649
	Democratic	Dave Robinson	26.7%	66,080
	Libertarian	Matthew Solodow	2.4%	5,983
Total Votes				247,712
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Tracey Smith (D) and Matthew Solodow (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	71.9%	109,882
	Democratic	Tracey Smith	25.1%	38,434
	Libertarian	Matthew Solodow	3%	4,601
Total Votes				152,917

2008
On November 4, 2008, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Tracey Smith (D) and Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	67.6%	181,662
	Democratic	Tracey Smith	30.6%	82,250
	Libertarian	Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh	1.8%	4,842
Total Votes				268,754

2006
On November 7, 2006, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated John Morris (D) and Gardner Osbourne (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	66.9%	98,371
	Democratic	John Morris	31.1%	45,676
	Libertarian	Gardner Osbourne	2%	2,888
Total Votes				146,935

2004
On November 2, 2004, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Felix Alvarado (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	72.3%	173,222
	Democratic	Felix Alvarado	27.7%	66,316
Total Votes				239,538

2002
On November 5, 2002, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Edward Hanson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	91.9%	121,208
	Libertarian	Edward Hanson	8.1%	10,723
Total Votes				131,931

2000
On November 7, 2000, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Mark Greene (D) and Ricky Clay (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	62.7%	117,739
	Democratic	Mark Greene	36%	67,612
	Libertarian	Ricky Clay	1.4%	2,565
Total Votes				187,916

1998
On November 3, 1998, Kay Granger won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Tom Hall (D) and Paul Barthel (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger incumbent	61.9%	66,740
	Democratic	Tom Hall	36.3%	39,084
	Libertarian	Paul Barthel	1.8%	1,917
Total Votes				107,741

1996
On November 5, 1996, Kay Granger won election to the United States House. She defeated Hugh Parmer (D) and Heather Proffer (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kay Granger	57.8%	98,349
	Democratic	Hugh Parmer	41%	69,859
	Natural Law	Heather Proffer	1.2%	1,996
Total Votes				170,204

1994
On November 8, 1994, Pete Geren won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ernest Anderson, Jr. (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pete Geren incumbent	68.7%	96,372
	Republican	Ernest Anderson, Jr.	31.3%	43,959
Total Votes				140,331

1992
On November 3, 1992, Pete Geren won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Hobbs (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pete Geren incumbent	62.8%	125,492
	Republican	David Hobbs	37.2%	74,432
Total Votes				199,924

1990
On November 6, 1990, Pete Geren won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike McGinn (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 12 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pete Geren incumbent	71.3%	98,026
	Republican	Mike McGinn	28.7%	39,438
Total Votes				137,464

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 12th 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+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' 12th the 116th 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+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 12th the 119th 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) 58.3%-40.1%.

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+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 12th the 122nd 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 40.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 58.3%.

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+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' 12th Congressional District the 50th 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 1.04. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.04 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 12th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 12th 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)