Texas' 21st Congressional District

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Texas' 21st Congressional District

Incumbent

Chip Roy

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Texas' 21st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Chip Roy (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 21st 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' 21st 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.

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Dan McQueen (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Dan McQueen (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Javi Andrade (D), Gary Taylor (D), Regina Vanburg (D), and Daniel Weber (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Javi Andrade
		Gary Taylor
		Regina Vanburg
		Daniel Weber

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Daniel Betts
	Submit photo	Jason Cahill
		Jacques DuBose
		Ezekiel Enriquez
	Submit photo	Denis Goulet
		Weston Martinez
		Matt Okerson
		Paul Rojas
		Kyle Sinclair
		Mark Teixeira
		Heather Tessmer
		Trey Trainor
		Mike Wheeler

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chip Roy (R)
• Jessica Karlsruher (R)

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) defeated Kristin Hook (D) and Bob King (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy (R)	61.9	263,744
		Kristin Hook (D)	36.1	153,765
		Bob King (L)	2.1	8,914

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 426,423
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan McQueen (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Kristin Hook (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kristin Hook	100.0	28,579

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,579
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	100.0	96,610

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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

Bob King (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Bob King

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See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) defeated Claudia Zapata (D) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy (R)	62.8	207,426
		Claudia Zapata (D)	37.2	122,655

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 330,081
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Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Claudia Zapata (D) defeated Ricardo Villarreal (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Zapata	63.5	13,886
		Ricardo Villarreal	36.5	7,996

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,882
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Zapata	47.2	16,604
✔		Ricardo Villarreal	27.3	9,590
		Coy Branscum	9.0	3,157
		David Anderson	8.6	3,038
		Scott Sturm	5.3	1,865
		Cherif Gacis	2.6	902

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,156
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) defeated Robert Lowry (R), Dana Zavorka (R), and Michael French (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	83.2	78,087
		Robert Lowry	8.1	7,642
		Dana Zavorka	4.5	4,206
		Michael French	4.1	3,886

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,821
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See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) defeated Wendy Davis (D), Arthur DiBianca (L), and Thomas Wakely (G) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy (R)	52.0	235,740
		Wendy Davis (D)	45.4	205,780
		Arthur DiBianca (L)	1.9	8,666
		Thomas Wakely (G)	0.8	3,564

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453,750
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Felts (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Wendy Davis (D) defeated Jennie Lou Leeder (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wendy Davis	86.3	84,593
		Jennie Lou Leeder	13.7	13,485

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,078
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bruce Boville (D)
• Alan Ellis (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Incumbent Chip Roy (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	100.0	75,389

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Green Party convention

Green convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

Thomas Wakely (G) advanced from the Green Party convention for U.S. House Texas District 21 on April 18, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Thomas Wakely

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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

		Candidate
✔		Arthur DiBianca

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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 21

Chip Roy (R) defeated Joseph Kopser (D) and Lee Santos (L) in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 21 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy (R)	50.2	177,654
		Joseph Kopser (D)	47.6	168,421
		Lee Santos (L)	2.1	7,542

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 353,6170
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Democratic primary runoff

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Joseph Kopser (D) defeated Mary Wilson (D) in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Kopser	57.9	14,765
		Mary Wilson	42.1	10,722

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 25,487
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Republican primary runoff

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21

Chip Roy (R) defeated Matt McCall (R) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 21 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	52.7	18,088
		Matt McCall	47.3	16,243

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 34,331
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

Mary Wilson (D) and Joseph Kopser (D) advanced to a runoff. They defeated Derrick Crowe (D) and Elliott McFadden (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Wilson	30.9	15,736
✔		Joseph Kopser	29.0	14,787
		Derrick Crowe	23.1	11,742
		Elliott McFadden	17.0	8,667

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,932
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Roy	27.1	19,428
✔		Matt McCall	16.9	12,152
		William Negley	15.5	11,163
		Jason Isaac	10.0	7,208
		Jenifer Sarver	5.6	4,027
		Robert Stovall	4.8	3,414
		Susan Narvaiz	3.8	2,720
		Francisco Canseco	3.5	2,489
		Ryan Krause	3.2	2,300
		Al Poteet	1.8	1,300
		Peggy Wardlaw	1.8	1,285
	Submit photo	Samuel Temple	1.4	1,020
		Anthony White	1.3	952
		Eric Burkhart	1.0	723
		Mauro Garza	0.9	663
		Autry Pruitt	0.6	455
	Submit photo	Foster Hagen	0.5	394
		Ivan Andarza	0.1	96

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,789
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Lamar Smith (R) defeated Thomas Wakely (D), Mark Loewe (L), and Antonio Diaz (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Smith defeated Matt McCall, John Murphy, and Todd Phelps in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Wakely defeated Tejas Vakil for the Democratic nomination.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith Incumbent	57%	202,967
	Democratic	Thomas Wakely	36.4%	129,765
	Libertarian	Mark Loewe	4.1%	14,735
	Green	Antonio Diaz	2.4%	8,564
Total Votes				356,031
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 21 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lamar Smith Incumbent	60.1%	69,866
Matt McCall	28.9%	33,624
Todd Phelps	5.7%	6,597
John Murphy	5.3%	6,200
Total Votes		116,287
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Thomas Wakely	59%	29,632
Tejas Vakil	41%	20,595
Total Votes		50,227
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 21st Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Lamar Smith (R) defeated Ryan Shields (L) and Antonio Diaz (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith Incumbent	71.8%	135,660
	Green	Antonio Diaz	14.7%	27,831
	Libertarian	Ryan Shields	13.5%	25,505
Total Votes				188,996
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 21st Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Lamar Smith (R) won re-election. He defeated Candace Duval (D) and John-Henry Liberty (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith Incumbent	60.5%	187,015
	Democratic	Candace E. Duval	35.4%	109,326
	Libertarian	John-Henry Liberty	4.1%	12,524
Total Votes				308,865
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Lainey Melnick (D) and James Arthur Strohm (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	68.9%	162,924
	Democratic	Lainey Melnick	27.9%	65,927
	Libertarian	James Arthur Strohm	3.3%	7,694
Total Votes				236,545

2008
On November 4, 2008, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Arthur Strohm (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	80%	243,471
	Libertarian	James Arthur Strohm	20%	60,879
Total Votes				304,350

2006
On November 7, 2006, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Courage (D), Gene Kelly (D), Tommy Calvert (I), James Arthur Strohm (L), James Lyle Peterson (I) and Mark Rossano (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	60.1%	122,486
	Democratic	John Courage	24.5%	49,957
	Democratic	Gene Kelly	9%	18,355
	Independent	Tommy Calvert	2.6%	5,280
	Libertarian	James Arthur Strohm	2%	4,076
	Independent	James Lyle Peterson	1.1%	2,189
	Independent	Mark Rossano	0.7%	1,439
Total Votes				203,782

2004
On November 2, 2004, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rhett Smith (D) and Jason Pratt (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	61.5%	209,774
	Democratic	Rhett Smith	35.5%	121,129
	Libertarian	Jason Pratt	3%	10,216
Total Votes				341,119

2002
On November 5, 2002, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Courage (D) and D. G. Roberts (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	72.9%	161,836
	Democratic	John Courage	25.3%	56,206
	Libertarian	D. G. Roberts	1.8%	4,051
Total Votes				222,093

2000
On November 7, 2000, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Green (D) and C. W. Steinbrecher (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	75.9%	251,049
	Democratic	Jim Green	22.2%	73,326
	Libertarian	C. W. Steinbrecher	2%	6,503
Total Votes				330,878

1998
On November 3, 1998, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey Charles Blunt (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	91.4%	165,047
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Charles Blunt	8.6%	15,561
Total Votes				180,608

1996
On November 5, 1996, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gordon Wharton (D) and Randy Rutenbeck (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	76.4%	205,830
	Democratic	Gordon Wharton	22.4%	60,338
	Natural Law	Randy Rutenbeck	1.2%	3,139
Total Votes				269,307

1994
On November 8, 1994, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kerry Lowry (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	90%	165,595
	Independent	Kerry Lowry	10%	18,480
Total Votes				184,075

1992
On November 3, 1992, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Gaddy (D) and William Grisham (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	72.2%	190,979
	Democratic	James Gaddy	23.7%	62,827
	Libertarian	William Grisham	4.1%	10,847
Total Votes				264,653

1990
On November 6, 1990, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kirby Roberts (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	74.8%	144,570
	Democratic	Kirby Roberts	25.2%	48,585
Total Votes				193,155

1988
On November 8, 1988, Lamar Smith won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Robinson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith incumbent	93.2%	203,989
	Libertarian	James Robinson	6.8%	14,801
Total Votes				218,790

1986
On November 4, 1986, Lamar Smith won election to the United States House. He defeated Pete Snelson (D) and Jim Robinson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lamar Smith	60.6%	100,346
	Democratic	Pete Snelson	38.5%	63,779
	Libertarian	Jim Robinson	0.9%	1,432
	N/A	Write-in	0%	10
Total Votes				165,567

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 21st 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' 21st the 104th 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+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' 21st the 105th 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) 59.1%-39.4%.

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+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' 21st the 109th 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 39.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 59.1%.

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+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 21st Congressional District the 136th 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 1.11. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.11 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 21st 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)