Texas' 21st Congressional District

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Texas' 21st Congressional District
Incumbent
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

2024

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

Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chip Roy
Chip Roy (R)
 
62.1
 
251,905
Image of Kristin Hook
Kristin Hook (D) Candidate Connection
 
35.9
 
145,361
Image of Bob King
Bob King (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
8,203

Total votes: 405,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kristin Hook
Kristin Hook Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
28,579

Total votes: 28,579
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chip Roy
Chip Roy
 
100.0
 
96,610

Total votes: 96,610
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
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2022

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 330,081
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Democratic primary runoff election

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

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Claudia Zapata
Claudia Zapata Candidate Connection
 
63.5
 
13,886
Image of Ricardo Villarreal
Ricardo Villarreal Candidate Connection
 
36.5
 
7,996

Total votes: 21,882
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Democratic primary election

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

Total votes: 35,156
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 93,821
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2020

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 453,750
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 98,078
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chip Roy
Chip Roy
 
100.0
 
75,389

Total votes: 75,389
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Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

Candidate
Image of Arthur DiBianca
Arthur DiBianca (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 21st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 353,617
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Democratic primary runoff election

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

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joseph Kopser
Joseph Kopser Candidate Connection
 
57.9
 
14,765
Image of Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson
 
42.1
 
10,722

Total votes: 25,487
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Republican primary runoff election

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

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

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

Total votes: 34,331
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 21

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

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

Total votes: 50,932
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Republican primary election

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

Total votes: 71,789
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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.[1][2]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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
Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas 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 Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[3]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[4]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[5]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[6]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[7]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[8]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[9]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[10]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1998
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[11]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1996
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[12]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1994
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[13]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1992
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[14]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1990
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[15]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1988
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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.[16]

U.S. House, Texas District 21 General Election, 1986
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngLamar 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

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas 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.[17] 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.[18] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.[19] 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.[20]

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:[20]

  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."[20]

Texas District 21
until January 2, 2023

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Texas District 21
starting January 3, 2023

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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.[21][22][23]

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

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.[24]

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%.[25]

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.[26]

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%.[27]

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.[28]

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.[29]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
  2. The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
  3. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Texas," November 6, 2012
  4. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  5. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
  12. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," accessed March 28, 2013
  13. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1992," accessed March 28, 2013
  14. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," accessed March 28, 2013
  15. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1988," accessed March 28, 2013
  16. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986," accessed March 28, 2013
  17. 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
  18. Texas Legislature Online, "SB 6," accessed October 20, 2021
  19. 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
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Al Green (D)
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Chip Roy (R)
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