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Texas's 38th congressional district is a congressional district in Texas, covering parts of Harris County. It includes the Houston suburbs of Jersey Village, Cypress, Tomball, Greater Katy, and Klein. [3] The Memorial Villages and a portion of the city of Houston are also located within the district.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Texas's 37th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives was created as a result of the 2020 census. [3] The district is contained predominantly in Travis County with a small portion of southern Williamson County , and consists of the majority of the city of Austin as well as small areas of its suburbs.
Texas's 31st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers a strip of Central Texas from the northern Austin suburbs up to Temple and Gatesville. The district is centered around Bell and Williamson counties, two fast-growing suburban counties north of Austin; it includes the Williamson County portion of Austin itself.
Humphrey Jackson (1784–1833) [5] moved to Texas from Louisiana in September 1823 and built a log cabin outside Austin's colony on the San Jacinto River, 0.5 miles (800 m) west of the site of present-day Crosby. On August 16, 1824, the Baron de Bastrop granted him title to a league and a labor of land, including the place where he had settled ...
In the U.S. state of Texas, a constable is an elected law enforcement officer for a precinct of a county. Counties may have between one and eight precincts each depending on their population. The constables are provided for in the Texas Constitution of 1876 (Article 5, Section 18). The term of office for Texas constables is four years.
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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 18 [7] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent) 180,952 : 73.3 : Republican: Wendell Champion 58,033 23.5 Libertarian: Luke Spencer 4,514 1.8 Independent: Vince Duncan 3,396 1.4 Total votes 246,895 : 100.0 : Democratic hold