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The district's configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting, when most of the old 9th district was split among three neighboring districts. The four-term Democratic incumbent in the 9th district, Nick Lampson , was unseated by Republican Ted Poe , a longtime felony-court judge in Harris County.
Map of Texas's congressional districts since 2023 Interactive map version. A long history exists of various individuals serving in the congressional delegations from the State of Texas to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, with all of this occurring after Texas as a territory was annexed as a State in December 1865.
[48] [50] [51] The new map did not place any non-at-large congressman in the same district as another, and it left an open seat in East Texas for at-large congressman George B. Terrell to run in. [b] The map also gave Harris, Dallas, and Bexar counties individual congressmen, the first time any congressional district in Texas had been made up ...
The district is "ground zero for the border crisis," said Adam Hinojosa, the district's state senator-elect, who, according to the Texas Tribune, will be the first Republican to represent any part ...
The Texas Legislature drew new maps for Texas' congressional districts to account for the two new congressional districts it gained through the 2020 census. The Republican Party had a trifecta in the Texas Government at the time, giving them full control of the redistricting process. [6]
A special election to fill the vacancy of a state legislator is a direct election with no primary, per Texas Election Code, Title 12 Sec. 203.002. [5]) By the deadline on September 6, 2023, six candidates had filed for a place on the ballot [6] to fill the vacant seat for House District 2. Five candidates filed as Republicans (Jill Dutton ...
The 2024 Texas House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. [1] The winners of this election will serve in the 89th Texas Legislature . It was held alongside numerous other federal, state, and local elections, including the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the 2024 Texas Senate election .
District 2 of the Texas Senate is a senatorial district that serves all of Kaufman, Navarro, Rockwall, and Van Zandt counties, and portions of Collin, Dallas, and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The current senator from District 2 is Bob Hall.