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Indeed, since Vandergriff's defeat in 1984, no Democrat has crossed the 40 percent mark. As Denton County has become overwhelmingly Republican in recent years (all but one county officeholder is Republican, as are all members of the Texas Legislature representing the county), the 26th district is considered a "safe seat" for the GOP.
The district is located wholly within Denton County, representing southern portions of the county.The district includes northeastern parts of Lewisville, northern half of Carrollton, southern half of The Colony, all of Bartonville, Northlake, Justin, and Double Oak, as well as portions of Plano, Highland Village, Roanoke and small portions of Dallas and Fort Worth that extend into Denton County.
The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the county was native Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, [39] the only time since 1952 that the county has been carried by a Democrat. Denton swung rapidly into the Republican column at the federal level in the 1950s and 1960s as Dallas and Fort Worth's suburbs spilled into the county.
The Texas House of Representatives 57th district represents central and southern portions of Denton County, ... Democratic Republican Other; 2022 - 65.29% 39,934: 34 ...
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After the 2020 census was completed, the 13th district was heavily redrawn to incorporate Denton, an increasingly Democratic-leaning suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex which had previously anchored the 26th district. [5]
After nearly three weeks in the minority, Democrats have finally settled on a target to rally against: Elon Musk. The party and allied groups this week have shown up at the doors of agencies ...
BREAKING: The deep state in Tarrant Co. is alive and well. I discovered today the county has a scheme to use taxpayer dollars to bus Democrats to the polls.