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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. Texas has a total of 38 seats as of 2024.
Despite the July 2015 Florida Supreme Court ruling overturning a blatantly redistricted congressional map, in which the 2012 legislature redrew Tampa's 14th District to include portions of the City of Saint Petersburg and black populations in southern Pinellas County, Governor DeSantis' administration redrew Pinellas County's 13th District to be exclusive of these known Democratic areas.
Texas received an eighth congressional district through reapportionment in 1881 as a result of population growth reflected in the 1880 census and in 1883, James Francis Miller, a Democrat, was elected its first representative. From 1882-1892 the district was located in South Central Texas between Houston and San Antonio and was represented by ...
Houston: Elected in 1976. Lost re-election. Sylvia Garcia: Democratic January 3, 2019 – present 29th: Houston: Elected in 2018. Incumbent. John Nance Garner: Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933 15th: Uvalde: Elected in 1902. Resigned to become Vice President of the United States. Clyde L. Garrett: Democratic January 3, 1937 – January ...
Texas's 7th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives comprises a small area of southwestern Houston and Harris County, along with a northern portion of suburban Fort Bend County. As of the 2000 census, the 7th district comprises 651,620 people. Since 2019, it has been represented by Democrat Lizzie Fletcher.
The 145th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains parts of Houston. The current representative is Christina Morales , who has represented the district since 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
US House election, 2018: Texas District 29 [12] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Sylvia Garcia: 88,188 : 75.1 : Republican: Phillip Aronoff 28,098 23.9 Libertarian: Cullen Burns 1,199 1.0 Independent: Johnathan Garza (write-in) 9 0.0 Total votes 117,494 : 100 : Democratic hold
The Memorial Villages and a portion of the city of Houston are also located within the district. The district was created in the redistricting after the 2020 census, where Texas gained two seats in the House. The district was first contested in the 2022 House elections, sending a member to the 118th United States Congress. [4] [3]