Texas's 25th congressional district

Texas's 25th congressional district
Texas's 25th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Roger Williams R–Austin
Distribution	67.47% urban[1] 32.53% rural
Population (2019)	818,807[2]
Median household income	$79,975[3]
Ethnicity	69.92% White 19.4% Hispanic 7.55% Black 2.59% Asian 0.54% Native American
Cook PVI	R+8[4]

Texas's 25th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives stretches from Fort Worth to Austin. Some towns entirely or partially in this district include Burleson, Cedar Park, Cleburne, Gatesville, Killeen, Leander, and Stephenville. This district also includes the Texas State Capitol, as well as the University of Texas. The district's current Representative is Roger Williams.

21st century redistrictings[]

For the 2004 elections, it had an elongated shape stretching from deep south Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border to Austin (informally known as "the fajita strip") as a result of mid-decade 2003 gerrymandering of Texas congressional districts. Representative Lloyd Doggett served this district from this point until 2013.

The district was redrawn again for the 2006 elections as the result of a lawsuit (see below).

In July 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law a redistricting plan ("C185"), approved by the Texas legislature in June, which gave the 25th district a completely different geography for the 2012 elections, including part of Travis County, and stretching north as far as southern Tarrant County near Fort Worth. The redistricting split Travis County into five districts, four of which were heavily Republican. As a result, the only realistic place for Lloyd Doggett to run in was the new 35th district (which by weight of population is more of a San Antonio district than an Austin district).

For a number of years, there was a consolidated lawsuit against the redistricting.^[5][6] In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the new 35th district and two others were illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.^[7] However, the district was allowed to stand in the Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.

Recent election results from statewide races[]

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1983.
Michael A. Andrews	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Ken Bentsen Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Chris Bell	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005	108th	Elected in 2002. Redistricted to the 9th district and lost renomination.
Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013	109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 35th district.
Roger Williams	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent elections[]

2004 election results[]

2006 election[]

On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's 2003 redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of the 23rd district. The main basis for the ruling was that the old 23rd was a protected majority-Hispanic district—in other words, if the 23rd was redrawn in a way to put Hispanics in a minority, a new majority-Hispanic district had to be created. Since the 25th was not compact enough to be an acceptable replacement, the 23rd had to be struck down. The size of the 23rd required the redrawing of nearly every district from El Paso to San Antonio.

As a result, on August 4, 2006, a three-judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, as well as for the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts. On election day in November, these five districts held open primaries; if any candidate received over 50%, they were elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December decided the seat.^[9]

The redrawn 25th was more compact and restricted to Central Texas, comprising more of Travis County, most of Bastrop County, and all of Hays, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Colorado Counties.[1]

Incumbent congressman Doggett faced Republican (formerly the Libertarian nominee), independent candidate , and Libertarian Party Barbara Cunningham, and won re-election.

2008 election[]

In the 2008 election Doggett faced Republican George Morovich, a structural engineer from La Grange and Libertarian Jim Stutsman, a retired Army veteran. Doggett won with 65.8% of the vote to Morovich's 30.5% and Stutsman's 3.7%. Doggett won 73.8% of the vote in his Austin-based stronghold of Travis County.

2010 election[]

Dogget faced Republican and "Tea Party favorite" Donna Campbell, and again held his seat, though by a surprisingly small margin.^[10]

2012 election[]

The new district boundaries were more favorable to Republicans, as had been foreseen.

2014 election[]

2016 election[]

2018 election[]

2020 election[]

References[]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 31°30′03″N 97°48′57″W / 31.50083°N 97.81583°W / 31.50083; -97.81583