Texas's 35th congressional district

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas US Congressional District 35 (since 2013).tif
Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Lloyd Doggett
D–Austin
Distribution
  • 95.99% urban[1]
  • 4.01% rural
Population (2019)857,654[2]
Median household
income		$53,898[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+15[4]

Texas's 35th congressional district is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[5] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, were seated for the 113th United States Congress.[6] This election was won by Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented Texas's 25th congressional district before redistricting.[7] The shape of the district has been described as one of the ten most gerrymandered in the United States.[8]

Texas's 35th congressional district includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area (primarily black-and Hispanic-majority areas), including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays, and a portion of Caldwell county, as well as portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County.[9]

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.[10] In August 2017, there was another ruling that the district is unconstitutional.[11] However, the district was allowed to stand in the Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.[12]

Election results from presidential races[]

Year Office Result
2012 President Obama 63 - 35%
2016 President Clinton 64 - 30%
2020 President Biden 68 - 31%


List of representatives[]

Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District created January 3, 2013
Lloyd Doggett, Official Portrait, c112th Congress.jpg
Lloyd Doggett 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th 		Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 37th district. 		2013–present
Texas US Congressional District 35 (since 2013).tif
Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis counties.

Election results[]

2012[]

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2012[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lloyd Doggett 105,626 63.94%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 52,894 32.02%
Libertarian Ross Lynn Leonne 4,082 2.47%
Green Meghan Owen 2,540 1.53%
Majority 52,732 31.92%
Total votes 165,179 100%

2014[]

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2014[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 60,124 62.48% −1.46%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 32,040 33.29% +1.27%
Libertarian Cory W. Bruner 2,767 2.87% +.4%
Green Kat Swift 1,294 1.34% −.19%
Majority 28,084 29.19%
Total votes 96,225 100%
Democratic hold Swing −1.46%

2016[]

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2016[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 124,613 63.07% +0.59%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 62,384 31.57% -1.72%
Libertarian Rhet Rosenquest Smith 6,504 3.29% +.42%
Green Scott Trimble 4,076 2.06% +.62%
Majority 62,228 31.50% +2.31%
Total votes 197,516 100%
Democratic hold Swing +0.59%

2018[]

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2018[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 138,278 71.25% +8.18%
Republican David Smalling 50,553 26.05% -5.52%
Libertarian Clark Patterson 5,236 2.70% +.64%
Majority 87,725 45.20% +13.70%
Total votes 194,067 100%
Democratic hold Swing +8.18%

2020[]

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 176,373 65.4
Republican Jennifer Garcia Sharon 80,795 30.0
Libertarian Mark Loewe 7,393 2.7
Independent Jason Mata 5,236 1.9
Total votes 269,797 100.0
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)".
  2. ^ "My Congressional District".
  3. ^ "My Congressional District".
  4. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  6. ^ "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  7. ^ "Congressional District 35 election results". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  8. ^ Ingraham, Christopher (May 15, 2014). "America's most gerrymandered congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  9. ^ "DistrictViewer". Texas Legislative Council. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  10. ^ "Federal Court Rules Three Texas Congressional Districts Illegally Drawn" by Laurel Wamsley, NPR, March 11, 2017
  11. ^ "Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map" by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, August 15, 2017
  12. ^ "Sotomayor: Supreme Court racial gerrymandering ruling comes at "serious costs to our democracy"". June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  13. ^ Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2012 General Election"
  14. ^ Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2014 General Election"
  15. ^ Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2016 General Election"
  16. ^ Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2018 General Election"

External links[]

Coordinates: 29°50′24″N 97°36′36″W / 29.8400°N 97.6100°W / 29.8400; -97.6100

Retrieved from ""