Texas's 11th congressional district

Texas's 11th congressional district
Texas's 11th congressional district
	Texas's 11th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	August Pfluger ; R–San Angelo
Distribution	71.66% urban; 28.34% rural;
Population (2023)	790,592
Median household; income	$67,226
Ethnicity	43.7% White ; 38.6% Hispanic ; 10.8% Black ; 3.7% Two or more races ; 2.0% Asian ; 1.2% other;
Cook PVI	R+23

Last updated September 23, 2024

Texas's 11th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the midwestern portion of the state of Texas, stretching from the Permian Basin through the Hill Country. Major cities in the district include: Andrews, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Killeen, and Brownwood. The current Representative from the 11th district is Republican August Pfluger.

Texas has had at least 11 districts since 1883. The current configuration dates from the 2003 Texas redistricting; its first congressman, Mike Conaway, took office in 2005. It is one of the most Republican districts in the nation. Much of the territory now in the district began shaking off its Democratic roots far sooner than the rest of Texas. For instance, Barry Goldwater did very well in much of this area in 1964, and Midland itself last supported a Democrat for president in 1948. While Democrats continued to hold most local offices here well into the 1980s and continued to represent parts of the region through the 1990s, today Republicans dominate every level of government, usually winning by well over 70 percent of the vote. There are almost no elected Democrats left above the county level.

It was President George W. Bush's strongest district in the entire nation in the 2004 election. Since its creation, the Republicans have never dropped below 75 percent of the vote. The Democrats have only put up a candidate five times, only one of whom has even won 20 percent of the vote.

Conaway retired at the end of his eighth term in 2021. Pfluger won the Republican primary to succeed him. With Republicans having a nearly 10-to-1 advantage in registration, he was all but assured of victory in the general election.^[5]

From 1903-2005 the district was based in central Texas and contained Waco.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1883
Samuel W. T. Lanham (Weatherford)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1893	48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.^[6]	[ data missing ]
William H. Crain (Cuero)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – February 10, 1896	53rd 54th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Died.
Vacant		February 10, 1896 – April 7, 1896	54th
Rudolph Kleberg (Cuero)	Democratic	April 7, 1896 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Crain's term. Re-elected in 1896 Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Retired.
Robert L. Henry (Waco)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1917	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Tom Connally (Marlin)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Oliver H. Cross (Waco)	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1937	71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Retired.
William R. Poage (Waco)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – December 31, 1978	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired and then resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979	95th
Marvin Leath (Waco)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1991	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired.
Chet Edwards (Waco)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2005	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Redistricted to the 17th district .
Chet Edwards (Waco)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2005	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th		2003-2013
Mike Conaway (Midland)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2021	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	2003-2013
Mike Conaway (Midland)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2021	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th		2013–2023 Andrews, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Erath (part), Glasscock, Hood, Irion, Kimble, Llano, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mills, Mitchell, Palo Pinto, Runnels, San Saba, Stephens (part), Sterling, Tom Green ^[7]
August Pfluger (San Angelo)	Republican	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
August Pfluger (San Angelo)	Republican	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2023–present Bell (part), Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Ector, Glasscock, Irion, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Sterling, Tom Green ^[8]

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 65 – 33%
2004	President	Bush 78 – 22%
2008	President	McCain 75 – 24%
2012	President	Romney 79 – 20%
2016	President	Trump 78 – 19%
2020	President	Trump 80 – 19%

Recent election results

2022 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	August Pfluger (incumbent)	151,066	100.0
Total votes			151,066	100.0

2020 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	August Pfluger	231,781	79.71	−0.43
	Democratic	Jon Hogg	53,198	18.30	−0.14
	Libertarian	Wacey Cody	5,784	1.99	+0.56
Majority			178,583	61.41	−0.29
Turnout			290,763
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2018: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	176,603	80.14	−9.36
	Democratic	Jennie Leeder	40,631	18.44	+18.44
	Libertarian	Rhett Smith	3,143	1.43	−9.07
Majority			135,972	61.70	−17.30
Turnout			220,377
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2016: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	201,871	89.50	−0.77
	Libertarian	Nicholas Landholt	23,677	10.50	+0.77
Majority			178,194	79.00	−1.54
Turnout			225,548
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2014: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	107,939	90.27	+11.63
	Libertarian	Ryan Lange	11,635	9.73	+6.94
Majority			96,304	80.54	+20.47
Turnout			119,574
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2012: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	177,742	78.64	−2.20
	Democratic	Jim Riley	41,970	18.57	+3.13
	Libertarian	Scott Ballard	6,311	2.79	+0.01
Majority			135,772	60.07	−5.33
Turnout			226,023
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2010: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	125,581	80.84	−7.49
	Democratic	James Quillian	23,989	15.44	+3.77
	Libertarian	James Powell	4,321	2.78	+2.78
	Green	Jim Howe	1,449	0.93	+0.93
Majority			101,592	65.40	−11.26
Turnout			155,340
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2008: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	189,625	88.33	−11.67
	Libertarian	John Strohm	25,051	11.67	+11.67
Majority			164,574	76.66	−23.34
Turnout			214,676
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2006: Texas District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway (incumbent)	107,268	100.00	+23.24
Majority			107,268	100.00	+45.03
Turnout			107,268
	Republican hold		Swing

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Conaway	177,291	76.8%	+29.7%
	Democratic	Wayne Raasch	50,339	21.8%	−29.8%
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	3,347	1.4%	+0.1%
Majority			126,952	55.0%
Turnout			230,977
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	+29.7%

Historical district boundaries

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[1] "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.

[2] "My Congressional District".

[3] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-4] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[poised-5] Campbell, Bob (April 21, 2020). "Pfluger poised for Congress: GOP nominee sketches grassroots action". Odessa American . Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.

[6] United States Congress. "LANHAM, Samuel Willis Tucker (id: L000078)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[7] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2100" (PDF). Capitol Data Portal. Texas Legislative Council. August 26, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

[8] "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2193" (PDF). Capitol Data Portal. Texas Legislative Council. October 17, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.

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