Texas's 146th State House of Representatives district | |||
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Demographics | 16.4% White 45.7% Black 29.6% Hispanic 8.8% Asian | ||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 192,277 146,202 |
The 146th district of the Texas House of Representatives contains parts of Houston. The current representative is Lauren Ashley Simmons who won over the incumbent Shawn Thierry in the November 2024 general election. [1] [2]
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