Texas's 33rd congressional district

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Texas's 33rd congressional district
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Texas's 33rd congressional district – since January 3, 2023.
Representative
Distribution
  • 99.98% urban
  • 0.02% rural
Population (2023)734,551 [1]
Median household
income
$62,386 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+24 [2]

Texas's 33rd congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 census. [3] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and were seated for the 113th United States Congress. [4]

Contents

Texas's 33rd congressional district is composed of two counties in Texas—Dallas County and Tarrant County. In Dallas County, the district covers parts of Dallas, Irving, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Carrollton and all of Cockrell Hill. In Tarrant County, the district includes parts of Arlington, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Haltom City, Saginaw and Sansom Park, and all of Everman.[ needs update ]

It is currently represented by Democrat Marc Veasey.

Election results from presidential races

YearOfficeResult
2012 President Obama 72.6% – Romney 27.3%
2016 President Clinton 75.4% – Trump 24.6%
2018 Senate O'Rourke 77.9% – Cruz 22.1%
Governor Valdez 74.0% – Abbott 26.0%
2020 President Biden 74.0% – Trump 26.0%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyCounties represented
District established January 3, 2013
Marc Veasey, Official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg
Marc Veasey
(Fort Worth)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2013–2023
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Parts of Dallas and Tarrant [5]
2023–present
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Parts of Dallas and Tarrant [6]

Election results

2012 election

Marc Veasey and Domingo García took the top two spots in the May 29, 2012, Democratic Primary. Veasey won the runoff on July 31 to determine who would face the Republican nominee, Chuck Bradley, in the general election. [7] Veasey won the general election and was seated in the new district.

2012 Texas's 33rd congressional district election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey 85,114 72.51% N/A
Republican Chuck Bradley30,25225.77%N/A
Green Ed Lindsay2,0091.71%N/A
Total votes117,375 100.00%
Democratic win (new seat)

2014 election

2014 Texas's 33rd congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey (incumbent) 43,769 86.51% +14.00
Libertarian Jason Reeves6,82313.49%N/A
Total votes50,592 100.00%
Democratic hold

2016 election

2016 Texas's 33rd congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey (incumbent) 93,147 73.71% –12.80
Republican M. Mark Mitchell33,22226.29%N/A
Total votes126,369 100.00%
Democratic hold

2018 election

2018 Texas's 33rd congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey (incumbent) 90,805 76.16% +2.45
Republican Willie Billups26,12021.91%–4.38
Libertarian Jason Reeves2,2991.93%N/A
Total votes119,224 100.00%
Democratic hold

2020 election

2020 Texas's 33rd congressional district election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey (incumbent) 105,317 66.82% –9.34
Republican Fabian Vasquez39,63825.15%+3.24
Independent Carlos Quintanilla8,0715.12%N/A
Libertarian Jason Reeves2,5861.64%–0.29
Independent Rene Welton1,9941.26%N/A
Total votes157,606 100.00%
Democratic hold

2022 election

2022 Texas's 33rd congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marc Veasey (incumbent) 82,081 71.98% +5.16
Republican Patrick Gillespie29,20325.61%−0.46
Libertarian Ken Ashby2,7462.41%+0.77
Total votes114,030 100.00%
Democratic hold

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