Texas's 65th State House of Representatives district | |||
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Demographics | 51.6% White 13.3% Black 19.0% Hispanic 14.4% Asian | ||
Population (2020) • Voting age | 202,249 154,144 |
District 65 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County.
The current representative is Kronda Thimesch, who was elected in 2022. Democrat Beckley could not run for re-election in 2022, as 2021 redistricting resulted in her being drawn outside of the district's new boundaries. [1] [2]
The district is located wholly within Denton County, representing southern portions of the county. The district includes northeastern parts of Lewisville, north half of Carrollton, all of Bartonville, Northlake, Justin, and Double Oak. As well as portions of Plano, and a very small part of Dallas that extends into Denton County. [3]
From 1920 to 1951, District 65 was a floterial district covering Burleson, Lee and Milam counties.
From 2012 to 2032, the district represents portions of southern Denton County, namely parts of Lewisville and Carrollton. [3]
Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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2022 | 40.21% 28,878 | 59.79%42,934 | - |
2020 | 51.51%40,529 | 48.49% 38,156 | - |
2018 | 51.16%29,972 | 48.84% 28,614 | - |
2016 | 43.74% 26,759 | 56.26%34,418 | - |
2014 | 35.69% 10,440 | 64.31%18,812 | - |
2012 | 38.58% 20,481 | 59.12%31,386 | 2.31% 1,224 |
Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
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5th | Benjamin Franklin Neal | Unknown | December 27, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio |
6th | Jerome B. McCown | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | ||
7th | Somers Kinney | November 5, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | ||
8th | Henry Kinney | November 7, 1859 | February 9, 1861 | ||
Alfred Marmaduke Hobby | March 19, 1861 | November 4, 1861 | |||
9th | Washington Edmund Goodrich | November 4, 1861 | November 2, 1863 | Guadalupe | |
10th | Henry Maney | November 6, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | ||
11th | Middleton S. Dunn | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||
15th | John T. Haynes | Republican | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Travis |
16th | Felix Ezell Smith | Democratic | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | |
17th | Fred Carleton | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | ||
18th | Henry Jacob Labatt | January 9, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | Galveston | |
19th | Lorenzo Clarke Fisher | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | ||
20th | Walter Gresham | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | ||
21st | January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | |||
22nd | Miles Crowley | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | ||
23rd | Spencer Young | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Bell | |
Shelby N. Strange | |||||
24th | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | |||
Daniel Edwin Patterson | |||||
25th | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | |||
L. M. Benson | |||||
26th | Huling Parker Robertson | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | ||
William Tecumseh Shannon | |||||
27th | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | |||
William Attress Craddock | |||||
28th | John Emery Crawford | January 13, 1903 | September 12, 1903 | Robertson | |
29th | William T. Bartholomew | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||
30th | Jacob Leonard Goodman | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | ||
31st | January 12, 1909 | January 10, 1911 | |||
32nd | Daniel F. Parker | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | ||
33rd | Randolph Roy Tyson | January 14, 1913 | January 12, 1915 | Milam | |
34th | Campbell McCleary Beard | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||
35th | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | |||
36th | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | |||
37th | Isaac W. "Ike" Looney | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | ||
38th | Oscar Dudley Baker | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Burleson, Lee, Milam | |
39th | Ed R. Sinks | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | ||
40th | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | |||
41st | January 8, 1929 | January 13, 1931 | |||
42nd | James Joseph Elliott | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | ||
43rd | Jesse James | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | ||
44th | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | |||
45th | January 12, 1937 | September 1, 1937 | |||
Henry Grady "Bud" Lehman | September 27, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | |||
46th | January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | |||
47th | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | |||
48th | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | |||
49th | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | |||
50th | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | |||
51st | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | |||
52nd | January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | |||
53rd | Jim Pearce Johnson (65-1), Obie E. Jones (65-2) Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65-3) | January 13, 1953 | January 11, 1955 | Travis | |
54th | January 11, 1955 | January 8, 1957 | |||
55th | Wilson Farrell Foreman (65-1), Obie E. Jones (65-2), Charles Lloyd Sandahl Jr. (65-3) | January 8, 1957 | January 13, 1959 | ||
56th | January 13, 1959 | January 10, 1961 | |||
57th | January 10, 1961 | January 8, 1963 | |||
58th | James Terrell "Terry" Townsend | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Burnet Gillespie, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba | |
59th | January 12, 1965 | January 10, 1967 | |||
60th | Hilary Brumley Doran Jr. | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Menard, Schleicher, Sutton, Val Verde | |
61st | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | |||
62nd | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | |||
63rd | H. Bryan Poff Jr. | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Carson, Potter, Randall | |
64th | Bob Simpson | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | ||
65th | January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | |||
66th | January 9, 1979 | January 13, 1981 | |||
67th | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | |||
68th | Jim Parker | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, McCulloch, Runnels | |
69th | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | |||
70th | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | |||
71st | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | |||
72nd | January 8, 1991 | January 15, 1991 | |||
Robert Ray "Bob" Turner | March 6, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | |||
73rd | Ben M. Campbell | Republican | January 12, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Denton |
74th | Burt Solomons | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | ||
75th | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | |||
76th | January 12, 1991 | January 9, 2001 | |||
77th | January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | |||
78th | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | |||
79th | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | |||
80th | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | |||
81st | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | |||
82nd | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | |||
83rd | Ron Simmons | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | ||
84th | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | |||
85th | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | |||
86th | Michelle Beckley | Democratic | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | |
87th | January 12, 2021 | 2023 | |||
88th | Kronda Thimesch | Republican | 2023 | 2025 |
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