Texas's 66th House of Representatives district

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Texas's 66th State
House of Representatives
district
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Representative
  Matt Shaheen
R – Plano
Demographics55.3%  White
10.0%  Black
12.5%  Hispanic
20.4%  Asian
Population (2020)
 • Voting age		198,718
149,863

The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County, including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen, a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015. [1]

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Upon being moved to Collin County in 1993, district 66 became a suburban Republican stronghold; recently however, the district has become increasingly competitive, with Democrats coming within 1 percentage point of flipping the district in both 2018 and 2020. [2]

As a result of the 2021 redistricting, the district will represent parts of Frisco, Plano, Prosper, and Celina. [3]

Statewide election results

Election results from recent statewide races:

District 66 vote by party in presidential elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2020 53.73%47,84444.62% 39,7291.65% 1,471
District 66 vote by party in Class I Senate elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2018 52.51% 36,76946.79% 32,7600.70% 488
District 66 vote by party in Class II Senate elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2020 48.89% 42,68848.99%42,7682.12% 1,852
District 66 vote by party in gubernatorial elections [2]
Year Democratic Republican Third parties
2018 44.17% 30,66854.01%37,5041.82% 1,262

List of representatives

Legislature [4] RepresentativePartyTerm startTerm endCounties represented
3rd Hamilton P. Bee Unknown18491851 Webb
4th 18511853
5th 18531855
6th 18551857
7th 18571859
8th Bacilio Benavides18591861
9th John Staehely18611862 Comal
10th Herman Seele18631866
11th Daniel Murchison18661870
12th-14thUnknown
15th James Monroe Swisher Republican 18761879 Blanco, Travis
16th James T.W. Loe Greenback 18791881
17th Albert W.H. Moursund Democratic 18811883
18th 18831885 Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton
19th James Knox White18851887
20th Charles Irvin Battle18871889
21st Richard H.D. Sorrell II18891891
22nd Green Cameron Duncan18911893
23rd Robert Henry Rogers18931893 McLennan
Seth Phineas Mills18931895
24th 18951897
Cullen Thomas18951897
25th Albert Sidney Bird18971899
25th James Sluder18971899
26th Pat Morriss Neff 18991901
27th 19011903
Henry B. Terrell19011903
28th Edward Flynn English19031905 Milam, Robertson
29th James Joseph Elliott19051907
30th Clifford Braly19071909
31st Richard Boswell19091911
32nd LeRoy Hamilton Hillyer19111913
33rd William Riley Butler19131915 Bell
34th 19151917
35th 19171919
36th Charles William Barrett19191921
37th 19211923
38th John H. WesslesRepublican19231925 Fayette
39th James PavlicaDemocratic19251926
40th 19271929
41st 19291931
42nd Gus Herzik19311933
43rd James Pavlica19331935
44th Gus Herzik19351937
45th 19371939
46th John Abness Kerr19391941
47th Rudolph B. Spacek19411943
48th 19411943
49th 19431945
50th 19451947
51st 19491951
52nd 19511953
53rd Max Carlton Smith19531955 Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
54th 19551957
55th 19571959
56th 19591961
57th Henry Arnold Fletcher19611963
58th James E. Nugent 19631965 Bandera, Concho, Crockett, Edwards,

Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton

59th 19651967
60th Gene Hendryx19671969 Brewster, Coke, Crane, Glasscock,

Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Sterling, Terrell, Upton, Ward

61st George Baker19691971
62nd 19711973
63rd Phil Cates19731975 Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth,

Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler

64th 19751977
65th 19771979
66th Foster Whaley 19791981
67th 19811983
68th Dick Burnett19831985 Coke, Mitchell, Tom Green, Sterling
69th 19851987
70th 19871989
71st Robert Junell 19891991
72nd 19911993
73rd Brian McCallRepublican19931995 Collin (part)
74th 19951997
75th 19971999
76th 19992001
77th 20012003
78th 20032005
79th 20052007
80th 20072009
81st 20092010
Van Taylor 20102011
82nd 20112013
83rd 20132015
84th Matt Shaheen 20152017
85th 20172019
86th 20192021
87th 20212023
88th20232025
89th20252027
90thTBDTBD20272029

Recent election results

Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Shaheen 24,631 100.00
Total votes24,631 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Shaheen 40,368 57.39
Democratic Gnanse Nelson27,24038.73
Libertarian Shawn W. Jones2,7263.88
Total votes70,334 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Shaheen 34,382 50.29
Democratic Sharon Hirsch33,99149.71
Total votes68,373 100.00
Republican hold
Texas House of Representatives, District 66, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Matt Shaheen 42,728 49.56
Democratic Sharon Hirsch41,87948.58
Libertarian Shawn W. Jones1,6001.86
Total votes86,207 100.00
Republican hold

Source [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Texas House of Representatives District 66". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Election Results". www.collincountytx.gov. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals" (PDF). data.capitol.texas.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Legislative Reference Library | Legislators and Leaders | Texas Legislators: Past & Present". lrl.texas.gov. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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