Texas's 6th congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 814,151 [2] |
Median household income | $75,166 [2] |
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Cook PVI | R+15 [3] |
Texas's 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes Ellis and Navarro counties to the south and southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County. As of the 2010 census, the 6th district represented 698,498 people. [4] The district is currently represented by Republican Jake Ellzey.
The district was represented by Joe Barton from 1985 until 2019. [5] Other notable representatives include Olin "Tiger" Teague and Phil Gramm. The latter served as a Democrat, then notably resigned and ran as a Republican to win the ensuing special election.
A special election to fill the seat was held on May 1, 2021, with the winner being determined in a July 27 runoff after no candidate received a majority of the vote. In the runoff, Republican state representative Jake Ellzey defeated fellow Republican Susan Wright (the widow of Ron Wright and the endorsee of former President Donald Trump), [6] [7] winning the seat.
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Bush 66 – 34% |
2004 | President | Bush 66 – 34% |
2008 | President | McCain 57 – 42% |
2012 | President | Romney 58 – 41% |
2016 | President | Trump 54 – 42% |
2020 | President | Trump 51 - 48% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 168,767 | 66.0 | −4.3 | |
Democratic | Morris Meyer | 83,609 | 32.7 | +5.0 | |
Libertarian | Stephen Schrader | 3,251 | 1.3 | +0.1 | |
Turnout | 255,627 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing | -4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 91,927 | 60.5 | −5.5 | |
Democratic | David Harris | 56,369 | 37.1 | +4.4 | |
Libertarian | Carl Nulsen | 3,740 | 2.5 | +1.2 | |
Turnout | 152,036 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 174,008 | 62.0 | +1.5 | |
Democratic | Ludwig Otto | 99,919 | 35.6 | −1.5 | |
Libertarian | Max Kock, III | 6,655 | 2.4 | −0.1 | |
Turnout | 280,582 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 107,140 | 65.9 | +3.9 | |
Democratic | David Cozad | 50,717 | 31.2 | −4.4 | |
Libertarian | Byron Severns | 4,700 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 162,557 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 145,019 | 58.0 | −7.9 | |
Democratic | Kenneth Sanders | 98,053 | 39.2 | +8.0 | |
Libertarian | Hugh Chauvin | 4,847 | 1.9 | −1.0 | |
Green | Brandon Parmer | 2,017 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Turnout | 249,936 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 92,334 | 61.1 | +3.1 | |
Democratic | David Cozad | 55,027 | 36.4 | −2.8 | |
Libertarian | Hugh Chauvin | 3,635 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 150,996 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 159,444 | 58.3 | −2.8 | |
Democratic | Ruby Faye Woolridge | 106,667 | 39.0 | +2.6 | |
Green | Darrel Smith | 7,185 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Turnout | 273,296 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ron Wright | 135,779 | 53.1 | −5.2 | |
Democratic | Jana Lynne Sanchez | 116,040 | 45.4 | +6.4 | |
Libertarian | Jason Harber | 3,724 | 1.5 | −0.9 | |
Turnout | 255,543 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ron Wright (incumbent) | 179,507 | 52.8 | −0.3 | |
Democratic | Stephen Daniel | 149,530 | 44.0 | −1.4 | |
Libertarian | Melanie A. Black | 10,955 | 3.2 | +1.7 | |
Turnout | 339,992 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Primary election | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Republican | Susan Wright | 15,052 | 19.21 | |
Republican | Jake Ellzey | 10,851 | 13.85 | |
Democratic | Jana Sanchez | 10,497 | 13.39 | |
Republican | Brian Harrison | 8,476 | 10.81 | |
Democratic | Shawn Lassiter | 6,964 | 8.89 | |
Republican | John Anthony Castro | 4,321 | 5.51 | |
Democratic | Tammy Allison Holloway | 4,238 | 5.41 | |
Democratic | Lydia Bean | 2,920 | 3.73 | |
Republican | Michael Wood | 2,503 | 3.19 | |
Republican | Michael Ballantine | 2,224 | 2.84 | |
Republican | Dan Rodimer | 2,086 | 2.66 | |
Democratic | Daryl J. Eddings Sr. | 1,652 | 2.11 | |
Republican | Mike Egan | 1,543 | 1.97 | |
Democratic | Patrick Moses | 1,189 | 1.52 | |
Democratic | Manuel R. Salazar III | 1,119 | 1.43 | |
Republican | Sery Kim | 888 | 1.13 | |
Republican | Travis Rodermund | 460 | 0.59 | |
Independent | Adrian Mizher | 351 | 0.45 | |
Democratic | Brian K. Stephenson | 271 | 0.35 | |
Libertarian | Phil Gray | 265 | 0.34 | |
Democratic | Matthew Hinterlong | 252 | 0.32 | |
Republican | Jennifer Garcia Sharon | 150 | 0.19 | |
Democratic | Chris Suprun | 102 | 0.13 | |
Total votes | 78,374 | 100 | ||
General election | ||||
Republican | Jake Ellzey | 20,837 | 53.27 | |
Republican | Susan Wright | 18,279 | 46.73 | |
Total votes | 39,116 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
This special election took place after Wright died from health complications related to COVID-19 on February 7, 2021. [9]
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