Texas's 35th congressional district

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Texas's 35th congressional district
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Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Greg Casar
DAustin
Distribution
  • 95.99% urban [1]
  • 4.01% rural
Population (2022)802,077 [2]
Median household
income
$71,075 [3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+21 [4]

Texas's 35th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States census. [5] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections and were seated for the 113th United States Congress. [6] This election was won by Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented Texas's 25th congressional district before redistricting. [7]

Contents

The district includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area (primarily black- and Hispanic-majority areas), including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays Counties, a portion of Caldwell County, and portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County. [8]

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent. [9] In August 2017, another panel of federal judges in San Antonio ruled that the district was unconstitutional. [10] However, the district was allowed to stand in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling. [11]

Greg Casar, from Austin, won the 2022 election for this seat; Doggett moved to the newly created 37th district, centered almost entirely on Austin and containing small amounts of its suburbs, and won the election there. As a result, Austin will be represented by two Democrats in the House.

With a Cook PVI of D+21 (as of 2023), it is now the second-most Democratic district that includes Austin. Only the 37th is more Democratic with a D+24 rating. [4]

Election results from presidential races

Results
YearOfficeResult
2012 President Obama 63 - 35%
2016 President Clinton 64 - 30%
2020 President Biden 68 - 31%


List of representatives

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District established January 3, 2013
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Lloyd Doggett
(Austin)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 37th district .
2013–2023
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Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis [12]
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Greg Casar
(Austin)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.2023–present
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Parts of Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis [13]

Election results

2012

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2012 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett 105,62663.94%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 52,89432.02%
Libertarian Ross Lynn Leonne4,0822.47%
Green Meghan Owen2,5401.53%
Majority52,73231.92%
Total votes165,179 100%

2014

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)60,12462.48%−1.46%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 32,04033.29%+1.27%
Libertarian Cory W. Bruner2,7672.87%+.4%
Green Kat Swift1,2941.34%−.19%
Majority28,08429.19%
Total votes96,225 100%
Democratic hold Swing −1.46%

2016

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2016 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)124,61363.07%+0.59%
Republican Susan Narvaiz 62,38431.57%-1.72%
Libertarian Rhet Rosenquest Smith6,5043.29%+.42%
Green Scott Trimble4,0762.06%+.62%
Majority62,22831.50%+2.31%
Total votes197,516 100%
Democratic hold Swing +0.59%

2018

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)138,27871.25%+8.18%
Republican David Smalling50,55326.05%-5.52%
Libertarian Clark Patterson5,2362.70%+.64%
Majority87,72545.20%+13.70%
Total votes194,067 100%
Democratic hold Swing +8.18%

2020

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lloyd Doggett (incumbent) 176,373 65.4
Republican Jennifer Garcia Sharon80,79530.0
Libertarian Mark Loewe7,3932.7
Independent Jason Mata5,2361.9
Total votes269,797 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Greg Casar 129,599 72.5
Republican Dan McQueen48,96927.4
Total votes178,568 100.0
Democratic hold

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