Texas's 35th congressional district

Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas's 35th congressional district
	Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Greg Casar ; D–Austin
Distribution	95.99% urban; 4.01% rural;
Population (2023)	834,055
Median household; income	$73,349
Ethnicity	55.1% Hispanic ; 26.2% White ; 11.9% Black ; 3.2% Two or more races ; 2.9% Asian ; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+21

Last updated November 28, 2024

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]

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] The district roughly follows Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Austin.

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
Year	Office	Result
2012	President	Obama 63 - 35%
2016	President	Clinton 64 - 30%
2020	President of the US	Biden 68 - 31%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 2013
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 Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis ^[12]
Greg Casar (Austin)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present Parts of Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis ^[13]

Election results

2012

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2012 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett	105,626	63.94%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	52,894	32.02%
	Libertarian	Ross Lynn Leonne	4,082	2.47%
	Green	Meghan Owen	2,540	1.53%
Majority			52,732	31.92%
Total votes			165,179	100%

2014

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2014 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	60,124	62.48%	−1.46%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	32,040	33.29%	+1.27%
	Libertarian	Cory W. Bruner	2,767	2.87%	+.4%
	Green	Kat Swift	1,294	1.34%	−.19%
Majority			28,084	29.19%
Total votes			96,225	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	−1.46%

2016

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2016 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	124,613	63.07%	+0.59%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	62,384	31.57%	−1.72%
	Libertarian	Rhet Rosenquest Smith	6,504	3.29%	+.42%
	Green	Scott Trimble	4,076	2.06%	+.62%
Majority			62,228	31.50%	+2.31%
Total votes			197,516	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.59%

2018

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2018 ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	138,278	71.25%	+8.18%
	Republican	David Smalling	50,553	26.05%	−5.52%
	Libertarian	Clark Patterson	5,236	2.70%	+.64%
Majority			87,725	45.20%	+13.70%
Total votes			194,067	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.18%

2020

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	176,373	65.4
	Republican	Jennifer Garcia Sharon	80,795	30.0
	Libertarian	Mark Loewe	7,393	2.7
	Independent	Jason Mata	5,236	1.9
Total votes			269,797	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greg Casar	129,599	72.5
	Republican	Dan McQueen	48,969	27.4
Total votes			178,568	100.0
	Democratic hold

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[2] "My Congressional District".

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[auto-4] 1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

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[6] "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2013.

[7] "Congressional District 35 election results". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.

[8] "DistrictViewer". Texas Legislative Council. Retrieved January 31, 2013.

[9] "Federal Court Rules Three Texas Congressional Districts Illegally Drawn" by Laurel Wamsley, NPR, March 11, 2017

[10] "Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map" by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, August 15, 2017

[11] "Sotomayor: Supreme Court racial gerrymandering ruling comes at "serious costs to our democracy"". June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

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[txsos-14] Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2012 General Election"

[15] Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2014 General Election"

[16] Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2016 General Election"

[17] Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2018 General Election"

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Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Greg Casar D–Austin
Distribution	95.99% urban^[1] 4.01% rural
Population (2023)	834,055^[2]
Median household income	$73,349^[3]
Ethnicity	55.1% Hispanic 26.2% White 11.9% Black 3.2% Two or more races 2.9% Asian 0.8% other
Cook PVI	D+21^[4]