Texas's 34th congressional district

Texas's 34th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[4] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and were seated for the 113th United States Congress.[5] Filemon Vela, Jr. won the general election, and was seated in the new district.

Texas's 34th congressional district
Texas's 34th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Filemon Vela Jr.
D–Brownsville
Distribution
  • 83.96% urban[1]
  • 16.04% rural
Population (2016)723,156[2]
Median income$37,799[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+10[3]

Texas's 34th congressional district is composed of the area on the Gulf Coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi.[6]

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Result
2012 President Obama 61 - 38%
2016 President Clinton 59 - 38%

List of members representing the district
Representative Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history Counties represented
District created January 3, 2013

Filemon Vela Jr. 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 113th
114th
115th
116th		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016
Re-elected in 2018.		 Bee, Cameron, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales (part), Hidalgo (part), Jim Wells (part), Kenedy, Kleberg, San Patricio (part), Willacy[7]

Recent election results
2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. 89,606 61.9
Republican Jessica Puente Bradshaw 52,448 36.3
Libertarian Steven (Ziggy) Shanklin 2,724 1.9
Majority 37,158 25.7
Total votes 144,778 100%

References
  1. Bureau, US Census. "Geography Program". www.census.gov.
  2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  5. "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  6. "DistrictViewer". dvr.capitol.texas.gov.
  7. https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/48/dist_co_cd_48.txt
  8. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2012 General Election"

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