Texas's 35th congressional district

Texas's 35th congressional district is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[5] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, 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 shape of the district has been described as one of the ten most gerrymandered in the US.[8]

Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Lloyd Doggett
D–Austin
Distribution
  • 95.99% urban[1]
  • 4.01% rural
Population (2016)822,601[2]
Median income$48,284[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+15[4]

Texas's 35th congressional 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, and a portion of Caldwell county, as well as portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County.[9]

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.[10] In August 2017 there was another ruling that the district is unconstitutional.[11] However, the district was allowed to stand in the Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.[12]

List of representatives
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history Counties represented
District created January 3, 2013
Lloyd Doggett Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th		 Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.		 Central and northeastern Bexar, northwestern Caldwell, southeastern Comal, southeastern Hays, southeastern Travis

Election results

2012
Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2012[13]
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[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Lloyd Doggett 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[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Lloyd Doggett 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[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Lloyd Doggett 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%

References
  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)".
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=35
  4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  5. "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  6. "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  7. "Congressional District 35 election results". Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  8. Ingraham, Christopher (May 15, 2014). "America's most gerrymandered congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  9. "DistrictViewer". Texas Legislative Council. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  10. "Federal Court Rules Three Texas Congressional Districts Illegally Drawn" by Laurel Wamsley, NPR, March 11, 2017
  11. "Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map" by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, August 15, 2017
  12. "Sotomayor: Supreme Court racial gerrymandering ruling comes at "serious costs to our democracy"". June 25, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  13. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2012 General Election"
  14. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2014 General Election"
  15. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2016 General Election"
  16. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2018 General Election"

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