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 (2022)802,077[2]
Median household
income		$71,075[3]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+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]

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
Year Office Result
2012 President Obama 63 - 35%
2016 President Clinton 64 - 30%
2020 President 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. 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

References

  1. ↑ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)".
  2. ↑ "My Congressional District".
  3. ↑ "My Congressional District".
  4. 1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  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. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2100" (PDF). Capitol Data Portal. Texas Legislative Council. August 26, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  13. ↑ "District Population Analysis with County Subtotals | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2193" (PDF). Capitol Data Portal. Texas Legislative Council. October 17, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  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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