Texas's 15th congressional district
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Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section in the far south of the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 15 is Rubén Hinojosa.
[edit] 2006 Elections
On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a 3 judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, as well as for the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts. On election day in November, these 5 districts will have open primaries; if any candidate receives over 50%, they're elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat. [1]
[edit] Election results
| US House election, 2004: Texas District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Rubén Hinojosa | 96,089 | 57.8 | -42.2 | |
| Republican | Michael Thamm | 67,917 | 40.8 | +40.8 | |
| Libertarian | William Cady | 2,352 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 28,172 | 16.9 | |||
| Turnout | 166,358 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -41.5 | |||
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