Texas's 25th congressional district
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Texas District 25 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves several counties in the Central Texas area. For the 2004 elections, it had an elongated shape stretching from deep south Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border to Austin (the infamous "Fajita strip" district) as a result of Tom Delay's extra mid-decade 2003 redistricting of Texas congressional districts. The current Representative from District 25 is Lloyd Doggett.
[edit] 2006 election
On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's 2003 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 five districts held open primaries; if any candidate received over 50%, they were elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December is to decide the seat. [1]
Incumbent congressman Doggett faced Republican Grant Rostig (formerly the Libertarian nominee), independent candidate Brian Parrett, and Libertarian Party Barbara Cunningham, and won re-election.
For the 110th Congress, the 25th District will be more compact and restricted to Central Texas, comprising more of Travis County, most of Bastrop County, and all of Hays, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Colorado Counties. [1]
[edit] 2004 Election results
| US House election, 2004: Texas District 25 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Lloyd Doggett | 108,309 | 67.6 | +12.9 | |
| Republican | Rebecca Klein | 49,252 | 30.7 | -12.4 | |
| Libertarian | James Werner | 2,656 | 1.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 59,057 | 36.9 | |||
| Turnout | 160,217 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +12.6 | |||
[edit] See also
| Texas's congressional districts |
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 See also: Texas's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations United States congressional districts - Congressional apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps |
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