Texas's 28th congressional district
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Texas District 28 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip in deep south Texas starting south of San Antonio and ending at the U.S.-Mexico border. The current Representative from District 28 is Henry Cuellar.
[edit] 2006 election
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 28 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Henry Cuellar | 106,323 | 59.0 | -12.1 | |
| Republican | James Hopson | 69,538 | 38.6 | +11.7 | |
| Libertarian | Ken Ashby | 4,305 | 2.4 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 36,785 | 20.4 | |||
| Turnout | 180,166 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -11.9 | |||
| Texas's congressional districts |
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