Texas's 28th congressional district

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Texas's 28th congressional district

Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$31,355
Ethnic composition	68.3% White, 6.3% Black, 0.5% Asian, 64.5% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+1

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.

1 Recent election results
- 1.1 2004 election
- 1.2 2006 election
2 References

[edit] Recent election results

[edit] 2004 election

US House election, 2004: Texas District 28
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

[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] References

^ Austin American-Statesman 4 August 2006

v • d • e Texas's congressional districts

At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 The At-large district is obsolete. See also: Texas's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps