Texas's 15th congressional district

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Texas's 15th congressional district
Texas's 15th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Rubén Hinojosa (D–Mercedes)
Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$28,061
Cook PVI	D+5 (2014)

Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section of the far south of the state of Texas. The district's current Representative is Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, elected in 1996.

The district's best-known Representative was John Nance Garner, who represented the district from its creation in 1903 until 1933, and was Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933. He ran with Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential campaign, and was elected Vice President of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941.

	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1903
John Nance Garner	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933	Resigned to become U.S. Vice-President
Vacant		March 4, 1933 – April 23, 1933
Milton H. West	Democratic	April 23, 1933 – October 28, 1948	First elected to finish Garner's term Died
Vacant		October 28, 1948 – December 4, 1948
Lloyd Bentsen	Democratic	December 4, 1948 – January 3, 1955	First elected to finish West's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joe M. Kilgore	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Kika de la Garza	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1997	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rubén Hinojosa	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – present	Incumbent

Election results

1920 • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 6006 (Special) • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014

1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner	10,265	100.00
Total votes			10,265	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner	14,366	100.00
Total votes			14,366	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner	22,776	100.00
Total votes			22,776	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner (inc.)	13,548	82.75
	Republican	Hardie F. Jefferies	2,823	17.25
Total votes			16,371	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner (inc.)	28,417	99.99
	Independent	J.L. Burd	1	0.003
Total votes			28,418	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner (inc.)	20,733	77.50
	Republican	Carlos G. Watson	6,016	22.50
Total votes			26,749	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John N. Garner (inc.)	44,318	85.75
	Republican	Carlos G. Watson	7,362	14.25
Total votes			51,680	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1933 (Special)

United States House of Representatives Special election, 1933
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West	13,546	91.20
	Republican	Carlos G. Watson	1,302	8.80
Total votes			14,848	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West	20,102	100.00
Total votes			20,102	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	29,508	82.53
	Independent	J.A. Simpson	6,244	17.47
Total votes			35,752	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	18,558	99.99
	Other write-in votes	Write-in votes	2	0.010
Total votes			18,560	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	31,800	92.36
	Republican	J.A. Simpson	2,628	7.64
Total votes			34,428	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	12,169	100.00
Total votes			12,169	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	36,362	99.98
	Other write-in votes	Write-in votes	5	0.013
Total votes			36,367	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. West (inc.)	14,623	99.98
	Other write-in votes	Write-in votes	3	0.020
Total votes			14,626	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1948 (Special)

United States House of Representatives Special Election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentson	2,396	100.00
	Other write-in votes	Charles McNelly	1	0.00
Total votes			2,397	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentson (inc.)	27,402	100.00
Total votes			27,402	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentson (inc.)	18,524	100.00
Total votes			18,524	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Bentson (inc.)	63,767	100.00
Total votes			63,767	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Kilgore	29,113	100.00
Total votes			29,113	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Kilgore (inc.)	64,011	100.00
Total votes			64,011	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Kilgore (inc.)	28,404	100.00
Total votes			28,404	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Kilgore (inc.)	76,421	100.00
Total votes			76,421	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe M. Kilgore (inc.)	53,552	100.00
Total votes			53,552	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza	66,897	69.36
	Republican	Joe B. Coulter	29,551	30.64
Total votes			96,448	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	33,129	100.00
Total votes			33,129	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	57,618	100.00
Total votes			57,618	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	54,498	76.16
	Republican	Ben A. Martinez	17,049	23.82
	Other write-in votes	Write-in votes	1	0.020
Total votes			71,548	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	73,994	100.00
Total votes			73,994	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	42,567	100.00
Total votes			42,567	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	102,837	74.36
	Republican	R.L. (Lendy) McDonald	35,446	25.64
Total votes			138,283	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	54,560	66.20
	Republican	R.L. (Lendy) McDonald	27,853	33.80
Total votes			82,413	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	105,325	70.02
	Republican	R.L. (Lendy) McDonald	45,090	29.98
Total votes			150,145	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	76,544	95.67
	Libertarian	Frank L. Jones III	3,458	4.33
Total votes			80,002	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	104,863	100.00
Total votes			104,863	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	70,077	100.00
Total votes			70,077	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	93,672	93.85
	Libertarian	Gloria Joyce Hendrix	6,133	6.15
Total votes			99,805	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	72,461	100.00
Total votes			138,283	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	86,351	60.42
	Republican	Tom Haughey	56,549	39.58
Total votes			142,900	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kika de la Garza (inc.)	61,527	58.95
	Republican	Tom Haughey	41,119	39.39
	Independent	John c.c. Hamilton	1,720	1.64
Total votes			104,366	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa	86,347	62.28
	Republican	Tom Haughey	50,914	36.72
	Natural Law	Rob Wofford	1,333	1.00
Total votes			138,621	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	47,957	58.35
	Republican	Tom Haughey	34,221	41.65
Total votes			82,178	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	106,570	62.28
	Libertarian	Frank Jones	13,167	10.93
	Write-in	Israel Cantu	711	0.60
Total votes			120,448	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	66,311	62.28
Total votes			66,311	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	96,089	57.76
	Republican	Michael D. Thamm	67,917	40.82
	Libertarian	William R. Cady	2,352	1.41
Total votes			166,358	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2006 (Special)

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	43,236	61.77
	Republican	Paul B. Haring	16,601	40.82
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	10,150	14.51
Total votes			69,987	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	107,578	67.28
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	52,303	32.72
Total votes			159,881	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	53,546	55.73
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	39.964	41.59
	Libertarian	Aaron I. Cohn	2,570	2.68
Total votes			96,080	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	89,296	60.88
	Republican	Dale Brueggemann	54,056	36.85
	Libertarian	Ron Finch	3,309	2.27
Total votes			146,661	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2014

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (inc.)	48,708	54.01
	Republican	Eddie Zamora	39,016	43.26
	Libertarian	Johnny Partain	2,460	2.73
Total votes			90,184	100.0
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Texas's congressional districts

Current districts: 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 33 34 35 36

All 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 33 34 35 36

The At-large district is obsolete.

See also: Texas's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations; Recent U.S. House elections in Texas: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

Coordinates: 27°45′00″N 98°15′48″W / 27.75000°N 98.26333°W / 27.75000; -98.26333