Texas's 28th congressional district

Texas's 28th congressional district
Texas's 28th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Henry Cuellar (DLaredo)
Population (2012) 732,432[1]
Median income $42,237[2]
Ethnicity 17.6% White, 4.3% Black, 0.9% Asian, 76.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0[3]% other
Cook PVI D+2 (2012)

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.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Congress Electoral history
District created January 3, 1993
Frank Tejeda Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 30, 1997
103 First elected in 1992

Died
104
105
Vacant January 30, 1997 –
April 17, 1997
Ciro Rodriguez Democratic April 17, 1997 –
January 3, 2005
105
(Continued)
First elected in a special election in 1997
106
107
108
Henry Cuellar Democratic January 3, 2005 –
Present
109 First elected in 2004
110
111
112
113
114

Recent election results

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

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 Texas' 23rd congressional district. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a three-judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, which affected the boundaries of the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts.

On election day in November, these five districts had open primaries, or a "jungle primary"; any candidate to receive more than 50% of the vote wins the seat. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat.[4]

Cuellar retained his seat in the 28th district.

2008 election

US House election, 2008: Texas District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry Cuellar 123,494 68.7 +9.7
Republican Jim Fish 52,524 29.2 -9.38
Libertarian Ross Lynn Leone 3,722 2.1 -0.3
Majority 70,969
Turnout 179,740
Democratic hold Swing +10.0

2010 election

US House election, 2010: Texas District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry Cuellar 62,773 56.34 -12.4
Republican Bryan Underwood 46,740 41.95 +12.75
Libertarian Stephen Kaat 1,889 1.7 -0.4
Majority 14,144 12.69
Turnout 111,402
Democratic hold Swing

2012 election

US House election, 2012: Texas District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry Cuellar
Republican William Hayward
Libertarian Patrick Hisel
Green Michael D. Cary
Majority
Turnout


2014 election

US House election, 2014: Texas District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Henry Cuellar
Republican None
Libertarian
Green Antonio Diaz 14.71
Majority
Turnout

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

References

  1. , Austin American-Statesman, 4 August 2006

Coordinates: 27°50′55″N 98°54′49″W / 27.84861°N 98.91361°W / 27.84861; -98.91361

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