Texas's 28th congressional district
Texas's 28th congressional district | |
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Texas's 28th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Henry Cuellar (D–Laredo) |
Population (2015) | 724,967[1] |
Median income | 39,603[2] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+9[3] |
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 |
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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 | ||||
115 |
Recent election results
2004 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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's 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Henry Cuellar | ||||
Republican | William Hayward | ||||
Libertarian | Patrick Hisel | ||||
Green | Michael D. Cary | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
2014 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Henry Cuellar | ||||
Republican | None | ||||
Libertarian | |||||
Green | Antonio Diaz | 14.71 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ↑
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- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ , Austin American-Statesman, 4 August 2006
Coordinates: 27°50′55″N 98°54′49″W / 27.84861°N 98.91361°W