Delegation At A Glance (District Map)
• Total House seats: 32
• 109th Congress: 21 R, 11 D
• 110th Congress: 19 R, 13 D

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TX-01


District Profile: Until 2004, east Texas was represented by Democrats in the House. But the 2003 Republican redistricting changed that by reshaping the old 1st District. Full Profile
2006 Results: Louis Gohmert (R) defeated Roger Owen (D) by 68-30%

Louie Gohmert (R) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Gohmert was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 903-939-1101 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Roger Owen (D) Owen, a swimming pool contractor, was nominated with 53% in a two-way primary. Contact: 903-757-6985 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-02


District Profile: In the 2003 redistricting, the new 2nd was created by adding parts of the old 8th District in Harris County and the old 9th District in Jefferson County. Full Profile
2006 Results: Ted Poe (R) defeated Gary Binderim (D) by 66-33%

Ted Poe (R) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Poe was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-358-8866 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Gary Binderim (D) Binderim, a consultant, ran unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-358-5808 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-03


District Profile: Of all the Dallas-area districts, the 3rd remained the most intact during the 2003 redistricting. Full Profile
2006 Results: Sam Johnson (R) defeated Dan Dodd (D) by 63-35%

Sam Johnson (R) Elected in 1991; Seeking eighth term; Johnson was nominated with 85% in a two-way primary. Contact: 972-424-9573 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Dan Dodd (D) Dodd, a sales director, was unopposed in the primary Contact: 214-227-7734 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-04


District Profile: In 1940, when Sam Rayburn (D) first became speaker, 90 percent of his district voted for FDR. In 2004, the 70 percent of the 4th voted for Bush. Full Profile
2006 Results: Ralph Hall (R) defeated Glenn Melancon (D) by 64-33%

Ralph Hall (R) Elected in 1980; Seeking 14th term; Hall was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 972-771-4255 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Glenn Melancon (D) Melancon, a professor, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 903-870-6280 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-05


District Profile: As rural areas swing away from the Democrats, 5th District switched from a battleground in the early 1990s to a safe Republican seat. Full Profile
2006 Results: Jeb Hensarling (R) defeated Charlie Thompson (D) by 62-36%

Jeb Hensarling (R) Elected in 2002; Seeking third term; Hensarling was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 214-256-3795 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Charlie Thompson (D) Thompson, an economic consultant, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 903-275-4688 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-06


District Profile: Politically, this territory was Democratic for many years; all of it voted for John F. Kennedy over Richard Nixon in 1960. But those days are gone. Full Profile
2006 Results: Joe Barton (R) defeated David Harris (D) by 60-37%

Joe Barton (R) Elected in 1984; Seeking 12th term; Barton was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 972-875-8688 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

David Harris (D) Harris, a professor, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 817-706-2521 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-07


District Profile: Like many precincts full of elite voters, Republicans in the 7th District have not taken a liking to George W. Bush's brand of Republicanism. Full Profile
2006 Results: John Culberson (R) defeated Jim Henley (D) by 59-38%

John Culberson (R) Elected in 2000; Seeking fourth term; Culberson was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-304-0093 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Jim Henley (D) Henley, a teacher, was nominated with 67% in a two-way primary. Contact: 713-377-2148 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-08


District Profile: The old 8th voted 78 percent for Bush in 2000, his highest figure in the nation. In the new 8th, in 2004, he won a comparatively modest 72 percent. Full Profile
2006 Results: Kevin Brady (R) defeated James Wright (D) by 67-33%

Kevin Brady (R) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term; Brady was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-361-7814 • Official Web site • Almanac biography

James B. Wright (D) Wright, a retiree, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-354-1776 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-09


District Profile: The 9th District occupies much of the territory that was in the 25th before the 2003 redistricting; it was redrawn to include more blacks and Asians. Full Profile
2006 Results: Al Green (D) was unopposed.

Al Green (D) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Green was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 713-494-5087 • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Republican Challenger No challenger

TX-10


District Profile: Overall, this is a heavily Republican district -- 62 percent for George W. Bush in 2004. Full Profile
2006 Results: Michael McCaul (R) defeated Ted Ankrum (D) by 55-40%

Michael McCaul (R) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; McCaul was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 512-536-1343 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Ted Ankrum (D) Ankrum, an engineer, was nominated with 37% in a four-way primary. Contact: 281-814-4172 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-11


District Profile: In 2004, the 11th District cast 78 percent of its votes for Bush, his highest percentage in the nation. Full Profile
2006 Results: Mike Conaway (R) was unopposed

Mike Conaway (R) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Conaway was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 432-685-1033 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Democratic Challenger No challenger

TX-12


District Profile: The 12th District, represented by the Democratic speaker of the House as recently as 1989, is now solidly Republican -- 67 percent for Bush in 2004. Full Profile
2006 Results: Kay Granger (R) defeated John Morris (D) by 67-31%

Kay Granger (R) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term; Granger was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 817-870-5000 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

John Morris (D) Morris was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 817-834-2550 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-13


District Profile: The 78 percent that George W. Bush won here in 2004 was his third-best performance in the nation. Full Profile
2006 Results: Mac Thornberry (R) defeated Roger Waun (D) by 74-23%

Mac Thornberry (R) Elected in 1994; Seeking seventh term; Thornberry was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 806-371-8183 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Roger Waun (D) Waun, a businessman, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 940-692-0336 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-14


District Profile: Despite the shift in redistricting of more than half of its population, the partisan mix of the 14th District was barely affected. Full Profile
2006 Results: Ron Paul (R) defeated Shane Sklar (D) by 60-40%

Ron Paul (R) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term; Paul was nominated with 78% in a two-way primary. Contact: 800-766-7285 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Shane Sklar (D) Sklar, a rancher, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 361-575-2006 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-15


District Profile: Northern counties were added in 2003 as a result of redistricters' decision to add a new "fajita district," the 25th, extending from Austin to the border. Full Profile
2006 Results: Ruben Hinojosa (D) defeated Paul Haring (R) and Eddie Zamora (R) by 62% to 24% and 15%, respectively

Ruben Hinojosa (D) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term; Hinojosa was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 956-686-6455 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Paul Haring (R) Haring, an attorney, was nominated with 65% in a two-way primary. Contact: 361-676-8797 • Campaign Web site

TX-16


District Profile: This was the only district unchanged by redistricting in 2003. The 16th is isolated by geography -- 78 percent Hispanic and firmly Democratic. Full Profile
2006 Results: Silvestre Reyes (D) defeated Gordon Strickland (L) by 79-21%

Silvestre Reyes (D) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term, Reyes was nominated 100% in a two-way primary. Contact: 202-737-5877 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Gordon Strickland (L)

TX-17


District Profile: This area voted Democratic in 1968, when most of the rural South went Republican, but it seems to have followed most of Texas and leaned to the right as well. Full Profile
2006 Results: Chet Edwards (D) defeated Van Taylor (R) by 58-40%

Chet Edwards (D) Elected in 1990; Seeking ninth term; Edwards was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 254-776-6100 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Van Taylor (R) Taylor, businessman, was nominated with 54% in a two-way primary. Contact: 254-759-2006 • Campaign Web site

TX-18


District Profile: Politically, this and Dallas' 30th are the two most heavily Democratic districts in Texas. Full Profile
2006 Results: Sheila Jackson Lee (D) defeated Ahmad Hassan (R) by 77-19%

Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Elected in 1994; Seeking seventh term; Jackson Lee was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 713-655-0050 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Ahmad Hassan (R) Hassan, a realtor, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 832-788-3273 • Campaign Web site

TX-19


District Profile: These parts of west Texas are heavily Republican; Bush received 77 percent in the 19th District in 2004. Full Profile
2006 Results: Randy Neugebauer (R) defeated Robert Ricketts (D) by 68-30%

Randy Neugebauer (R) Elected in 2003; Seeking second full term; Neugebauer was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 806-687-5086 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Robert Ricketts (D) Ricketts, a college professor, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 806-746-5341 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-20


District Profile: The 20th is one of the state's eight mostly Latino districts, and, in 1961, it became the first to elect a Hispanic congressman. It is Democratic, but not overwhelmingly so. Full Profile
2006 Results: Charles Gonzalez (D) defeated Michael Idrogo (L) by 87-13%

Charles Gonzalez (D) Elected in 1998; Seeking fifth term; Gonzalez was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 210-886-9229 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Michael Idrogo (L)

TX-21


District Profile: The Travis County portion of the district leans Democratic, but the rest is heavily Republican. Full Profile
2006 Results: Lamar Smith (R) defeated John Courage (D) and Gene Kelly (D) by 60% to 25% and 9%, respectively

Lamar Smith (R) Elected in 1986; Seeking 11th term; Smith was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 210-826-1085 • Official Web site • Almanac biography

John Courage (D) Courage, a teacher, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 210-499-5776 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-22


District Profile: Politically, the 22nd District remains Republican, but not quite as strongly as it was before the 2003 redistricting. Full Profile
2006 Results: Nick Lampson (D) defeated write-in candidate Shelley Sekula Gibbs (R) by 52% to 42%. Sekula Gibbs won the special election to replace Tom DeLay (R) after his resignation, and served in the lame-duck session of the 109th Congress

Challengers Tom DeLay resigned after his name was printed on the ballot, and four Republicans ran in the Nov. 7 special election to replace him. Three of those candidates also ran as write-ins in the general election.

Nick Lampson (D) Lampson, a former congressman, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-488-4922 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-23


District Profile: The 23rd is geographically the largest in the state, larger than almost any state east of the Mississippi. Full Profile
2006 Results: Ciro Rodriguez (D) defeated Henry Bonilla by 54-46% in a runoff.

Henry Bonilla (R) Elected in 1992; Seeking eighth term; Bonilla was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 210-229-9591 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Ciro Rodriguez (D) Rodriguez, a former congressman, dropped out of the race before the primary, then re-entered after the Supreme Court ruled that the district be redrawn.. Contact: 210-928-2476 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-24


District Profile: The 24th District was transformed by the 2003 redistricting, and it now includes three large spokes that reach out from the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Full Profile
2006 Results: Kenny Marchant (R) defeated Gary Page (D) by 60-37%

Kenny Marchant (R) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Marchant was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 972-242-7211 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Gary Page (D) Page, a computer programmer, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: Not available • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-25


District Profile: The 25th, a seat created by the redistricting, covers most of the east side of Austin and Travis County, including most of the city's heavily black and Latino neighborhoods. Full Profile
2006 Results: Lloyd Doggett (D) defeated Grant Rostig (R) by 67-26%

Lloyd Doggett (D) Elected in 1994; Seeking seventh term; Doggett was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 202-546-9686 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Grant Rostig (R)

TX-26


District Profile: The 26th was changed significantly by redistricting, which made it less Republican by removing suburban precincts and adding predominantly black precincts. Full Profile
2006 Results: Michael Burgess (R) defeated Tim Barnwell (D) by 60-37%

Michael Burgess (R) Elected in 2002; Seeking third term; Burgess was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 940-320-5020 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Tim Barnwell (D) Barnwell was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 214-457-0603 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-27


District Profile: Politically, the 27th District is Democratic -- but not as Democratic as one might expect. Full Profile
2006 Results: Solomon Ortiz (D) defeated William Vaden (R) by 57-39%

Solomon Ortiz (D) Elected in 1982; Seeking 13th term; Ortiz was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 361-883-5708 • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Willie Vaden (R) Vaden, a businessman, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 361-806-2052 • Campaign Web site

TX-28


District Profile: Some 44 percent of the 28th District's residents are in Bexar County, anchored by Latinos on the south side of San Antonio and a smaller number of blacks on the east side. Full Profile
2006 Results: Henry Cuellar (D) defeated Frank Enriquez (D) and Ron Avery (CON) by 68% to 20% and 12%, respectively

Henry Cuellar (D) Elected in 2004; Seeking second term; Cuellar was nominated with 53% in a three-way primary. Contact: 210-277-5018 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Challengers Frank Enriquez (D) Ron Avery (CON)

TX-29


District Profile: This part of Houston has always been considered heavily Democratic, but in 2004, Bush lost it by only a 12-point margin. Full Profile
2006 Results: Gene Green (D) defeated Eric Story (R) by 74-24%

Gene Green (D) Elected in 1992; Seeking eighth term; Green was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-448-4363 • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Eric Story (R) Story, a minister, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 281-536-3783 • Campaign Web site

TX-30


District Profile: The 30th District, designed to be the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex's black-majority district, includes most of Dallas' predominantly black neighborhoods. Full Profile
2006 Results: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) defeated Wilson Aurbach (R) by 80-18%

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) Elected in 1992; Seeking eighth term; Johnson was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 214-871-9291 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography • DCCC profile

Wilson Aurbach (R) Aurbach, an attorney, was nominated with 45% in a three-way primary. Contact: 214-749-4644 • Campaign Web site

TX-31


District Profile: The 31st, newly created in the court redistricting and sharply altered in the GOP legislative redistricting, is dominated by Williamson, Bell and Coryell counties. Full Profile
2006 Results: John Carter (R) defeated Mary Beth Harrell (D) by 58-39%

John Carter (R) Elected in 2002; Seeking third term; Carter was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 512-246-9996 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Mary Beth Harrell (D) Harrell, an attorney, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 254-616-0058 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile

TX-32


District Profile: Redistricting raised the Latino percentage from 27 percent to 36 percent. As in Houston's elite 7th District, Bush's percentage declined in the 32nd in 2004. Full Profile
2006 Results: Pete Sessions (R) defeated Will Pryor (D) by 56-41%

Pete Sessions (R) Elected in 1996; Seeking sixth term; Sessions was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 214-874-0225 • Campaign Web site • Official Web site • Almanac biography

Will Pryor (D) Pryor, an attorney, was unopposed in the primary. Contact: 972-392-1135 • Campaign Web site • DCCC profile