2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Voters will elect the 36 U.S. Representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on March 6 and the run-offs were held on May 22.
In 2018, for the first time in at least 25 years, the Texas Democratic Party fielded at least one candidate in each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The state congressional delegation changed from a 25–11 Republican majority to a 23–13 Republican majority, the most seats that Democrats have won in the state since 2006. Democrats won almost 47% of the vote, likely as part of a down-ballot effect of Representative Beto O'Rourke's Senate Candidacy, in which he won 48.3% of the vote.
Results summary
Statewide
District
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas by district:District 1
The first district is located in East Texas, including Deep East Texas, and takes in Longview, Lufkin, and Tyler.The incumbent is Republican Louie Gohmert, who has held the seat since 2005. He was reelected with 73.9% of the vote in 2016. Roshin Rowjee, a physician, is running for the Republican nomination. Brent Beal, a college professor, is running for the Democratic nomination. Its Partisan Voter Index is R+25.
Primary results
General election
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District 2
This district is located in Greater Houston, including parts of northern and western Houston, as well as Humble, Kingwood, and Spring. The PVI is R+11.The current representative is Dan Crenshaw.
Primary results
Runoff results
General election
Polling
Results
District 3
The 3rd district is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, including the Dallas suburbs of Frisco, McKinney, and Plano. The incumbent representative is Sam Johnson, a Republican who has held the seat since 1991. Johnson was reelected with 61.2% of the vote in 2016. Johnson is not standing for reelection, and several candidates have announced their candidacies to replace him. The PVI of the third district is R+13.Primary results
Runoff results
Libertarian District Convention
;Declared- Christopher Claytor
- Scott Jameson
Results
Independents
;Declared- Roger Barone
- Robert Mason
General election
Results
District 4
The 4th district is located in Northern and Northeastern Texas, including Paris, Sherman, and Texarkana. The incumbent is Republican John Ratcliffe, who has served since 2015. He was reelected in 2016 with 88.0%, facing no Democratic opponent. The PVI of the district is R+28, making it one of the most conservative districts in the nation.Primary results
Libertarian District Convention
;Declared- Ken Ashby
General election
Results
District 5
The 5th district stretches from the eastern Dallas suburbs, including Mesquite, down into East Texas including Athens and Palestine. At the 2000 census, the 5th district represented 651,620 people. The current Representative from District 5 is Jeb Hensarling, who has served since 2003. He was reelected in 2016 with 80.6% of the vote, facing no Democratic opponent. The PVI of this district is R+16. Hensarling announced in October 2017 that he is going to retire from Congress, and not seek re-election to another term in 2018.Primary results
Runoff results
Libertarian District Convention
;Declared- Ben Leder
General election
Results
District 6
The 6th district is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, including parts of Arlington, as well as Dalworthington Gardens and Mansfield. The district also stretches southward taking in Corsicana and Ennis. Representative from District 6 is Republican Joe Barton, who has served since 1985. Barton was reelected with 58.3% of the vote in 2016. The PVI of the sixth district is R+9. In November 2017, Barton announced that he would not run for re-election in 2018.Primary results
Runoff results
Libertarian District Convention
;Declared- Jason Allen Harber
General election
Polling
Results
District 7
The 7th district includes parts of western Houston and Bellaire. The incumbent representative was John Culberson, who had served the district since 2001. He was reelected in 2016 with 56.2% of the vote. The PVI for the district is R+7.Republican Primary
- John Culberson, incumbent
- Edward Ziegler, business owner and consultant
Democratic Primary
Advanced to runoff
- Lizzie Fletcher, attorney and activist
- Laura Moser, editor and journalist
Declared
- Lizzie Fletcher, attorney and activist
- Laura Moser, editor and journalist
- Jason Westin, physician
- Alex Triantaphyllis, attorney and organizer
- Ivan Sanchez, senior congressional liaison
- Joshua Butler, business analyst, community relations representative, and pharmaceutical sales representative
Primary results
Runoff results
General election
Polling
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ResultsDistrict 8The 8th district includes much of the northern suburbs of Houston, such as Conroe, Huntsville, and The Woodlands. The current Representative from District 8 is Republican Kevin Brady and has been since 1997. Brady was reelected in 2016 unopposed. The PVI for this district is R+28. A Democrat and an independent are running for this seat.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
EndorsementsResultsDistrict 9The 9th district serves the southwestern portion of the Greater Houston area including parts of Missouri City and Sugar Land. The current Representative for the district, since 2005, is Democrat Al Green. Green was reelected with 80.6% of the vote in 2016. The PVI for this district is D+28.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
EndorsementsResultsDistrict 10The 10th district includes portions of northern Austin and its suburbs, such as Manor and Pflugerville. The district stretches eastward into rural areas of Central Texas and the outer suburbs of Houston, including Cypress, Katy, and Tomball. The current representative is Michael McCaul, who has served since 2005. McCaul was reelected with 57.3% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+9.Republican Primary
Declared
Runoff resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
PollingResultsDistrict 11The 11th district is located in the Concho Valley including Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo. The current representative is Mike Conaway, who has served since 2005. Conaway was reelected with 89.5% of the vote in 2016, without a Democratic opponent. The PVI is R+32, making this one of the most Republican districts in the country.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 12The 12th district is centered around Fort Worth and the surrounding suburbs including North Richland Hills, Weatherford, and White Settlement. The current Representative from District 12 is Republican Kay Granger, who has served since 1997. Granger was reelected with 69.4% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+18. One Democrat is running for the seat.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
PollingResultsDistrict 13The 13th district includes most of the Texas Panhandle, parts of Texoma and northeastern parts of North Texas. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over, it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and larger in area than thirteen entire states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls. The incumbent representative is Mac Thornberry, serving since 1995. He was reelected with 90.0% of the vote, without facing a Democratic candidate. The thirteenth's district PVI is R+33, making it the most Republican district in the country.Republican primaryLibertarian District Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 14The 14th district covers the Gulf Coast area of Texas, including Beaumont, Galveston, and League City. Republican Randy Weber is the incumbent, serving since 2013. He was reelected with 61.9% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+12. The sole Democratic candidate to declare their candidacy, Adrienne Bell, has been endorsed by Brand New Congress.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
EndorsementsResultsDistrict 15The 15th district stretches from parts of South Texas including Edinburg, Hebbronville, and McAllen, to the northeastern suburbs of San Antonio such as Schertz and Seguin. The district's current Representative is Democrat Vicente González, elected in 2016. González was elected with 57.3% of the vote. The district's PVI is D+7.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 16The 16th district is centered around El Paso and the surrounding areas. The current Representative from District 16 is Democrat Beto O'Rourke, serving since 2013. O'Rourke was reelected with 85.7% of the vote in 2016, without facing a Republican candidate. O'Rourke retired from his seat to challenge Senator Ted Cruz in the state's 2018 Senate election, in which O’Rourke was narrowly defeated by Cruz. The district's PVI is D+17.Primary resultsGeneral electionResultsDistrict 17The 17th district is located in Central Texas including the Bryan-College station metro, Waco, and strecthes to parts of North Austin. The district is currently represented by Republican Bill Flores, who has served since 2011. Flores was reelected with 60.8% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+12. Three Democrats are currently running for the seat.Primary resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
PollingResultsDistrict 18The 18th district is centered on inner Houston and the surrounding area. It has been the Downtown Houston district since 1973. The current Representative from District 18 is Democratic Sheila Jackson Lee, serving since 1995. Jackson Lee won re-election in 2016 with 73.5%. The district's PVI D+27.Primary resultsLibertarian County Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 19The 19th district is located in upper rural West Texas, including Abilene, Lubbock, and Plainview. The current Representative from the 19th District is Republican Jodey Arrington, serving since 2017. Arrington was elected 86.7% of the vote in 2016, without a Democratic opponent. The district's PVI is R+27.Primary resultsGeneral electionResultsDistrict 20The 20th district is centered on the western half of San Antonio and the surrounding inner suburbs including Balcones Heights and Helotes. The incumbent representative is a Democrat Joaquín Castro, serving since 2013. He was reelected in 2016 with 79.7% of the vote without a Republican opponent.Primary resultsLibertarian County Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 21The 21st district starts in the San Antonio metro, including parts of north San Antonio and New Braunfels, extending into the Austin metro, taking in parts of San Marcos and south Austin. The current Representative is Republican Lamar Smith, serving since 1987. Smith was reelected with 57.0% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+10.In November 2017, Smith announced that he would retire at the end of his current term, and not seek re-election in 2018. Run-off debates were held on April 12 after the primary, one hour each for the two Democratic candidates and the two Republican candidates. Republican Primaryand Matt McCall advanced to the runoff.
Democratic Party PrimaryMary Street Wilson and Joseph Kopser advanced to the runoff.
Libertarian District Convention;Declared
PollingResultsDistrict 22The 22nd district is located Greater Houston taking in suburban areas of Friendswood, Pearland, and Sugar Land. The district is currently represented by Republican Pete Olson, serving since 2009. Olson was reelected with 59.5% of the vote in 2016. The district's PVI is R+10.Primary resultsRunoff resultsLibertarian District Convention;Declared
ResultsDistrict 23The 23rd district stretches from rural Southwestern Texas, including Alpine, Del Rio, and Socorro, into the Greater San Antonio area, taking in Hondo and the outer areas of San Antonio. It is a prominently Hispanic-majority district and its current Representative is Republican Will Hurd, serving since 2015. His opponent in November, 2018 was Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones of San Antonio.Gina Ortiz Jones conceded the race on November 19, 2018 after losing by around 1,150 votes. Hurd was narrowly reelected in 2016, with 48.7% of the vote. The district's PVI is R+1. Primary resultsRunoff resultsLibertarian district convention;Declared
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