2016 House elections in Texas
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas Turnout 57% Majority party Minority party Party Republican Democratic Seats before 25 11 Seats won 25 11 Seat change Popular vote 4,877,605 3,160,535 Percentage 57.19% 37.06% Swing 3.09% 3.96%
Election results by district Election results by county Republican
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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Democratic
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 8, 2016, to 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 2016 presidential 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 1.
Overview [ edit ] 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas[1] Party Votes Percentage Seats before Seats after +/– Republican 4,877,605 57.19% 25 25 0 Democratic 3,160,535 37.06% 11 11 0 Libertarian 360,066 4.22% 0 0 0 Green 130,254 1.53% 0 0 0 Write-In 66 <0.01% 0 0 - Totals 8,528,526 100.00% 36 36 —
District 1 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 1st congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Louie Gohmert , who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 77% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+24.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Anthony Culler Simon Winston, rancher[2] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Shirley McKellar, army veteran, non-profit businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2012 & 2014 Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 2 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 2nd congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Ted Poe , who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+16.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Ted Poe , incumbent U.S. Representative Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Pat Bryan, retired IT technician Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 3 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 3rd congressional district election
The incumbent was Republican Sam Johnson , who had represented the district since 1991. He was re-elected with 82% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+17.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Dave Cornette John Slavens, certified public accountant Keith Thurgood, retired U.S. Army Major General Declined [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Adam Bell, small business owner Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 4 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 4th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican John Ratcliffe , who had represented the district since 2014, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Lou Gigliotti auto racing part company owner and candidate for this seat in 2012 & 2014 Ray Hall Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] No Democrats filed to run
Libertarian primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 5 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 5th congressional district election
The incumbent was Republican Jeb Hensarling , who has represented the district since 2012. He was re-elected with 85% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+17.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] No Democrats filed to run
Libertarian primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 6 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 6th congressional district election County results Barton: 50–60% 70–80%
The incumbent was Republican Joe Barton , who had represented the district since 1985. He was re-elected in 2014 with 61% of the vote and the district has a PVI of R+11. His re-election margin increased to 68.7 percent in the 2016 primary.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Collin Baker Steven Fowler, business owner Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Ruby Faye Woolridge, minister, counsellor, and educator Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Don Jaquess, business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012 Jeffrey Roseman Withdrawn [ edit ] David Cozad, software engineer and nominee for this seat in 2010 and 2014 [9] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 7 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 7th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican John Culberson , who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Maria Espinoza , anti-immigration activist James Lloyd, energy lawyer and former White House national security aide Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 8 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 8th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady , who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Andre Dean Craig McMichael, network engineer, Marine Corps veteran and candidate for this seat in 2014 Steve Toth , former state representative Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] No Democrats filed to run
General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 9 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 9th congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Al Green , who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 10 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 10th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Michael McCaul , who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA Surgery supervisor, quality assurance director and nominee for this seat in 2012 & 2014 Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Scot Gallaher, energy consultant Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 11 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 11th congressional district election
The incumbent, Republican Mike Conaway , had represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 90% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+31.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] No Democrats filed to run
Libertarian primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 12 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 12th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Kay Granger , who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+19.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 13 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 13th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry , who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 84% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+32.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] No Democrats filed to run
General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 14 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 14th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Randy Weber , who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Keith Casey, candidate for the 36th district in 2012 Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Michael K. Cole, educator and nominee for this seat in 2014 Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 15 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 15th congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Rubén Hinojosa , who had represented the district since 1997, decided to retire.[10] He was re-elected in 2014 with 54% of the vote and the district has a PVI of D+5.
Democratic primary [ edit ] No candidate received 50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Vicente Gonzalez and Juan "Sonny" Palacios Jr., faced a run-off election, which Gonzalez won by the large margin.
Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Dolly Elizondo, former Hildago County Democratic Party Chair[11] Juan "Sonny" Palacios Jr., Edinburg school board member Joel Quintanilla, former Hidalgo County Commissioner Ruben Ramirez, attorney and candidate for this seat in 2012 Randy Sweeten, accountant Withdrawn [ edit ] Johnny Partain, candidate for this seat in 2012 Declined [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Run-off results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] No candidate received 50% of the vote so the top two candidates, Tim Westley and Ruben Villarreal, faced a run-off election which Tim Westley won by 29 votes.
Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Xavier Salinas, Edinburg school board member[10] Ruben Villarreal, former mayor of Rio Grande City Results [ edit ] Run-off results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 16 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 16th congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Beto O'Rourke , who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Ben Mendoza, candidate for this seat in 2012 Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] No Republican ran for this seat, leaving only Libertarian and Green party opposition.
Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 17 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 17th congressional district election County results Flores: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Matta: 60–70%
Incumbent Republican Bill Flores , who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.
Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Ralph Patterson, former Chair of the McLennan County Republican Party Kaleb Sims, businessman Results [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 18 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 18th congressional district election
Incumbent, Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee , who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Republican primary [ edit ] Candidates [ edit ] Nominee [ edit ] Lori Bartley, small business owner and certified mediator Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Sharon Fisher, retired small business owner Reggie Gonzales, Ava Pate, cosmetologist Results [ edit ] No candidate achieved 50% of the vote, so Lori Bartley and Reggie Gonzales faced each other in the run-off, which Lori Bartley won by a margin of 58–42.
Run-off results [ edit ] General election [ edit ] Endorsements [ edit ] Results [ edit ] District 19 [ edit ] 2016 Texas's 19th congressional district election