Texas's 6th congressional district
congressional district in the US state of Texas
Texas's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Texas. The district is southeast of Dallas and includes the counties of Ellis, Navarro and the corner of Tarrant County. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. No one is currently represented the district because the representative, Republican Ron Wright, who had been the representative since 2019 died on February 7, 2021 from COVID-19. A special election will happen on May 1, 2021.
| Texas's 6th congressional district | |||
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 Texas' 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
| Representative |
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 818,442[2] | ||
| Median household income | $71,161[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+9[3] | ||
Election history
changePresidential
change| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Bush 66 – 34% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 66 – 34% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 57 – 42% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 58 – 41% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 54 – 42% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 51 – 48% |
Congressional
change| US House election, 2004: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 168,767 | 66.0 | -4.3 | |
| Democratic | Morris Meyer | 83,609 | 32.7 | +5.0 | |
| Libertarian | Stephen Schrader | 3,251 | 1.3 | +0.1 | |
| Turnout | 255,627 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
| US House election, 2006: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 91,927 | 60.5 | -5.5 | |
| Democratic | David Harris | 56,369 | 37.1 | +4.4 | |
| Libertarian | Carl Nulsen | 3,740 | 2.5 | +1.2 | |
| Turnout | 152,036 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House election, 2008: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 174,008 | 62.0 | +1.5 | |
| Democratic | Ludwig Otto | 99,919 | 35.6 | -1.5 | |
| Libertarian | Max Kock, III | 6,655 | 2.4 | -0.1 | |
| Turnout | 280,582 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House election, 2010: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 107,140 | 65.9 | +3.9 | |
| Democratic | David Cozad | 50,717 | 31.2 | -4.4 | |
| Libertarian | Byron Severns | 4,700 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
| Turnout | 162,557 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House election, 2012: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 145,019 | 58.0 | -7.9 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth Sanders | 98,053 | 39.2 | +8.0 | |
| Libertarian | Hugh Chauvin | 4,847 | 1.9 | -1.0 | |
| Green | Brandon Parmer | 2,017 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Turnout | 249,936 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House election, 2014: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 92,334 | 61.1 | +3.1 | |
| Democratic | David Cozad | 55,027 | 36.4 | -2.8 | |
| Libertarian | Hugh Chauvin | 3,635 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
| Turnout | 150,996 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House election, 2016: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Joe Barton | 159,444 | 58.3 | -2.8 | |
| Democratic | Ruby Faye Woolridge | 106,667 | 39.0 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Darrel Smith | 7,185 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Turnout | 273,296 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| US House of Representatives elections, 2018: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Ron Wright | 135,779 | 53.1 | -5.2 | |
| Democratic | Jana Lynne Sanchez | 116,040 | 45.4 | +6.4 | |
| Libertarian | Jason Harber | 3,724 | 1.5 | -0.9 | |
| Turnout | 255,543 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| 2020 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas District 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Ron Wright | 179,507 | 52.8 | -0.3 | |
| Democratic | Stephen Daniel | 149,530 | 44.0 | -1.4 | |
| Libertarian | Melanie A. Black | 10,955 | 3.2 | +1.7 | |
| Turnout | 339,992 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Susan Wright | 15,052 | 19.21 | |
| Republican | Jake Ellzey | 10,851 | 13.85 | |
| Democratic | Jana Sanchez | 10,497 | 13.39 | |
| Republican | Brian Harrison | 8,476 | 10.81 | |
| Democratic | Shawn Lassiter | 6,964 | 8.89 | |
| Republican | John Anthony Castro | 4,321 | 5.51 | |
| Democratic | Tammy Allison Holloway | 4,238 | 5.41 | |
| Democratic | Lydia Bean | 2,920 | 3.73 | |
| Republican | Michael Wood | 2,503 | 3.19 | |
| Republican | Michael Ballantine | 2,224 | 2.84 | |
| Republican | Dan Rodimer | 2,086 | 2.66 | |
| Democratic | Daryl J. Eddings Sr. | 1,652 | 2.11 | |
| Republican | Mike Egan | 1,543 | 1.97 | |
| Democratic | Patrick Moses | 1,189 | 1.52 | |
| Democratic | Manuel R. Salazar III | 1,119 | 1.43 | |
| Republican | Sery Kim | 888 | 1.13 | |
| Republican | Travis Rodermund | 460 | 0.59 | |
| Independent | Adrian Mizher | 351 | 0.45 | |
| Democratic | Brian K. Stephenson | 271 | 0.35 | |
| Libertarian | Phil Gray | 265 | 0.34 | |
| Democratic | Matthew Hinterlong | 252 | 0.32 | |
| Republican | Jennifer Garcia Sharon | 150 | 0.19 | |
| Democratic | Chris Suprun | 102 | 0.13 | |
| Total votes | 78,374 | 100 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Jake Ellzey | 20,837 | 53.27 | |
| Republican | Susan Wright | 18,279 | 46.73 | |
| Total votes | 39,116 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
change- ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Texas' 6th Congressional District's election results". www.texastribune.org. Texas Tribune. May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.