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
Texas' 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Jake Ellzey
RMidlothian
Distribution
  • 88.7% urban[1]
  • 11.3% rural
Population (2019)818,442[2]
Median household
income
$71,161[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+9[3]

Election history change

Presidential 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
2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election[4]
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

  1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. 2.0 2.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. "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.
  4. "Texas' 6th Congressional District's election results". www.texastribune.org. Texas Tribune. May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.