2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

2016 Texas's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Louie Gohmert Shirley McKellar Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 192,434 62,847 Percentage 73.9% 24.1%

U.S. Representative before election Louie Gohmert Republican Elected U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert Republican

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.

• Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Anthony Culler
• Simon Winston, rancher^[2]

• Shirley McKellar, army veteran, non-profit businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2012 & 2014

2016 Texas's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Ted Poe Pat Bryan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 168,692 100,231 Percentage 60.6% 36.0%

U.S. Representative before election Ted Poe Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ted Poe Republican

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.

• Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Pat Bryan, retired IT technician

2016 Texas's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Sam Johnson Adam Bell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 193,684 109,420 Percentage 61.2% 34.6%

U.S. Representative before election Sam Johnson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Sam Johnson Republican

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.

• Sam Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Dave Cornette
• John Slavens, certified public accountant
• Keith Thurgood, retired U.S. Army Major General

• Scott Turner, state representative^[7]

• Adam Bell, small business owner

• Michael Filak

2016 Texas's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee John Ratcliffe Cody Wommack Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 216,643 29,577 Percentage 88.0% 12.0%

U.S. Representative before election John Ratcliffe Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe Republican

Incumbent Republican John Ratcliffe, who had represented the district since 2014, ran for re-election.

• John Ratcliffe, incumbent U.S. Representative^[8]

• Lou Gigliotti auto racing part company owner and candidate for this seat in 2012 & 2014
• Ray Hall

No Democrats filed to run

• Cody Wommack

2016 Texas's 5th congressional district election

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Nominee Jeb Hensarling Ken Ashby Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 155,469 37,406 Percentage 80.6% 19.4%

U.S. Representative before election Jeb Hensarling Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling Republican

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.

• Jeb Hensarling, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Democrats filed to run

• Ken Ashby

2016 Texas's 6th congressional district election

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Nominee Joe Barton Ruby Faye Woolridge Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 159,444 106,667 Percentage 58.3% 39.0%

County results Barton:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Joe Barton Republican Elected U.S. Representative Joe Barton Republican

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.

• Joe Barton, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Collin Baker
• Steven Fowler, business owner

• Ruby Faye Woolridge, minister, counsellor, and educator

• Don Jaquess, business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012
• Jeffrey Roseman

• David Cozad, software engineer and nominee for this seat in 2010 and 2014^[9]

2016 Texas's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee John Culberson James Cargas Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 143,542 111,991 Percentage 56.2% 43.8%

U.S. Representative before election John Culberson Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Culberson Republican

Incumbent Republican John Culberson, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

• John Culberson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Maria Espinoza, anti-immigration activist
• James Lloyd, energy lawyer and former White House national security aide

• James Cargas, energy attorney and nominee for the seat in 2012 and 2014

2016 Texas's 8th congressional district election

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Nominee Kevin Brady Party Republican Popular vote 236,379 Percentage 100.0%

U.S. Representative before election Kevin Brady Republican Elected U.S. Representative Kevin Brady Republican

Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.

• Kevin Brady, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Andre Dean
• Craig McMichael, network engineer, Marine Corps veteran and candidate for this seat in 2014
• Steve Toth, former state representative

No Democrats filed to run

2016 Texas's 9th congressional district election

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Nominee Al Green Jeff Martin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 152,032 36,491 Percentage 80.6% 19.4%

U.S. Representative before election Al Green Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Al Green Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Al Green, who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election.

• Al Green, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Jeff Martin

2016 Texas's 10th congressional district election

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Nominee Michael McCaul Tawana Walter-Cadien Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 179,221 120,170 Percentage 57.3% 38.5%

U.S. Representative before election Michael McCaul Republican Elected U.S. Representative Michael McCaul Republican

Incumbent Republican Michael McCaul, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election.

• Michael McCaul, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA Surgery supervisor, quality assurance director and nominee for this seat in 2012 & 2014

• Scot Gallaher, energy consultant

2016 Texas's 11th congressional district election

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Nominee Mike Conaway Nicholas Landholt Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 201,871 23,677 Percentage 89.5% 10.5%

U.S. Representative before election Mike Conaway Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mike Conaway Republican

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.

• Mike Conaway, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Democrats filed to run

• Nicholas Landholt

2016 Texas's 12th congressional district election

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Nominee Kay Granger Bill Bradshaw Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 196,482 76,029 Percentage 69.4% 26.9%

U.S. Representative before election Kay Granger Republican Elected U.S. Representative Kay Granger Republican

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.

• Kay Granger, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Bill Bradshaw

2016 Texas's 13th congressional district election

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Nominee Mac Thornberry Calvin DeWeese Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 199,050 14,725 Percentage 90.0% 6.6%

U.S. Representative before election Mac Thornberry Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry Republican

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.

• Mac Thornberry, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Democrats filed to run

2016 Texas's 14th congressional district election

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Nominee Randy Weber Michael Cole Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 160,631 99,054 Percentage 61.9% 38.1%

U.S. Representative before election Randy Weber Republican Elected U.S. Representative Randy Weber Republican

Incumbent Republican Randy Weber, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Randy Weber, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Keith Casey, candidate for the 36th district in 2012

• Michael K. Cole, educator and nominee for this seat in 2014

2016 Texas's 15th congressional district election

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Nominee Vicente González Tim Westley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 101,712 66,877 Percentage 57.3% 37.7%

U.S. Representative before election Vicente González Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Vicente González Democratic

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.

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.

• Vicente Gonzalez, attorney^[10]

• 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

• Johnny Partain, candidate for this seat in 2012

• Rubén Hinojosa, incumbent U.S. Representative

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.

• Tim Westley, pastor

• Xavier Salinas, Edinburg school board member^[10]
• Ruben Villarreal, former mayor of Rio Grande City

2016 Texas's 16th congressional district election

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Nominee Beto O'Rourke Jaime Perez Party Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 150,228 17,491 Percentage 85.7% 10.0%

U.S. Representative before election Beto O'Rourke Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

• Beto O'Rourke, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Ben Mendoza, candidate for this seat in 2012

No Republican ran for this seat, leaving only Libertarian and Green party opposition.

2016 Texas's 17th congressional district election

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Nominee Bill Flores William Matta Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 149,417 86,603 Percentage 60.8% 35.2%

County results Flores:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Matta:      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Bill Flores Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bill Flores Republican

Incumbent Republican Bill Flores, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

• Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. Representative^[3]

• Ralph Patterson, former Chair of the McLennan County Republican Party
• Kaleb Sims, businessman

• William Matta

2016 Texas's 18th congressional district election

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Nominee Sheila Jackson Lee Lori Bartley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 150,157 48,306 Percentage 73.5% 23.6%

U.S. Representative before election Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic

Incumbent, Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election.

• Sheila Jackson Lee, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Lori Bartley, small business owner and certified mediator

• Sharon Fisher, retired small business owner
• Reggie Gonzales,
• Ava Pate, cosmetologist

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.

2016 Texas's 19th congressional district election

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Nominee Jodey Arrington Troy Bonar Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 176,314 17,376 Percentage 86.7% 8.5%

U.S. Representative before election Randy Neugebauer Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington Republican

Incumbent Republican Randy Neugebauer, who had represented the district since 2003, opted to retire. He was re-elected in 2014 with 77 percent of the vote and the district has a PVI of R+26.

Lubbock Mayor Glen Robertson announced in January 2015 that he was considering running against Neugebauer in the 2016 Republican primary. He cited unhappiness with what he said was Neugebauer's failure to bolster the cotton industry.^[15] In March, Robertson said that he would not run for Congress and instead run once more for mayor.^[16]

After Neugebauer decided to retire, Robertson entered the congressional race and withdrew from consideration for another term as mayor.

• Jodey Arrington, former official in the George W. Bush administration, former vice chancellor at Texas Tech University and candidate for state senate in 2014^[17]

• Jason Corley, business owner
• Greg Garrett, President and CEO of Platinum Bank^[18]
• John Key, veterinarian and retired US Army Colonel
• Donald May, doctor^[19]
• Glen Robertson, Mayor of Lubbock^[20]
• Michael Bob Starr, retired Air Force Colonel
• DeRenda Warren, director of nursing at BrightStar^[21]

• Don Parrish, farmer (endorsed Starr)^[22]

• Randy Neugebauer, incumbent U.S. Representative

None of the nine candidates obtained a majority in the Republican primary on March 1. Robertson led the field but had to face a run-off challenge against Arrington.

Arrington had trailed Robertson by fewer than one thousand votes in the first round, but he won the run-off.

No Democrat faced Arrington in the general election, leaving only Libertarian and Green opposition.

2016 Texas's 20th congressional district election

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Nominee Joaquín Castro Jeffrey Blunt Party Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 149,640 29,055 Percentage 79.7% 15.5%

U.S. Representative before election Joaquín Castro Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Joaquín Castro Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Joaquín Castro, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of D+6.

• Joaquín Castro, incumbent U.S. Representative

No Republican ran for this district's seat.

2016 Texas's 21st congressional district election

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Nominee Lamar Smith Tom Wakely Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 202,967 129,765 Percentage 57.0% 36.5%

U.S. Representative before election Lamar Smith Republican Elected U.S. Representative Lamar Smith Republican

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith, who had represented the district since 1987, ran for re-election. The district had a PVI of R+11.

• Lamar Smith, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Matt McCall, small business owner and candidate for this seat in 2014
• John Murphy, software engineer
• Todd Phelps, businessman

• Thomas Wakely, hospice chaplain

• Tejas Vakil, commercial real-estate company owner

2016 Texas's 22nd congressional district election

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Nominee Pete Olson Mark Gibson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 181,864 123,679 Percentage 59.5% 40.5%

U.S. Representative before election Pete Olson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Pete Olson Republican

Incumbent Republican Pete Olson, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election.

• Pete Olson, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Mark Gibson, attorney and candidate for this seat in 2014

• A. R. Hassan

2016 Texas's 23rd congressional district election

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Nominee Will Hurd Pete Gallego Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 110,577 107,526 Percentage 48.3% 47.0%

County results Hurd:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Gallego:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Will Hurd Republican Elected U.S. Representative Will Hurd Republican

Incumbent Republican, Will Hurd, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was elected in 2014, when he narrowly unseated the then Democratic incumbent Pete Gallego. The district has a PVI of R+3.

• Will Hurd, incumbent U.S. Representative

• William Peterson

• Pete Gallego, former U.S. Representative^[24]

• Lee Keenen, doctor

Hurd publicly declined to endorse Donald Trump, explaining that Trump must earn his support. On May 6, 2016, Hurd said, “Until the presumptive nominee shows he can respect women and minorities and presents a clear plan to protect our homeland, I am going to reserve my endorsement. I hope in the next seven months he can show this because I am not supporting Hillary Clinton.”^[25]

• Complete video of debate, October 27, 2016

2016 Texas's 24th congressional district election

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Nominee Kenny Marchant Jan McDowell Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 154,845 108,389 Percentage 56.2% 39.3%

U.S. Representative before election Kenny Marchant Republican Elected U.S. Representative Kenny Marchant Republican

Incumbent Republican Kenny Marchant, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+13.

• Kenny Marchant, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Jan McDowell, accountant

2016 Texas's 25th congressional district election

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Nominee Roger Williams Kathi Thomas Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 180,988 117,073 Percentage 58.4% 37.7%

County results Williams:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Thomas:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Roger Williams Republican Elected U.S. Representative Roger Williams Republican

Incumbent, Republican Roger Williams, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+12.

• Roger Williams, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Kathi Thomas, small business owner, former Precinct Chair for Hays County Democrats and nominee for state senate in 2006

2016 Texas's 26th congressional district election

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Nominee Michael C. Burgess Eric Mauck Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 211,730 94,507 Percentage 66.4% 29.6%

U.S. Representative before election Michael C. Burgess Republican Elected U.S. Representative Michael C. Burgess Republican

Incumbent Republican Michael C. Burgess, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.