Texas's 35th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States census.[6] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, were seated for the 113th United States Congress.[7] This election was won by Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented Texas's 25th congressional district before redistricting.[8] The shape of the district has been described as one of the ten most gerrymandered in the United States.[9]

Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Lloyd Doggett D–Austin
Distribution	95.99% urban[1] 4.01% rural
Population (2021)	799,047[2]
Median household income	$57,093[3]
Ethnicity	61.18% Hispanic 26.25% White 10.17% Black 1.9% Asian 0.5% Native American
Cook PVI	D+15 (2013-2023),[4] D+21 (2023-2033)[5]

Texas's 35th congressional district includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area (primarily black- and Hispanic-majority areas), including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays counties, a portion of Caldwell County, and portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County.[10]

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.[11] In August 2017, another panel of federal judges in San Antonio ruled that the district was unconstitutional.[12] However, the district was allowed to stand in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.[13] In 2022 Greg Casar is the Democratic Party nominee. Dan McQueen is the Republican Party nominee.[14]

Greg Casar, from Austin, won the 2022 election for this seat. Soon to be former 35th representative Lloyd Dogget transferred to the newly created 37th district, centered almost entirely on Austin and containing small amounts of its suburbs, and won the election there. This means the city of Austin will now be represented by two Democrats in the House for the first time in a while.

With a Cook PVI of D+21 (as of 2023), it is now the second most Democratic district that includes Austin. Only the 37th is more Democratic with a D+24 rating.[5]

Election results from presidential races

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 2013
Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 37th district.	2013–present Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis counties.
Greg Casar	Democratic	January 3, 2023 –		New seat by redistricting elected in 2022.

Election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

References