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Texas's 27th congressional district

Texas's 27th congressional district
Texas's 27th congressional district - since January 3, 2023.
Representative	Michael Cloud R–Victoria
Distribution	74.99% urban[1] 25.01% rural
Population (2022)	771,898[2]
Median household income	$61,819[3]
Ethnicity	53.6% Hispanic 37.9% White 4.1% Black 2.2% Two or more races 1.7% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+13[4]

Texas's 27th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers the coastal bend of Texas' Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Victoria up to Bastrop County near Austin. Its current representative is Republican Michael Cloud. Cloud was elected to the district in a special election on June 30, 2018, to replace former Republican representative Blake Farenthold, who had resigned on April 6.^[5][6]

The 27th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census.

The district is slightly less than 50% Hispanic, down from the 70% Hispanic population in the 2002–2010 cycles when the district reached from Corpus Christi to Brownsville.^[7]

In August 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 27th district is unconstitutional, arguing that it displaces a Hispanic-opportunity district.^[8] However, the United States Supreme Court later reversed the ruling, pronouncing the district constitutional in Abbott v. Perez.

Election results from presidential races[edit]

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1983
Solomon P. Ortiz (Corpus Christi)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2011	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	1983–1985 [data missing]
					1985–1993 [data missing]
					1993–2003 Cameron, Kenedy, and Nueces; parts of Kleberg and Willacy
					2003–2005 Cameron, Kenedy, and Willacy; parts of Kleberg and Nueces
					2005–2013 Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, and Willacy; parts of Cameron and San Patricio
Blake Farenthold (Corpus Christi)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – April 6, 2018	112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned.
					2013–2023 Aransas, Calhoun, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, Victoria, and Wharton; parts of Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, and San Patricio[9]
Vacant		April 6, 2018 – June 30, 2018	115th
Michael Cloud (Victoria)	Republican	June 30, 2018 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish Farenthold's term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–present Aransas, Bastrop (part), Bee, Caldwell, Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria[10]

Recent election results[edit]

Historical district boundaries[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of United States congressional districts

References[edit]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links[edit]

• 27th Congressional District of Texas Texas District 27 Information site.

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