Texas's 6th congressional district | |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 801,951[2] |
Median household income | $75,003[2] |
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Cook PVI | R+15[3] |
Texas's 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes Ellis and Navarro counties to the south and southeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth area plus the southeast corner of Tarrant County. As of the 2010 census, the 6th district represented 698,498 people.[4] The district is currently represented by Republican Jake Ellzey.
The district was represented by Joe Barton from 1985 until 2019.[5] Other notable representatives include Olin "Tiger" Teague and Phil Gramm. The latter served as a Democrat, then notably resigned and ran as a Republican to win the ensuing special election.
A special election to fill the seat was held on May 1, 2021, with the winner being determined in a July 27 runoff after no candidate received a majority of the vote. In the runoff, Republican state representative Jake Ellzey defeated fellow Republican Susan Wright (the widow of Ron Wright and the endorsee of former President Donald Trump),[6][7] winning the seat.
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Year | Office | Result |
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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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Joe Barton (incumbent) | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ron Wright (incumbent) | 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 | ||||
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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 |
This special election took place after Wright died from health complications related to COVID-19 on February 7, 2021.[9]
Early in the district's history, it stretched from the southern Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs all the way to Houston's northern suburbs. As Houston and DFW grew, the district shrank gradually northward, reaching its current boundaries today.
The 2012 redistricting process removed all of Trinity, Houston, Leon, Freestone, and Limestone counties from the district, while making the district more compact in southeastern Tarrant County.[10]
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