Texas's 20th congressional district

Texas's 20th congressional district
Texas's 20th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Joaquín Castro (D–San Antonio)
Distribution
  • 99.62[1]% urban
  • 0.38% rural
Population (2016) 791,141[2]
Median income $49,421
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+10[3]

Texas District 20 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas. The district is heavily Latino/Hispanic (predominantly of Mexican descent), as is the surrounding area. Charlie Gonzalez, who represented the district from 1999 to 2013 after succeeding his father, Henry B. Gonzalez, did not seek re-election in the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections. State representative Joaquín Castro, the Democratic nominee to replace Gonzalez, defeated David Rosa, the Republican nominee, in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 6, 2012. His term began on January 3, 2013.

The 20th is a heavily Democratic district; it has not supported a Republican for president since 1956. In 1972, this was one of two congressional districts in the state of Texas to vote for George McGovern (the other being the 18th District in Houston). In 1984, this district gave Walter Mondale 59% of its vote.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District home Electoral history
District created January 3, 1935
Maury Maverick Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1939
Paul J. Kilday Democratic January 3, 1939 –
September 24, 1961		 Resigned after being appointed judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Vacant September 24, 1961 –
November 4, 1961
Henry B. González Democratic November 4, 1961 –
January 3, 1999
Charlie Gonzalez Democratic January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2013
Joaquín Castro Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present		 Incumbent

Selected recent election results

2006 election

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2006: Texas District 20
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Charlie Gonzalez 112,480 65.5% -34.5%
Republican Roger Scott 54,976 32.0% +32.0%
Libertarian Jessie Bouley 2,377 1.4% +1.4%
Independent Michael Idrogo 1,971 1.1% +1.1%
Majority 57,504 33.5%
Turnout 171,804
Democratic hold Swing -33.3%

2012 election

Democratic challenger Joaquín Castro defeated Republican challenger David Rosa in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 6, 2012.[4] Prior to being elected, Castro served as a state representative of the Texas House from the state's 125th District.

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012: Texas District 20
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquín Castro 118,719 64.00%
Republican David Rosa 62,041 33.44%
Libertarian A.E. Potts 3,117 1.68%
Green Antonio Diaz 1,621 0.87%
Total votes 185,498 100.00%

2014 election

Democrat Joaquín Castro defeated Libertarian challenger Jeffrey Blunt in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 4, 2014.[5]

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014: Texas District 20
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquín Castro 66,554 75.7%
Libertarian Jeffrey Blunt 21,410 24.3%
Total votes 87,964 100.0%

2016 election

Democratic incumbent Joaquín Castro defeated Libertarian challenger Jeffrey Blunt and Green Party candidate Paul Pipkin in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 8, 2016.

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2016: Texas District 20
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joaquín Castro 149,522 80%
Libertarian Jeffrey Blunt 29,023 15%
Green Paul Pipkin 8,969 5%

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=20
  3. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Joaquin Castro, Lamar Smith, Lloyd Doggett win U.S. Rep races". KSAT. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_20th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 29°28′28″N 98°37′21″W / 29.47444°N 98.62250°W / 29.47444; -98.62250


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