Texas's 36th congressional district

Texas's 36th congressional district

District map as of January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Brian Babin (R)
Distribution
  • % urban
  • % rural
Population (2015) 731,274[1]
Median income 50,790[2]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVI R+25 (2014)

Texas's 36th Congressional District is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[3] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections for a seat in the 113th United States Congress.[4] Steve Stockman won the general election, and represented the new district. On December 9, 2013, Stockman announced that he would not seek reelection in 2014, and would instead challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican senatorial primary.

Texas's 36th Congressional District is located in southeast Texas and includes all of Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Orange, Hardin, Liberty, and Chambers counties, plus portions of southeastern Harris County.[5] The Johnson Space Center is within the district.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created January 3, 2013
Steve Stockman Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015		 Elected in 2012
Brian Babin Republican January 3, 2015 –
 Elected in 2014

2012 election

The new 36th District includes portions of four current congressional districts, represented by:

There were twelve candidates for the Republican nomination, one candidate for the Democratic nomination, one Libertarian candidate and one independent candidate.[6]

2014 election

Candidates in the 2014 primary include Republicans Phil Fitzgerald, John Amdur, Doug Centilli, Dave Norman, Chuck Meyer and Kim I. Morrell, and Democrat Michael K. Cole.[7]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/mycd/
  2. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_36th_Congressional_District
  3. ↑ "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/?PlanHeader=PLANc185
  6. ↑ "Texas' 36th Congressional District elections, 2012".
  7. ↑ "Candidates on the Liberty County Ballot for March 4, 2014 Primary". The Vindicator. Liberty, Texas. December 12, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

Coordinates: 30°46′48″N 93°45′00″W / 30.7800°N 93.7500°W / 30.7800; -93.7500

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