United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2004

Comparison of U.S. House election results for Texas in 2002 and 2004 after the creation of new boundaries for congressional districts following mid-term redistricting in 2003. Blue denotes a Democratic hold, dark red denotes a Republican hold, and light red denotes a Republican pickup.

The 2004 House elections in Texas occurred on November 2, 2004 to elect the members of the State of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty-two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census.

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 2004, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Republicans gained five of Texas's House seats due to a midterm redistricting in 2003. However some of the districts created following this election would later be changed. The Twenty-third district would be declared an unconstitutional racially gerrymandered district by the Supreme Court of the United States in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry in 2006. Thus it and neighboring districts would be redrawn.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2004[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats Before	Seats After	+/–
	Republican	4,012,534	57.66%	15	21	+6
	Democratic	2,713,968	39%	17	11	-6
	Libertarian	180,389	2.59%	0	0	0
	Independent	51,712	.74%	0	0	0
Valid votes		-	-%
Invalid or blank votes		-	-%
Totals		6,958,603	100.00%	32	32	—
Voter turnout		%

Results

District	Incumbent	Party	Elected	Status	Opponent
Texas 1	Max Sandlin	Democratic	1996	Defeated	Louie Gohmert (R) 61.5% Max Sandlin (D) 37.7% Dean L. Tucker (L) 0.8%
Texas 2	Jim Turner	Democratic	1996	Retired, Republican victory	Ted Poe (R) 55.5% Nick Lampson (D) 42.9% Sandi Saulsbury (L) 1.6%
Texas 3	Sam Johnson	Republican	1991	Re-elected	Sam Johnson (R) 85.6% Paul Jenkins (I) 8.1% James Vessels (L) 6.3%
Texas 4	Ralph Hall	Republican	1980	Re-elected	Ralph Hall (R) 68.2% Jim Nickerson (D) 30.4% Kevin D. Anderson (L) 1.3%
Texas 5	Jeb Hensarling	Republican	2002	Re-elected	Jeb Hensarling (R) 64.5% Bill Bernstein (D) 32.9% John Gonzalez (L) 2.6%
Texas 6	Joe Barton	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Joe Barton (R) 66.0% Morris Meyer (D) 32.7% Stephen J. Schrader (L) 1.3%
Texas 7	John Culberson	Republican	2000	Re-elected	John Culberson (R) 64.1% John Martinez (D) 33.3% Paul Staton (I) 1.4% Drew P. Parks (L) 1.2%
Texas 8	Kevin Brady	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kevin Brady (R) 68.9% James Wright (D) 29.7% Paul Hansen (L) 1.4%
Texas 9	Nick Lampson	Democratic	1996	Ran in 2nd District	Al Green (D) 72.2% Arlette Molina (R) 26.6% Stacey Lynn Bourland (L) 1.2%
Texas 10	Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	1994	Elected in 25th District	Michael McCaul (R) 78.6% Robert William Fritsche (L) 15.4% Lorenzo Sadun (Write-in) 6.0%
Texas 11	Chet Edwards	Democratic	1990	Elected in 17th District	Mike Conaway (R) 76.8% Wayne Raasch (D) 21.8% Jeffrey C. Blunt (L) 1.4%
Texas 12	Kay Granger	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Kay Granger (R) 72.3% Felix Alvarado (D) 27.7%
Texas 13	Mac Thornberry	Republican	1994	Re-elected	Mac Thornberry 92.3% Marion Smith (L) 7.7%
Texas 14	Ron Paul	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Ron Paul (R) unopposed
Texas 15	Ruben Hinojosa	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Ruben Hinojosa (D) 57.8% Michael Thamm (R) 40.8% William R. Cady (L) 1.4%
Texas 16	Silvestre Reyes	Democratic	1996	Re-elected	Silvestre Reyes (D) 67.5% David Bringham (R) 31.1% Brad Clardy (L) 1.4%
Texas 17	Charles Stenholm	Democratic	1978	Ran in 19th District	Chet Edwards (D) 51.2% Arlene Wohlgemuth (R) 47.4% Clyde Garland (L) 1.4%
Texas 18	Sheila Jackson Lee	Democratic	1994	Re-elected	Sheila Jackson Lee (D) 88.9% Thomas Bazan (I) 6.4% Brent Sullivan (L) 4.7%
Texas 19	Randy Neugebauer	Republican	2002	Re-elected	Randy Neugebauer (R) 58.4% Charles Stenholm (D) 40.1% Richard Peterson (L) 1.5%
Texas 20	Charlie Gonzalez	Democratic	1998	Re-elected	Charlie Gonzalez (D) 65.5% Roger Scott (R) 32.0% Jessie Bouley (L) 1.4% Michael Idrogo (I) 1.1%
Texas 21	Lamar S. Smith	Republican	1986	Re-elected	Lamar S. Smith (R) 61.5% Rhett Smith (D) 35.5% Jason Pratt (L) 3.0%
Texas 22	Tom DeLay	Republican	1984	Re-elected	Tom DeLay (R) 55.2% Richard Morrison (D) 41.1% Michael Fjetland (I) 1.9% Thomas Morrison (L) 1.8%
Texas 23	Henry Bonilla	Republican	1992	Re-elected	Henry Bonilla (R) 69.3% Joe Sullivan (D) 29.4% Nazirite R. Flores Perez (L) 1.3%
Texas 24	Martin Frost	Democratic	1978	Ran in 32nd District	Kenny Marchant (R) 64.0% Gary Page (D) 34.2% James Lawrence (L) 1.8%
Texas 25	Chris Bell	Democratic	2002	Lost Primary in 9th District	Lloyd Doggett (D) 67.6% Rebecca Armendariz Klein (R) 30.7% James S. Werner (L) 1.7%
Texas 26	Michael Burgess	Republican	2002	Re-elected	Michael Burgess (R) 65.8% Lico Reyes (D) 32.7% James Gholston (L) 1.5%
Texas 27	Solomon Ortiz	Democratic	1982	Re-elected	Solomon Ortiz (D) 63.1% Willie Vaden (R) 34.9% Christopher J. Claytor (L) 2.0%
Texas 28	Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	1997	Lost Primary	Henry Cuellar (D) 59.0% Jim Hopson (R) 38.6% Ken Ashby (L) 2.4%
Texas 29	Gene Green	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Gene Green (D) 94.1% Clifford Lee Messina (L) 5.9%
Texas 30	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	1992	Re-elected	Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 93.0% John Davis (L) 7.0%
Texas 31	John Carter	Republican	2002	Re-elected	John Carter (R) 64.8% Jon Porter (D) 32.4% Celeste Adams (L) 2.8%
Texas 32	Pete Sessions	Republican	1996	Re-elected	Pete Sessions (R) 54.3% Martin Frost (D) 44.0% Michael David Needleman (L) 1.7%

References

1. http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist.exe