Texas's 38th congressional district
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Texas's 38th congressional district is a congressional district in Texas, covering parts of Harris County. It includes the Houston suburbs of Jersey Village, Cypress, Tomball, Katy, and Klein.[2]
The district was created in the redistricting after the 2020 census, where Texas gained two seats in the House. The district was first contested in the 2022 House elections, sending a member to the 118th United States Congress.[3][2]
History
The district was created as a result of the 2022 redistricting to account for rapid growth in Harris County during the previous decade, and includes many of the most Republican areas in Houston and Harris County, including much of the Katy Freeway corridor west of downtown Houston. The southern portion of the district - including Memorial City and the neighboring Memorial Villages, the Energy Corridor and the adjacent Addicks and Barker reservoirs, all or parts of the wealthy River Oaks, Rice Military and Tanglewood neighborhoods of west Houston, Memorial Park and the eastern parts of the Greater Katy area - was long considered the traditional base of the 7th district from 1967 to 2023 that was once the most Republican district in the Houston area, as well as the home district of former President George H.W. Bush during his presidency and post-presidential years. The northern portion of the district, which extends from the neighborhoods directly north of U.S. Highway 290 (known locally as the Northwest Freeway) including such suburbs as Jersey Village, Tomball, Klein and parts of Cypress, had boomeranged between several Republican-friendly districts over the years (mostly involving the 7th and 8th districts, as well as the 2nd and 10th districts during the first two decades of the 21st century), while otherwise maintaining their largely Republican leans as the area became increasingly suburbanized.
The district's first incumbent will be Republican Wesley Hunt, an African-American Republican, former Army officer and West Point and Cornell University graduate who narrowly lost to one-term Democratic incumbent Lizzie Fletcher (who had defeated that district's longtime Republican incumbent John Culberson in 2018) in the 7th district in 2020, conceding the race the day after the election, and for whom the district was reportedly designed for in redistricting talks. Hunt easily won the 2022 Republican primary over nine other candidates with over 50 percent of the vote, and easily defeated former Spring Branch ISD superintendent Duncan Klussmann in the general election, becoming the first Black Republican to represent the Houston area in Congress since Reconstruction.
List of members representing the district
| Representative (Residence) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 2023 | |||||
 Wesley Hunt (Houston) |
Republican | 118th | January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2022. | 2023–present Parts of Harris |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wesley Hunt | 162,992 | 63.00% | N/A | |
| Democratic | Duncan Klussmann | 91,768 | 35.47% | N/A | |
| Independent | Joel Dejean | 3,953 | 1.53% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 258,713 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "Enacted Maps and 2022 Ratings". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Texas' 38th Congressional District election, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ^ Merica, Dan; Stark, Liz (April 26, 2021). "Census Bureau announces 331 million people in US, Texas will add two congressional seats". CNN. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Texas Elections Results - U.S. House - District 38 General". Daily Kos. Associated Press. November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.