Texas's 5th congressional district

Texas's 5th congressional district
Texas's 5th congressional district
	Texas's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Lance Gooden; R–Terrell
Area	5,043.85 sq mi (13,063.5 km2)
Distribution	32.84% rural;
Population (2018)	749,808
Median household; income	$51,984
Ethnicity	46.2% White; 29.1% Hispanic; 15.8% Black; 4.1% other; 1.8% Asian; 0.5% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+16

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman counties. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden.

Carolyn Salter was the only Democrat to run in the Democratic primary for the race, and it is assumed she will face him in the November election.^[4] Republican Don Hill is running against Gooden in the Republican primary.^[5]

2012 redistricting

After the 2012 redistricting process, the eastern half of Wood County was removed, and there were slight changes to the district in Dallas County.^[6]

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 66 - 34%
2004	President	Bush 67 - 33%
2008	President	McCain 63 - 36%
2012	President	Romney 65 - 34%
2016	President	Trump 63 - 34%

List of representatives

U.S. congressional district borders are periodically redrawn, therefore some district residence locations may no longer be in the 5th district.

Name	Took office	Left office	Cong ess	Party	District residence	Notes
District created March 4, 1875
John Hancock	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1877	44th	Democrat	Austin	Redistricted from the 4th district
Dewitt Clinton Giddings	March 4, 1877	March 3, 1879	45th	Democrat	Brenham
George Washington Jones	March 4, 1879	March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Greenback	Bastrop
James W. Throckmorton	March 4, 1883	March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Democrat	McKinney
Silas Hare	March 4, 1887	March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Democrat	Sherman
Joseph W. Bailey	March 4, 1891	March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Democrat	Gainesville
Choice B. Randell	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1903	57th	Democrat	Sherman	Redistricted to the 4th district
James Andrew Beall	March 4, 1903	March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Democrat	Waxahachie
Hatton W. Sumners	March 4, 1915	January 3, 1947	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Democrat	Dallas	Redistricted from the At-large district
Joseph Franklin Wilson	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1955	80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Democrat	Dallas
Bruce R. Alger	January 3, 1955	January 3, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Republican	Dallas
Earle Cabell	January 3, 1965	January 3, 1973	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Democrat	Dallas
Alan Steelman	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Republican	Dallas
Jim Mattox	January 3, 1977	January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Democrat	Dallas
John W. Bryant	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Democrat	Dallas
Pete Sessions	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Republican	Dallas	Redistricted to the 32nd district
Jeb Hensarling	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2019	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Republican	Dallas	Retired.
Lance Gooden	January 3, 2019	present	116th 117th 118th	Republican	Terrell

Recent elections

2004

US House election, 2004: Texas District 5^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	148,816	64.5
	Democratic	Bill Bernstein	75,911	32.9
	Libertarian	John Gonzalez	6,118	2.7
Total votes			230,845
	Republican hold

2006

US House election, 2006: Texas District 5^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	88,478	61.76
	Democratic	Charlie Thompson	50,983	35.58
	Libertarian	Mike Nelson	3,791	2.64
Total votes			143,252
	Republican hold

2008

US House election, 2008: Texas District 5^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	162,894	83.59
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	31,967	16.40
Total votes			194,861
	Republican hold

2010

US House election, 2010: Texas District 5^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	106,742	70.52
	Democratic	Tom Berry	41,649	27.51
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	2,958	1.95
Total votes			151,349
	Republican hold

2012

US House election, 2012: Texas District 5^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	134,091	64.40
	Democratic	Linda S. Mrosko	69,178	33.22
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,961	2.38
Total votes			208,230
	Republican hold

2014

US House election, 2014: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	88,998	85.4
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	15,264	14.6
Total votes			104,262
	Republican hold

2016

US House election, 2016: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	155,469	80.6
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	37,406	19.4
Total votes			192,875
	Republican hold

2018

US House election, 2018: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lance Gooden	130,617	62.4
	Democratic	Dan Wood	78,666	37.6
Total votes			209,283	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

References

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ "My Congressional District". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ https://ballotpedia.org/Carolyn_Salter
^ https://ballotpedia.org/Don_Hill_(Texas)
^ http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2004). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 7, 2006). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 4, 2008). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2010). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 6, 2012). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[2] "My Congressional District". Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Carolyn_Salter

[5] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Don_Hill_(Texas)

[6] ttp://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/

[sos2004-7] Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2004). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[sos2006-8] Office of the Secretary of State (November 7, 2006). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[sos2008-9] Office of the Secretary of State (November 4, 2008). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[sos2010-10] Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2010). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[sos2012-11] Office of the Secretary of State (November 6, 2012). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.

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