Texas's 12th congressional district

Texas's 12th congressional district
Texas's 12th congressional district
	Texas's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Kay Granger; R–Fort Worth
Distribution	13.46% rural;
Population (2016)	770,350
Median household; income	$62,214
Ethnicity	65.13% White; 22.03% Hispanic; 8.61% Black; 3.63% Asian; 0.6% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+18

Texas District 12 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the western half of Tarrant County as well as all of Parker and an eastern portion of Wise Counties in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 12 is Kay Granger, a Republican. In the 2018 midterm election she will be opposed by Vanessa Adia, the Democratic nominee.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1893
Thomas M. Paschal	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[data missing]
George H. Noonan	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	[data missing]
James L. Slayden	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 14th district
Oscar W. Gillespie	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	[data missing]
Oscar Callaway	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	[data missing]
James C. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	Resigned to become U.S. District Judge
Vacant		March 3, 1919 – April 19, 1919
Fritz G. Lanham	Democratic	April 19, 1919 – January 3, 1947	[data missing]
Wingate H. Lucas	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955	[data missing]
Jim Wright	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – June 30, 1989	Resigned
Vacant		June 30, 1989 – September 12, 1989
Pete Geren	Democratic	September 12, 1989 – January 3, 1997	Was not a candidate for re-election in 1996.^[4]
Kay Granger	Republican	January 3, 1997 – Present	First elected in 1996

US House election, 2016: Texas District 12^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger	196,482	69.4	−1.91
	Democratic	Bill Bradshaw	76,029	26.85	+0.54
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	10,604	3.75	+1.36
Total votes			283,115	100
	Republican hold

US House election, 2014: Texas District 12^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger (Incumbent)	113,186	71.31	+0.41
	Democratic	Mark Greene	41,757	26.31	+0.04
	Libertarian	Ed Colliver	3,787	2.39	−0.02
Total votes			158,730	100
	Republican hold

US House election, 2012: Texas District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger	175,649	70.90	−0.95
	Democratic	Dave Robinson	66,080	26.27	+1.54
	Libertarian	Matthew Solodow	5,983	2.41	−0.59
Majority			109,569	44.23	−2.49
Turnout			247,712		+61.99
	Republican hold

US House election, 2010: Texas District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger	109,882	71.85	+4.26
	Democratic	Tracey Smith	38,434	25.13	−5.47
	Libertarian	Matthew Solodow	4,601	3.00	+1.20
Majority			71,448	46.72	+9.73
Turnout			152,917		−43.10
	Republican hold

US House election, 2008: Texas District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger	181,662	67.59	+0.65
	Democratic	Tracey Smith	82,250	30.60	−0.48
	Libertarian	Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh	4,842	1.80	−0.16
Majority			99,412	36.99
Turnout			268,754
	Republican hold

US House election, 2006: Texas District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Granger	98,371	66.94	+2.88
	Democratic	John R. Morris	69,148	31.08	−3.40
	Libertarian	Gardner Osborne	3,251	1.96	+1.96
Majority			52,695	36.2
Turnout			145,396
	Republican hold

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=12
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Office of History and Preservation, Clerk's Office of the United States House of Representatives. "GEREN, Preston M. (Pete) - Biographical Information". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Massachusetts's 8th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House January 6, 1987 – June 6, 1989	Succeeded by Washington's 5th congressional district