Texas's 30th congressional district

Texas's 30th congressional district
Texas's 30th congressional district
	Texas's 30th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Eddie Bernice Johnson; D–Dallas
Population (2015)	754,382
Median household; income	40,107 percent unemployment = 11.7
Ethnicity	43.6% Black; 39.1% Hispanic; 9.4% White; 5.9% other; 1.6% Asian; 0.43% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+27 (2014)

Texas District 30 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves much of the city of Dallas and other parts of Dallas County (primarily black- and Hispanic-majority areas). The current Representative from District 30 is Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who has represented the district since its creation in 1993. Her 2010 challenger was Republican Stephen Broden.^[4] In 2012 she faced Republican Travis Washington Jr. and Libertarian Ed Rankin.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		January 3, 1993
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115	First elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1996 Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2000 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012 Re-elected in 2014 Re-elected in 2016

Recent election results

2004 Election

US House election, 2004: Texas District 30
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson	144,513	93.0	+18.8
	Libertarian	John Davis	10,821	7.0	+5.4
Majority			133,692	86.1
Turnout			155,334
	Democratic hold		Swing	+21.5

2006 Election

The 2006 congressional race for Texas' 30th district was between longtime incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson, GOP backed long-time district resident Wilson Aurbach, and Libertarian Ken Ashby.

US House election, 2006: Texas District 30
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson	81,212	80.2	-12.8
	Republican	Wilson Aurbach	17,820	17.6	N/A
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	2,245	2.2	-4.8
Majority			63,392	62.6
Turnout			101,277
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012

Her 2012 Republican challenger is Travis Washington Jr., a moderate Republican with more than 20 years active duty in the United States Air Force.

Historical district boundaries

In popular culture

The 30th congressional district plays a role in the first part of season 4 of House Of Cards.

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/

[2] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_30th_Congressional_District

[3] ttps://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_30th_Congressional_District

[4] "Eddie Bernice Johnson says chief of staff reviewed scholarship applications".

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