Texas's 31st congressional district

Texas's 31st congressional district
Texas's 31st congressional district
	Texas's 31st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	John Carter; R–Round Rock
Population (2015)	804,974
Median household; income	58,960
Ethnicity	51.8% White; 24.3% Hispanic; 11.4% Black; 7.1% other; 4.9% Asian; 0.36% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+13 (2012)

Texas District 31 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip of central Texas from north Austin up to Temple. The district includes most of the fast-growing northern suburbs of Austin, the Williamson County part of Austin, as well as the Fort Hood military base.

The current representative from the district is John Carter.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		January 3, 2003
John Carter	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present	108 109 110 111 112 113 114	First 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

US House election, 2004: Texas District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carter	160,247	64.8	4.3
	Democratic	Jon Porter	80,292	32.5	5.1
	Libertarian	Celeste Adams	6,888	2.8	1.5
Majority			79,955	32.3
Turnout			247,427
	Republican hold		Swing	-4.7

US House election, 2006: Texas District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carter	94,242	58	6.8
	Democratic	Mary Beth Harrell	62,761	39	6.5
	Libertarian	Matt McAdoo	4,370	3	0.2
Majority			31,481	19	13.3
Turnout			161,373		34.8
	Republican hold		Swing	-6.7

US House election, 2008: Texas District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carter	175,563	60.3	2.3
	Democratic	Brian P. Ruiz	106,559	36.6	3.6
	Libertarian	Barry N. Cooper	9,182	3.2	0.2
Majority			69,004	23.7	4.7
Turnout			291,304		80.5
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2010: Texas District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carter	126,384	82.6	20.3
	Libertarian	Bill Oliver	26,735	17.5	14.3
Majority			99,649	65.1	41.4
Turnout			153,119		47.4
	Republican hold		Swing

US House election, 2012: Texas District 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Carter	145,348	61.3	22.3
	Democratic	Stephen M. Wyman	62,761	35.0	35.0
	Libertarian	Ethan Garofolo	8,862	3.7	13.8
Majority			62,371	26.3	38.8
Turnout			237,187		54.9
	Republican hold		Swing