2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas


The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 presidential election, as well as 2016 [United States House of Representatives elections|other elections] to the House of Representatives, 2016 [United States Senate elections|elections to the United States Senate] and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on March 1.

District 1

Incumbent Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 77% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+24.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Anthony Culler
  • Simon Winston, rancher

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 2

Incumbent Republican Ted Poe, who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 68% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+16.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Pat Bryan, retired IT technician

General election

Results


District 3

The incumbent was Republican Sam Johnson, who had represented the district since 1991. He was re-elected with 82% of the vote in 2014.The district had a PVI of R+17.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 4

Incumbent Republican John Ratcliffe, who had represented the district since 2014, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Cody Wommack

General election

Results


District 5

The incumbent was Republican Jeb Hensarling, who had represented the district since 2012. He was re-elected with 85% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+17.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ken Ashby

General election

Results


District 6

The incumbent was Republican Joe Barton, who had represented the district since 1985. He was re-elected in 2014 with 61% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+11. His re-election margin increased to 68.7 percent in the 2016 primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Joe Barton, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Collin Baker
  • Steven Fowler, business owner

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Ruby Faye Woolridge, minister, counsellor, and educator
    Eliminated in primary
  • Don Jaquess, business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012
  • Jeffrey Roseman
    Withdrawn
  • David Cozad, software engineer and nominee for this seat in 2010 and 2014

General election

Results


District 7

Incumbent Republican John Culberson, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Culberson, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Maria Espinoza, anti-immigration activist
  • James Lloyd, energy lawyer and former White House national security aide

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 8

Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kevin Brady, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Andre Dean
  • Craig McMichael, network engineer, Marine Corps veteran and candidate for this seat in 2014
  • Steve Toth, former state representative

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

General election

Results


District 9

Incumbent Democrat Al Green, who had represented the district since 2004, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jeff Martin

General election

Results


District 10

Incumbent Republican Michael McCaul, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tawana Walter-Cadien, consultant, registered nurse, MMA Surgery supervisor, quality assurance director and nominee for this seat in 2012 & 2014
    Eliminated in primary
  • Scot Gallaher, energy consultant

General election

Results


District 11

The incumbent, Republican Mike Conaway, had represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 90% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+31.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Nicholas Landholt

General election

Results


District 12

Incumbent Republican Kay Granger, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+19.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bill Bradshaw

General election

Results


District 13

Incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 84% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+32.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

General election

Results


District 14

Incumbent Republican Randy Weber, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Randy Weber, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Keith Casey, candidate for the 36th district in 2012

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael K. Cole, educator and nominee for this seat in 2014

General election

Results


District 15

Incumbent Democrat Rubén Hinojosa, who had represented the district since 1997, decided to retire. He was re-elected in 2014 with 54% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+5.

Democratic primary

No candidate received 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates, Vicente Gonzalez and Juan "Sonny" Palacios Jr., faced a run-off election, which Gonzalez won by a large margin.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Vicente Gonzalez, attorney
    Eliminated in primary
  • Dolly Elizondo, former Hildago County Democratic Party chair
  • Juan "Sonny" Palacios Jr., Edinburg school board member
  • Joel Quintanilla, former Hidalgo County commissioner
  • Ruben Ramirez, attorney and candidate for this seat in 2012
  • Randy Sweeten, accountant
    Withdrawn
  • Johnny Partain, candidate for this seat in 2012
    Declined
  • Rubén Hinojosa, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

No candidate received 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates, Tim Westley and Ruben Villarreal, faced a run-off election, which Westley won by 29 votes.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tim Westley, pastor
    Eliminated in primary
  • Xavier Salinas, Edinburg school board member
  • Ruben Villarreal, former mayor of Rio Grande City

General election

Results


District 16

Incumbent Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Beto O'Rourke, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Ben Mendoza, candidate for this seat in 2012

General election

No Republican ran for this seat, leaving only Libertarian and Green party opposition.

Results


District 17

Incumbent Republican Bill Flores, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bill Flores, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Ralph Patterson, former chair of the McLennan County Republican Party
  • Kaleb Sims, businessman

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • William Matta

General election

Results


District 18

Incumbent, Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lori Bartley, small business owner and certified mediator
    Eliminated in primary
  • Sharon Fisher, retired small business owner
  • Reggie Gonzales,
  • Ava Pate, cosmetologist

Results

No candidate achieved 50% of the vote, so Lori Bartley and Reggie Gonzales faced each other in a run-off, which Lori Bartley won by a margin of 58–42.

General election

Results


District 19

Incumbent Republican Randy Neugebauer, who had represented the district since 2003, opted to retire. He was re-elected in 2014 with 77 percent of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+26.

Republican primary

Mayor Glen Robertson announced in January 2015 that he was considering running against Neugebauer in the 2016 Republican primary. He cited unhappiness with what he said was Neugebauer's failure to bolster the cotton industry. In March, Robertson said that he would not run for Congress and instead run once more for mayor.
After Neugebauer decided to retire, Robertson entered the congressional race and withdrew from consideration for another term as mayor.

Candidates

Nominee

Results

None of the nine candidates obtained a majority in the Republican primary on March 1. Robertson led the field but had to face a run-off challenge against Arrington.

Run-off results

Arrington had trailed Robertson by fewer than one thousand votes in the first round, but he won the run-off.

General election

Results


District 20

Incumbent Democrat Joaquín Castro, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+6.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 21

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith, who had represented the district since 1987, ran for re-election. The district had a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Lamar Smith, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Matt McCall, small business owner and candidate for this seat in 2014
  • John Murphy, software engineer
  • Todd Phelps, businessman

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Thomas Wakely, hospice chaplain
    Eliminated in primary
  • Tejas Vakil, commercial real-estate company owner

General election

Results


District 22

Incumbent Republican Pete Olson, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Gibson, attorney and candidate for this seat in 2014
    Eliminated in primary
  • A. R. Hassan

General election

Results


District 23

Incumbent Republican Will Hurd, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was elected in 2014, when he narrowly unseated the Democratic incumbent Pete Gallego. The district had a PVI of R+3.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Will Hurd, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • William Peterson

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Pete Gallego, former U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Lee Keenen, doctor

General election

Campaign

Hurd publicly declined to endorse Donald Trump, explaining that Trump must earn his support. On May 6, 2016, Hurd said, “Until the presumptive nominee shows he can respect women and minorities and presents a clear plan to protect our homeland, I am going to reserve my endorsement. I hope in the next seven months he can show this because I am not supporting Hillary Clinton.”

Debates

  • , October 27, 2016

Results


District 24

Incumbent Republican Kenny Marchant, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jan McDowell, accountant

General election

Results


District 25

Incumbent, Republican Roger Williams, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+12.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kathi Thomas, small business owner, former precinct chair for Hays County Democrats and nominee for state senate in 2006

General election

Results


District 26

Incumbent Republican Michael C. Burgess, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Michael C. Burgess, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Micah Beebe, realtor
  • Joel A. Krause, small business owner

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Eric Mauck

General election

Results


District 27

Incumbent Republican Blake Farenthold, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 64% of the vote. The district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary

John Harrington, president and founder of firearms retailer Shield Tactical, announced a primary challenge of Farenthold in May 2015. The Texas Tribune reported that Harrington had the capacity to self-fund a race. In August 2015 he announced that he was withdrawing because of lingering effects of a motorcycle crash.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Blake Farenthold, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Gregg Deeb, retired Marine lieutenant colonel
    Withdrawn
  • John Harrington, president and founder of firearms retailer Shield Tactical

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 28

Incumbent Democrat Henry Cuellar, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Henry Cuellar, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • William Hayward, ostrich rancher and Republican nominee for this seat in 2012

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Zeffen Hardin, Marine Corps veteran

General election

Results


District 29

Incumbent Democrat Gene Green, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Gene Green, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Adrian Garcia, former sheriff of Harris County
  • Dominique Garcia, small business owner and real estate agent

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Julio Garza, insurance agent
    Eliminated in primary
  • Robert Schafranek

General election

Results


District 30

Incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Charles Lingerfelt, teacher and principal

General election

Results


District 31

Incumbent Republican John Carter, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John Carter, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Mike Sweeney, software company founder and president

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mike Clark, technology sector employee

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Scott Ballard, nominee for this seat in 2014 and the 11th district in 2012

General election

Results


District 32

Incumbent Republican Pete Sessions, who had represented the district since 2003, and previously represented the 5th district from 1997 to 2003, ran for re-election against no Democratic opponent.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats filed to run.

General election

Results


District 33

Incumbent Democrat Marc Veasey, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Marc Veasey, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Carlos Quintanilla, business owner, activist and candidate for this seat in 2012

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Mitchell, physician, attorney, and business owner
    Eliminated in primary
  • Bruce Chadwick

General election

Results


District 34

Incumbent Democrat Filemon Vela Jr., who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Rey Gonzalez Jr., attorney
    Eliminated in primary
  • William "Willie" Vaden

General election

Results


District 35

Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett, who had represented the district since 2013, having served in Congress since 1995. He was elected with 63% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+11.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results


District 36

Incumbent Republican Brian Babin, who had represented the district since 2015, when Steve Stockman vacated the seat after a failed campaign for the United States Senate, ran for re-election. He was elected with 76 percent of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+25.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

No Democrats ran for the seat.

General election

Results