Texas' 7th Congressional District

Texas' 7th Congressional District

Incumbent

Lizzie Pannill Fletcher

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Texas' 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated Caroline Kane in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)	61.3	149,820
		Caroline Kane (R)	38.7	94,651

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,471
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7

Caroline Kane defeated Kenneth Omoruyi in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7 on May 28, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Caroline Kane	50.4	2,539
		Kenneth Omoruyi	49.6	2,495

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,034
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated Pervez Agwan in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	74.2	27,902
		Pervez Agwan	25.8	9,679

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,581
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Noor Mobeen (D)
• Lakeisha Simon (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

Kenneth Omoruyi and Caroline Kane advanced to a runoff. They defeated Carolyn B. Bryant and Tina Blum Cohen in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenneth Omoruyi	41.9	9,834
✔		Caroline Kane	24.6	5,764
		Carolyn B. Bryant	18.7	4,382
		Tina Blum Cohen	14.9	3,489

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Weinberg (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 7

No candidate advanced from the convention.

		Candidate
		Roy Eriksen (L)

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2022

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated Johnny Teague in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)	63.8	115,994
		Johnny Teague (R)	36.2	65,835

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 181,829
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Juan Arias (Independent)
• Juan Arra (Independent)

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7

Johnny Teague defeated Tim Stroud in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Johnny Teague	63.6	9,152
		Tim Stroud	36.4	5,239

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,391
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	100.0	29,579

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Centrell Reed (D)
• Muhammad Javed (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Johnny Teague	43.0	9,293
✔		Tim Stroud	29.4	6,346
		Tina Blum Cohen	8.3	1,792
		Lance Stewart	8.2	1,764
		Rudy Atencio	4.7	1,024
		Laique Rehman	4.5	977
		Benson Gitau	2.0	422

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,618
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jafar Hajjar (R)

2020

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated Wesley Hunt and Shawn Kelly in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)	50.8	159,529
		Wesley Hunt (R)	47.5	149,054
		Shawn Kelly (L)	1.8	5,542

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,125
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent Lizzie Pannill Fletcher advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	100.0	55,243

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,243
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Sandles (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wesley Hunt	61.0	28,060
		Cindy Siegel	27.2	12,497
		Maria Espinoza	5.9	2,716
		Kyle Preston	3.0	1,363
		Jim Noteware	2.0	937
		Laique Rehman	0.9	424

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 45,997
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kenny Lim (R)
• Thomas Devor (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 7

Shawn Kelly advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Shawn Kelly (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 7

Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated incumbent John Culberson in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (D)	52.5	127,959
		John Culberson (R)	47.5	115,642

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 243,601
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ronald Kimmons (Independent)

Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7

Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated Laura Moser in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 7 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	67.9	9,888
		Laura Moser	32.1	4,666

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 14,554
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lizzie Pannill Fletcher	29.4	9,768
✔		Laura Moser	24.3	8,099
		Jason Westin	19.2	6,375
		Alex Triantaphyllis	15.7	5,234
		Ivan Sanchez	5.7	1,895
		Joshua Butler	3.8	1,253
		James Cargas	2.0	651

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,275
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7

Incumbent John Culberson defeated Edward Ziegler in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 7 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Culberson	76.1	28,944
		Edward Ziegler	23.9	9,088

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,032
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2016

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent John Culberson (R) defeated James Cargas (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Culberson defeated Maria Espinoza and James Lloyd in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Cargas faced no opposition in the Democratic primary.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson Incumbent	56.2%	143,542
	Democratic	James Cargas	43.8%	111,991
Total Votes				255,533
Source: Texas Secretary of State

U.S. House, Texas District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Culberson Incumbent	57.3%	44,290
James Lloyd	24.9%	19,217
Maria Espinoza	17.8%	13,793
Total Votes		77,300
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 7th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent John Culberson (R) defeated James Cargas (D) and Gerald Fowler (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson Incumbent	63.3%	90,606
	Democratic	James Cargas	34.5%	49,478
	Libertarian	Gerald Fowler	2.2%	3,135
Total Votes				143,219
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 7th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent John Culberson (R) won re-election. He defeated James Cargas (D), Drew Parks (L) and Lance Findley (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson Incumbent	60.8%	142,793
	Democratic	James Cargas	36.4%	85,553
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	2%	4,669
	Green	Lance Findley	0.8%	1,822
Total Votes				234,837
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, John Culberson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Townsend (L) and Lissa Squiers (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson incumbent	81.4%	143,655
	Libertarian	Bob Townsend	18%	31,704
	Write-in	Lissa Squiers	0.6%	1,019
Total Votes				176,378

2008
On November 4, 2008, John Culberson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael Skelly (D) and Drew Parks (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson incumbent	55.9%	162,635
	Democratic	Michael Skelly	42.4%	123,242
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	1.7%	5,057
Total Votes				290,934

2006
On November 7, 2006, John Culberson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Henley (D) and Carl Nulsen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson incumbent	59.2%	99,318
	Democratic	Jim Henley	38.5%	64,514
	Libertarian	Carl Nulsen	2.4%	3,953
Total Votes				167,785

2004
On November 2, 2004, John Culberson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Martinez (D), Paul Staton (I) and Drew Parks (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson incumbent	64.1%	175,440
	Democratic	John Martinez	33.3%	91,126
	Independent	Paul Staton	1.4%	3,713
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	1.2%	3,372
Total Votes				273,651

2002
On November 5, 2002, John Culberson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Drew Parks (L) and John Skone-Palmer (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson incumbent	89.2%	96,795
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	10.8%	11,674
	Write-in	John Skone-Palmer	0.1%	58
Total Votes				108,527

2000
On November 7, 2000, John Culberson won election to the United States House. He defeated Jeff Sell (D), Drew Parks (L) and John Skone-Palmer (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Culberson	73.9%	183,712
	Democratic	Jeff Sell	24.4%	60,694
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	1.7%	4,182
	Write-in	John Skone-Palmer	0%	5
Total Votes				248,593

1998
On November 3, 1998, Bill Archer won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Drew Parks (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Archer incumbent	93.3%	111,010
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	6.6%	7,889
	N/A	Write-in	0%	47
Total Votes				118,946

1996
On November 5, 1996, Bill Archer won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Al J. K. Siegmund (D), Gene Hsiac (I) and Robert Sims, Jr. (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Archer incumbent	81.4%	152,024
	Democratic	Al J. K. Siegmund	15.1%	28,187
	Independent	Gene Hsiac	2.1%	3,896
	Independent	Robert Sims, Jr.	1.5%	2,724
Total Votes				186,831

1994
On November 8, 1994, Bill Archer won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Archer incumbent	100%	116,873
Total Votes				116,873

1992
On November 3, 1992, Bill Archer won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Archer incumbent	100%	169,407
Total Votes				169,407

1990
On November 6, 1990, Bill Archer won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 7 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Bill Archer incumbent	100%	114,254
Total Votes				114,254

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

Texas enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021. On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021. This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."

Texas District 7
until January 2, 2023

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Texas District 7
starting January 3, 2023

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The 7th Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 7th the 109th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 64.2%-34.5%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Texas' 7th the 107th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 64.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 34.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 7th Congressional District the 177th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.11. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.11 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 7th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 7th Congressional District & Map

Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Sylvester Turner (D)

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (13)