Texas's 21st congressional district
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Texas District 21 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the area northeast of San Antonio in the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 21 is Lamar S. Smith.
[edit] 2006 election
On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23 (LULAC v. Perry). As a result, on August 4, 2006, a 3 judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, as well as for the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts. On election day in November, these 5 districts will have open primaries; if any candidate receives over 50%, they're elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat. [1]
In the 2006 election, Lamar Smith is expected to face veteran and college administrator John Courage [1].
[edit] Election results
| US House election, 2004: Texas District 21 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Lamar S. Smith | 209,774 | 61.5 | -11.4 | |
| Democratic | Rhett Smith | 121,129 | 35.5 | +10.2 | |
| Libertarian | Jason Pratt | 10,216 | 3.0 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 88,645 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 341,119 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | -10.8 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Austin American-Statesman accessed 4 August 2006; link broken 18 October 2006
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