Texas's 25th congressional district
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Texas District 25 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves several counties in the Central Texas area. For the 2004 elections, it had an elongated shape stretching from deep south Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border to Austin as a result of Tom Delay's mid-decade 2003 redistricting of Texas congressional districts. The district's shape led Texas Democrats to nickname it "the fajita strip." The current Representative from District 25 is Lloyd Doggett.
[edit] 2006 election
On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's 2003 redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23. The main basis for the ruling was that the old 23rd was a protected majority-Hispanic district--in other words, if the 23rd was redrawn in a way to put Hispanics in a minority, a new majority-Hispanic district had to be created. Since the 25th was not compact enough to be an acceptable replacement, the 23rd had to be struck down. The size of the 23rd required the redrawing of nearly every district from El Paso to San Antonio.
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 five districts held open primaries; if any candidate received over 50%, they were elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December is to decide the seat. [1]
The redrawn 25th is more compact and restricted to Central Texas, comprising more of Travis County, most of Bastrop County, and all of Hays, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Colorado Counties.[1]
Incumbent congressman Doggett faced Republican Grant Rostig (formerly the Libertarian nominee), independent candidate Brian Parrett, and Libertarian Party Barbara Cunningham, and won re-election.
[edit] 2004 Election results
| US House election, 2004: Texas District 25 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Lloyd Doggett | 108,309 | 67.6 | +12.9 | |
| Republican | Rebecca Klein | 49,252 | 30.7 | -12.4 | |
| Libertarian | James Werner | 2,656 | 1.7 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 59,057 | 36.9 | |||
| Turnout | 160,217 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | +12.6 | |||
[edit] See also
| Texas's congressional districts |
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| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 See also: Texas's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps |
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