Texas's 32nd congressional district

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Texas's 32nd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves a suburban area of northwestern Dallas, Texas. The current representative is Pete Sessions. The district was created after the 2000 census when Texas went from 30 seats to 32 seats.

In the 2004 election, Martin Frost, the Democratic representative from Texas's 24th congressional district, who had been redistricted out of his district in Fort Worth, Arlington, and parts of Dallas, decided to run against Sessions rather than challenge Kenny Marchant or Joe Barton. Frost lost by a 10-point margin when Sessions used President George W. Bush's coattails to win in this Republican-leaning district.

In 2006, Dallas lawyer Will Pryor unsuccessfully challenged Sessions, but without Frost's strong ties and name recognition in the area, he faced an even more uphill challenge, and lost by a larger margin, despite the election's powerful Democratic victories in other races. Sessions won with 56.4% of the vote.

[edit] Recent election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 32
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete Sessions	109,859	54.3	-14.8
	Democratic	Martin Frost	89,030	44.0	+13.7
	Libertarian	Michael Needleman	3,347	1.7	+0.6
Majority			20,829	10.3
Turnout			202,236
	Republican hold		Swing	-14.2

US House election, 2006: Texas District 32
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete Sessions	71,461	56.4	+2.1
	Democratic	Will Pryor	52,269	41.3	-2.7
	Libertarian	John B. Hawley	2,922	2.3	+0.6
Majority			19,192	15.1	+4.8
Turnout			126,562		-75584
	Republican hold		Swing	+2.4

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