Texas's 28th congressional district

Texas's 28th congressional district
Texas's 28th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Henry Cuellar (D–Laredo)
Population (2012)	732,432[1]
Median income	$42,237[2]
Ethnicity	17.6% White, 4.3% Black, 0.9% Asian, 76.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.0[3]% other
Cook PVI	D+2 (2012)

Texas District 28 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a strip in deep south Texas starting south of San Antonio and ending at the U.S.-Mexico border. The current Representative from District 28 is Henry Cuellar.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Electoral history
District created		January 3, 1993
Frank Tejeda	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 30, 1997	103	First elected in 1992 Died
	104
	105
Vacant		January 30, 1997 – April 17, 1997
Ciro Rodriguez	Democratic	April 17, 1997 – January 3, 2005	105 (Continued)	First elected in a special election in 1997
	106
	107
	108
Henry Cuellar	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	First elected in 2004
	110
	111
	112
	113
	114

Recent election results

2004 election

US House election, 2004: Texas District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	106,323	59.0	-12.1
	Republican	James Hopson	69,538	38.6	+11.7
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,305	2.4	+0.3
Majority			36,785	20.4
Turnout			180,166
	Democratic hold		Swing	-11.9

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 Texas' 23rd congressional district. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a three-judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, which affected the boundaries of the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts.

On election day in November, these five districts had open primaries, or a "jungle primary"; any candidate to receive more than 50% of the vote wins the seat. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat.^[4]

Cuellar retained his seat in the 28th district.

2008 election

US House election, 2008: Texas District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	123,494	68.7	+9.7
	Republican	Jim Fish	52,524	29.2	-9.38
	Libertarian	Ross Lynn Leone	3,722	2.1	-0.3
Majority			70,969
Turnout			179,740
	Democratic hold		Swing	+10.0

2010 election

US House election, 2010: Texas District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	62,773	56.34	-12.4
	Republican	Bryan Underwood	46,740	41.95	+12.75
	Libertarian	Stephen Kaat	1,889	1.7	-0.4
Majority			14,144	12.69
Turnout			111,402
	Democratic hold		Swing

2012 election

US House election, 2012: Texas District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar
	Republican	William Hayward
	Libertarian	Patrick Hisel
	Green	Michael D. Cary
Majority
Turnout

2014 election

US House election, 2014: Texas District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar
	Republican	None
	Libertarian
	Green	Antonio Diaz		14.71
Majority
Turnout

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

4. , Austin American-Statesman, 4 August 2006

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 27°50′55″N 98°54′49″W / 27.84861°N 98.91361°W