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Texas's 17th congressional district

U.S. House district for Texas

Texas's 17th congressional district

U.S. House district for Texas

FieldValue
stateTexas
district number17
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image captionInteractive map of district boundaries
representativePete Sessions
partyRepublican
residenceWaco
distribution ref
percent urban75.28
percent rural24.72
population798,340
population year2024
median income$69,771
percent white53.0
percent black15.0
percent asian2.5
percent more than one race3.4
percent hispanic25.3
percent other race0.8
cpviR+14

| |From 2023 to 2027, starting with the 2022 elections | |From 2027, starting with the 2026 elections |percent more than one race = 3.4 Texas's 17th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes a strip of Central Texas and Deep East Texas stretching from Nacogdoches to Waco and Round Rock, including former President George W. Bush's McLennan County ranch. The district is currently represented by Republican Pete Sessions.

From 2005 to 2013, it was an oblong district stretching from south of Tarrant County to Grimes County in the southeast. The 2012 redistricting made its area more square, removing the northern and southeastern portions, adding areas southwest into the northern Austin suburbs and east into Freestone and Leon counties. The district included two major universities, Texas A&M University in College Station and Baylor University in Waco.

Before 2005, the district stretched from the Abilene area to the outer western fringes of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

After the 2003 Texas redistricting, engineered by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, TX-17 was (along with MS-4) the most heavily Republican district in the nation to be represented by a Democrat, according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, which rated it R+20. The district was drawn to make it Republican-dominated and unseat its longtime incumbent, conservative Democrat Chet Edwards. While several of his colleagues were defeated by Republicans in 2004, Edwards held on to the seat in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 elections.

But in the 2010 Congressional elections, the district elected Republican Bill Flores over Edwards by a margin of 61.8% to 36.6%. Flores was the first Republican to be elected to represent the district since its creation in 1919. Flores retired after five terms and former Texas 32nd district Congressman Pete Sessions, a Waco native, was elected in 2020.

After passage of civil rights legislation and other changes, through the late 20th and early 21st centuries, white conservatives began to shift into the Republican Party in Texas. They first supported presidential candidates, and gradually more Republicans for local, state and national office, resulting in the 2010 switch in party representation.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:

Angelina County (7)

: All 7 communities

Falls County (5)

: All 5 communities

Freestone County (1)

: Teague

Houston County (5)

: All 5 communities

Leon County (8)

: All 8 communities

Limestone County (6)

: All 6 communities

McLennan County (23)

: All 23 communities

Milam County (9)

: All 9 communities

Nacogdoches County (6)

: All 6 communities

Robertson County (4)

: All 4 communities

Travis County (2)

: Pflugerville (part; also 10th, 35th, and 37th; shared with Williamson County), Round Rock (part; also 31st; shared with Travis County)

Trinity County (3)

: All 3 communities

Walker County (2)

: Huntsville (part; also 8th), Riverside

Williamson County (5)

: Coupland, Hutto (part; also 31st), Pflugerville (part; also 10th, 35th, and 37th; shared with Travis County), Round Rock (part; also 31st; shared with Travis County), Thrall (part; also 31st)

List of members representing the district

Member
(Residence)PartyYearsCong
ressElectoral history
District established March 4, 1919
[[File:BLANTON, THOMAS L. HONORABLE LCCN2016859739 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Thomas L. Blanton
(Abilene)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1929Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Retired to run for U.S. Senate.
[[File:Robert Quincy Lee (US Congressman from Texas).jpg100px]]
Robert Q. Lee
(Cisco)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1929 –
April 18, 1930Elected in 1928.
Died.
VacantnowrapApril 18, 1930 –
May 20, 1930
[[File:BLANTON, THOMAS L. HONORABLE LCCN2016859739 (cropped).jpg100px]]
Thomas L. Blanton
(Abilene)DemocraticnowrapMay 20, 1930 –
January 3, 1937Elected to finish Lee's term.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Lost renomination.
[[File:ClydeLGarrett.jpg100px]]
Clyde L. Garrett
(Eastland)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1941Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Lost renomination.
[[File:Gordon James Russell (cropped).jpg100px]]
Sam M. Russell
(Stephenville)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1947Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Retired.
[[File:Omar Burleson.jpg100px]]
Omar Burleson
(Anson)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1947 –
December 31, 1978Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Retired then resigned.
VacantnowrapDecember 31, 1978 –
January 3, 1979
[[File:CharlesStenholm.jpg100px]]
Charles Stenholm
(Abilene)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1979 –
January 3, 2005Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.
[[File:111edwardsc-tx17.jpg100px]]
Chet Edwards
(Waco)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2011Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Bill Flores 113th Congress.jpg100px]]
Bill Flores
(Bryan)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2021Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired.
[[File:Pete Sessions Congressional ID photo 117.jpg100px]]
Pete Sessions
(Waco)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2021 –
presentElected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

Recent election results from statewide races

2023–2027 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 61% - 38%
2012PresidentRomney 65% - 35%
2014SenateCornyn 72% - 28%
GovernorAbbott 69% - 31%
2016PresidentTrump 62% - 34%
2018SenateCruz 61% - 39%
GovernorAbbott 64% - 34%
Lt. GovernorPatrick 59% - 38%
Attorney GeneralPaxton 60% - 38%
Comptroller of Public AccountsHegar 62% - 35%
2020PresidentTrump 61% - 38%
SenateCornyn 61% - 36%
2022GovernorAbbott 65% - 34%
Lt. GovernorPatrick 64% - 34%
Attorney GeneralPaxton 63% - 34%
Comptroller of Public AccountsHegar 66% - 32%
2024PresidentTrump 64% - 35%
SenateCruz 62% - 36%

2027–2033 boundaries

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 60% - 39%
2012PresidentRomney 64% - 36%
2014SenateCornyn 70% - 30%
GovernorAbbott 67% - 33%
2016PresidentTrump 58% - 36%
2018SenateCruz 57% - 43%
GovernorAbbott 61% - 37%
Lt. GovernorPatrick 56% - 41%
Attorney GeneralPaxton 56% - 42%
Comptroller of Public AccountsHegar 59% - 37%
2020PresidentTrump 57% - 41%
SenateCornyn 58% - 39%
2022GovernorAbbott 60% - 39%
Lt. GovernorPatrick 59% - 39%
Attorney GeneralPaxton 58% - 39%
Comptroller of Public AccountsHegar 62% - 36%
2024PresidentTrump 60% - 38%
SenateCruz 58% - 40%

Election results

Historical district boundaries

'''2007–2013'''}}
'''2013–2023'''}}

References

Sources

References

  1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". US Census Bureau Geography.
  2. "My Congressional District". Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
  3. "My Congressional District". Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau.
  4. "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  5. (August 3, 2008). "Pelosi continues to tout Texas Rep. Chet Edwards for VP". [[Houston Chronicle]].
  6. Vlahos, Kelley. (March 7, 2006). "Texas Rep. Edwards Beats Odds, but Faces Iraq War Vet in Midterm". Fox News.
  7. [https://archive.today/20120728224855/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=197/ Texas 17th District Profile] ''Congressional Quarterly''. May 14, 2010.
  8. [http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/texas/ 2010 Texas Election Results] ''New York Times''. November 13, 2010.
  9. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST48/CD118_TX01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST48/CD118_TX17.pdf]
  10. "DRA 2020".
  11. "texas 2020 pres-by-newCD".
  12. "DRA 2020".
  13. [[United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012#District 17]]
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