Texas's 5th congressional district

Texas's 5th congressional district

Representative

Lance Gooden
R–Terrell

Area

5,043.85 sq mi (13,063.5 km²)

Distribution

67.16% urban^[1]
32.84% rural

Population (2019)

759,749^[2]

Median household
income

$57,026

Ethnicity

46.2% White
29.1% Hispanic
15.8% Black
4.1% other
1.8% Asian
0.5% Native American

Cook PVI

R+16^[3]

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller suburban, exurban and rural counties south and east of Dallas, including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden, who won re-election in 2020 by defeating Democratic candidate Carolyn Salter.^[4]

2012 redistricting

After the 2012 redistricting process, the eastern half of Wood County was removed, and there were slight changes to the district in Dallas County.^[5]

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 66 - 34%
2004	President	Bush 67 - 33%
2008	President	McCain 63 - 36%
2012	President	Romney 65 - 34%
2016	President	Trump 63 - 34%
2020	President	Trump 61 - 38%

List of representatives

U.S. congressional district borders are periodically redrawn, therefore some district residence locations may no longer be in the 5th district.

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1875.
John Hancock (Austin)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the 4th district re-elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing]
Dewitt Clinton Giddings (Brenham)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]
George Washington Jones (Bastrop)	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
James W. Throckmorton (McKinney)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing]
Silas Hare (Sherman)	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph W. Bailey (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing]
Choice B. Randell (Sherman)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 4th district.
James Andrew Beall (Waxahachie)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.
Hatton W. Sumners (Dallas)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1947	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Redistricted from the at-large seat and re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired.
Joseph Franklin Wilson (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1955	80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Retired.
Bruce Alger (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Earle Cabell (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election.
Alan Steelman (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Jim Mattox (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for Texas Attorney General.
John Wiley Bryant (Dallas)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	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. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Pete Sessions (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 32nd district.
Jeb Hensarling (Dallas)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2019	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired.
Lance Gooden (Terrell)	Republican	January 3, 2019 – Present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent elections

2004

US House election, 2004: Texas District 5^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	148,816	64.5
	Democratic	Bill Bernstein	75,911	32.9
	Libertarian	John Gonzalez	6,118	2.7
Total votes			230,845
	Republican hold

2006

US House election, 2006: Texas District 5^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	88,478	61.76
	Democratic	Charlie Thompson	50,983	35.58
	Libertarian	Mike Nelson	3,791	2.64
Total votes			143,252
	Republican hold

2008

US House election, 2008: Texas District 5^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	162,894	83.59
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	31,967	16.40
Total votes			194,861
	Republican hold

2010

US House election, 2010: Texas District 5^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	106,742	70.52
	Democratic	Tom Berry	41,649	27.51
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	2,958	1.95
Total votes			151,349
	Republican hold

2012

US House election, 2012: Texas District 5^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	134,091	64.40
	Democratic	Linda S. Mrosko	69,178	33.22
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,961	2.38
Total votes			208,230
	Republican hold

2014

US House election, 2014: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	88,998	85.4
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	15,264	14.6
Total votes			104,262
	Republican hold

2016

US House election, 2016: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	155,469	80.6
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	37,406	19.4
Total votes			192,875
	Republican hold

2018

US House election, 2018: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lance Gooden	130,617	62.4
	Democratic	Dan Wood	78,666	37.6
Total votes			209,283	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Lance Gooden (incumbent)	173,251	61.99	-0.35
	Democratic	Carolyn Salter	100,413	35.93	-1.62
	Independent	Kevin A. Hale	5,814	2.08	+2.08
Total votes			279,478	100.0
	Republican hold		Swing

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

References

^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
^ "My Congressional District". Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Texas Election Results: Fifth Congressional District". The New York Times. January 5, 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
^ http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2004). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 7, 2006). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 4, 2008). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 2, 2010). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ Office of the Secretary of State (November 6, 2012). "Race Summary Report". 1992 - Current Election History. Texas Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 8, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.

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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Texas's congressional districts

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The at-large district is obsolete.
The 37th and 38th districts will be established in 2023.

See also: Texas's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations

Recent U.S. House elections in Texas: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

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