Targeted State House Districts
Central Texas Region
A Democratic Texas State House majority and Texas will gain at least 2 and probably 3 new election of a Democratic House Speaker is within congressional seats after the 2020 census. A reach in 2020. Central Texas is a key region in the Democratic majority in the House can block adoption battle for a new majority. Four of the 12 competitive of a Republican-gerrymandered congressional map Democratic-held seats are in Central Texas and two of and force new congressional lines to be drawn by the 17 targeted Republican-held seats are in the region. federal courts.
Badly needed partisan balance can be brought to the Similarly, Democrats can negotiate new state Texas Legislature for the first time in a generation. legislative district lines from a position of strength, With a House majority, Democrats can move beyond leveraging to avoid maps being drawn by the an opposition only strategy and become pro-active on Legislative Redistricting Board and/or building the healthcare, education, environment, employment legal record needed to block racially gerrymandered rights, economic growth, and local control to adopt State House and State Senate districts. policies that work for all Texans.
Central Texas Region
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Lisa Turner, State Director [email protected] 817-797-6659
www.lonestarproject.net Targeted Republican-Held Seats % Black + HD Incumbent 18 HD Dem % % O'Rourke 18 % Valdez 18 % Clinton 16 % Hispanic VAP % Black VAP Hispanic CVAP Fort Bend 26 Rick Miller (open) 47.6% 50.8% 44.0% 47.5% 14.9% 11.3% 26.4% 28 John M. Zerwas (open) 45.8% 48.4% 42.4% 44.7% 20.5% 14.1% 31.8% Bell/Lampasas 54 Brad Buckley 46.2% 49.4% 44.5% 46.3% 17.4% 24.5% 43.8% Denton 64 Lynn Stucky 45.7% 50.3% 45.0% 42.3% 16.5% 8.6% 22.7% Collin 66 Matt Shaheen 49.7% 52.9% 45.0% 48.3% 9.1% 9.3% 17.7% 67 Jeff Leach 48.9% 52.8% 45.4% 47.0% 13.9% 7.5% 18.3% Tarrant 92 Jonathan Stickland (open) 48.8% 48.7% 42.8% 42.6% 14.4% 11.4% 25.4% 93 Matt Krause 46.1% 48.6% 42.9% 42.4% 22.7% 12.1% 30.7% 94 Tony Tinderholt 45.6% 48.4% 42.0% 42.9% 15.3% 12.3% 27.4% 96 Bill Zedler (open) 48.1% 49.9% 44.7% 44.2% 15.1% 17.9% 34.3% 97 Craig Goldman 45.8% 49.0% 42.2% 44.8% 15.7% 12.0% 28.0% Dallas 108 Morgan Meyer 49.9% 57.6% 47.2% 53.3% 19.5% 6.7% 18.6% 112 Angie Chen Button 49.0% 54.9% 48.5% 50.6% 26.2% 14.4% 34.8% Bexar 121 Steve Allison 45.7% 50.2% 42.9% 45.7% 31.2% 6.1% 39.0% Harris 126 Sam Harless 45.2% 48.2% 43.1% 44.8% 26.7% 14.3% 38.1% 134 Sarah Davis 46.8% 60.8% 51.5% 58.2% 13.3% 5.2% 17.0% 138 Dwayne Bohac (open) 50.0% 53.2% 47.4% 50.0% 41.0% 8.9% 39.9% VAP = Voting Age Population, Source: U.S. Census Bureau Election Results, Source: Texas Legislative Council
Competitive Democratic-Held Seats
% Black + HD Incumbent 18 HD Dem % % O'Rourke 18 % Valdez 18 % Clinton 16 % Hispanic VAP % Black VAP Hispanic CVAP Hays/Blanco 45 Erin Zwiener 51.6% 55.7% 49.2% 47.5% 29.9% 3.6% 33.3% Travis 47 Vikki Goodwin 52.4% 55.5% 47.9% 49.9% 12.6% 2.0% 15.7% Denton 65 Michelle Beckley 51.2% 54.6% 47.7% 48.9% 18.5% 12.7% 30.3% Dallas 102 Ana-Maria Ramos 52.9% 59.0% 51.3% 55.0% 24.0% 13.5% 30.8% 105 Terry Meza 54.7% 59.1% 53.5% 54.5% 39.1% 11.8% 47.4% 107 Victoria Neave 57.1% 59.5% 52.9% 54.7% 28.8% 14.8% 42.0% 113 Rhetta Bowers 53.5% 55.9% 50.2% 51.0% 26.0% 17.8% 40.8% 114 John Turner 55.6% 57.5% 48.3% 54.7% 24.1% 16.1% 31.1% 115 Julie Johnson 56.8% 58.7% 50.9% 54.1% 24.4% 10.6% 32.1% Harris 132 Gina Calanni 50.1% 51.8% 46.9% 47.7% 32.8% 13.0% 44.8% 135 Jon Rosenthal 51.6% 53.3% 48.1% 48.9% 28.4% 15.0% 41.7% Williamson 52 James Talarico 51.7% 56.4% 49.3% 49.2% 26.5% 9.6% 35.7% 136 John Bucy 55.0% 58.9% 51.4% 51.4% 16.2% 5.1% 21.0%
VAP = Voting Age Population, Source: U.S. Census Bureau Election Results, Source: Texas Legislative Council
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