Texas's 20th congressional district

Texas's 20th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes the western half of San Antonio and Bexar County in Texas. The district is heavily Latino/Hispanic (predominantly of Mexican descent), as is the surrounding area. Charlie Gonzalez, who represented the district from 1999 to 2013 after succeeding his father, Henry B. Gonzalez, did not seek re-election in the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections. State representative Joaquin Castro, the Democratic nominee to replace Gonzalez, defeated David Rosa, the Republican nominee, in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 6, 2012. His term began on January 3, 2013.

Texas's 20th congressional district
Texas's 20th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Joaquin Castro D–San Antonio
Distribution	99.62% urban[1] 0.38% rural
Population (2019)	832,518[2]
Median household income	$54,908[3]
Ethnicity	69.64% Hispanic 21.28% White 5.41% Black 3.04% Asian 0.63% Native American
Cook PVI	D+10[4]

The 20th is a heavily Democratic district, having never sent a Republican to Congress, and has not supported a Republican for president since 1956. In 1972, this was one of two congressional districts in the state of Texas to vote for George McGovern (the other being the 18th district in Houston). In 1984, this district gave Walter Mondale 59% of its vote.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Result
2004	John Kerry 55 - 45%
2008	Barack Obama 58 - 41%
2012	Barack Obama 59 - 40%
2016	Hillary Clinton 61 - 34%
2020	Joe Biden 64 - 35%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1935
Maury Maverick	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Defeated in Primary
Paul J. Kilday	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – September 24, 1961	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Resigned to become Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Vacant		September 24, 1961 – November 4, 1961	87th
Henry B. González	Democratic	November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Retired
Charlie Gonzalez	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Retired
Joaquin Castro	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Incumbent

Selected recent election results

2006 election

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2006: Texas District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charlie Gonzalez	112,480	65.5%	-34.5%
	Republican	Roger Scott	54,976	32.0%	+32.0%
	Libertarian	Jessie Bouley	2,377	1.4%	+1.4%
	Independent	Michael Idrogo	1,971	1.1%	+1.1%
Majority			57,504	33.5%
Turnout			171,804
	Democratic hold		Swing	-33.3%

2012 election

Democratic challenger Joaquin Castro defeated Republican challenger David Rosa in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 6, 2012.[5] Prior to being elected, Castro served as a state representative of the Texas House from the state's 125th District.

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012: Texas District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro	118,719	64.00%
	Republican	David Rosa	62,041	33.44%
	Libertarian	A.E. Potts	3,117	1.68%
	Green	Antonio Diaz	1,621	0.87%
Total votes			185,498	100.00%

2014 election

Democratic incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Libertarian challenger Jeffrey Blunt in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 4, 2014.[6]

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014: Texas District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro	66,554	75.7%
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	21,410	24.3%
Total votes			87,964	100.0%

2016 election

Democratic incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Libertarian challenger Jeffrey Blunt and Green Party challenger Paul Pipkin in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 8, 2016.

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2016: Texas District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro	149,522	80%
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	29,023	15%
	Green	Paul Pipkin	8,969	5%

2018 election

Democratic incumbent Joaquin Castro defeated Libertarian challenger Jeffrey Blunt in the race for Texas's 20th district on November 6, 2018

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2018: Texas District 20[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquin Castro (incumbent)	139,038	80%
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	32,925	19%

2020 election

United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2020: Texas District 20[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joaquín Castro (incumbent)	175,078	64.7
	Republican	Mauro Garza	89,628	33.1
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	6,017	2.2

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=20
3. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=20
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "Joaquin Castro, Lamar Smith, Lloyd Doggett win U.S. Rep races". KSAT. November 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
6. https://ballotpedia.org/Texas%27_20th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014
7. "Texas Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

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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