Texas's 24th congressional district

Texas's 24th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covers much of the suburban area in between Fort Worth and Dallas in the state of Texas. The district centers along the Dallas-Tarrant county line, and includes the southeastern corner of Denton County as well.

Texas's 24th congressional district
Texas's 24th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Beth Van Duyne R–Irving
Distribution	99.89% urban[1] 0.11% rural
Population (2019)	832,445[2]
Median household income	$79,667[2]
Ethnicity	53.7% White 25.4% Hispanic 14.1% Black 13.6% Asian 3.2% other 0% Native American
Cook PVI	R+9[3]

Demographics

The district has about 529,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 57% are White, 16% Latino, 14% Black, and 10% Asian. Immigrants make up 4% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $81,900, and 46% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.[4]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	U.S. President	U.S. Senator	Governor
2008	McCain (R): 55 – 44%	[Data unknown/missing]	—
2012	Romney (R): 60 – 38%	Cruz (R): 60 – 37%	—
2016	Trump (R): 51 – 45%	—	—
2018	—	O'Rourke (D): 51 – 48%[5]	Abbott (R): 54 – 44%
2020	Biden (D): 52 – 47%	—	—

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 1973
Dale Milford	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost renomination.	1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Martin Frost	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2005	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected 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 6th district in the 2003 Texas redistricting, but instead moved to the 32nd district and lost re-election.
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Kenny Marchant	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2021	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	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. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	2003–2007 [data unknown/missing]
					2007–2013
					2013–present
Beth Van Duyne	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2018

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	154,435	64.0%	+30.0
	Democratic	Gary Page	82,599	34.2%	-30.5
	Libertarian	James Lawrence	4,340	1.8%	+0.4
Majority			71,836
Turnout			241,374	29.8%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	+30.2

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	83,620	60.0%	-4.0
	Democratic	Gary Page	51,833	37.0%	+2.8
	Libertarian	Mark Frohman	4,211	3.0%	+1.2
	Republican hold

2008

[6]

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	151,740	55.91%	-4.09
	Democratic	Tom Love[7]	111,649	41.14%	+4.14
	Libertarian	David A. Casey[8]	7,969	2.93%	+0.13
	Republican hold

2010

[9]

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant		81.6%
	Libertarian	David Sparks		18.4%
	Republican hold

2012

[10]

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant		61%
	Democratic	Tim Rusk		36%
	Libertarian	John Stathas		3%
	Republican hold

2014

[11]

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	93,446	65.1%
	Democratic	Patrick McGehearty	46,360	32.3%
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	3,799	2.6%
	Republican hold

2016

[12]

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	154,364	56.2%	-8.9
	Democratic	Jan McDowell	107,845	39.3%	+7.0
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	8,574	3.1%	+0.5
	Republican hold

2018

[13]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	133,317	50.6%	-5.6
	Democratic	Jan McDowell	125,231	47.5%	+8.2
	Libertarian	Mike Kolls	4,870	1.8%	-1.3
	Republican hold

2020

[14]

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Beth Van Duyne	167,489	48.8%	-1.8
	Democratic	Candace Valenzuela	162,846	47.5%	-
	Libertarian	Darren Hamilton	5,630	1.6%	-0.2
	Independent	Steve Kuzmich	4,218	1.2%
	Independent	Mark Bauer	2,903	0.8%
Total votes			342,874	100.0%
	Republican hold

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "Representing US: 2020 Voter Profiles". APM Research Lab. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
5. "Texas 2018 Senate and governor by Congressional District". Google Docs.
6. 2008 Election Results accessed November 5, 2008
7. Tom Love 08 Archived September 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine accessed May 25, 2008
8. David A. Casey for Congress accessed March 21, 2012
9. 2010 Election Results accessed April 5, 2013
10. 2012 Election Results accessed April 5, 2013
11. "Texas Election Results 2014: House Map by District, Live Midterm Voting Updates". POLITICO. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
12. accessed January 30, 2017
13. accessed March 5, 2019
14. accessed November 10, 2020

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• 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

Further reading

• Amber Phillips (September 25, 2020), "The House seats most likely to flip in November", Washingtonpost.com