Texas's 3rd congressional district

Texas's 3rd congressional district
	Texas's 3rd congressional district – since January 3, 2013
	Van Taylor; R–Plano
Distribution	96.88% urban[1]; 3.12% rural;
Population (2019)	913,161[2]
Median household; income	$95,619[2]
Ethnicity	59.1% White; 14.6% Hispanic; 14.2% Asian; 9.1% Black; 2.4% other; 0.4% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+13[3]

Texas's 3rd congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in the suburban areas north and northeast of Dallas. It encompasses much of Collin County, including McKinney, Plano, and Frisco, as well as Collin County's share of Dallas itself.

Texas has had at least three congressional districts since 1869. The current seat dates from a mid-decade redistricting conducted before the 1966 elections after Texas's original 1960s map was thrown out by Wesberry v. Sanders. In past configurations, it has been one of the most Republican districts in both Texas and the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The GOP has held the seat since a 1968 special election. The district's current congressman is Van Taylor.

As of the 2010 census, the 3rd district represents 765,486 people who are predominantly middle-to-upper-class (median family income is US$80,912). The district is 59.1 percent White (non-Hispanic), 15.06 percent Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 13 percent Asian, and 8.9 percent Black or African American.[4]

2012 redistricting

From 1967 to 2013, the district included a large slice of northern Dallas County, including Garland, Rowlett and much of northern Dallas itself. It was pushed into Collin County in 1983. Since then, Collin County's rapid growth resulted in the district's share of Dallas County being gradually reduced.

After redistricting in 2012, the Dallas County portion of the district was removed altogether. However, it still includes the Dallas precincts located in Collin County.[5]

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 70 - 30%
2004	President	Bush 66 - 33%
2008	President	McCain 57 - 42%
2012	President	Romney 63 - 34%
2016	President	Trump 55 - 41%
2020	President	Trump 50 - 49%

List of members representing the district

Name	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties represented
American Civil War/Reconstruction
William Thomas Clark	Republican	March 31, 1870 – May 13, 1872	41st 42nd	Elected in 1869. Lost election contest.	[data unknown/missing]
Dewitt Clinton Giddings	Democratic	May 13, 1872 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	Won election contest. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
James W. Throckmorton	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Olin Wellborn	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Redistricted to the 6th district.	[data unknown/missing]
James H. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Constantine B. Kilgore	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895	50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Yoakum	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Reese C. De Graffenreid	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – August 29, 1902	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Died.	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		August 29, 1902 – November 4, 1902	57th
Gordon J. Russell	Democratic	November 4, 1902 – June 14, 1910	57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. District Judge.	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		June 14, 1910 – July 23, 1910	61st
Robert M. Lively	Democratic	July 23, 1910 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
James Young	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Morgan G. Sanders	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1939	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Lindley Beckworth	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1953	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Brady Preston Gentry	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Lindley Beckworth	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Joe Pool	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – July 14, 1968	90th	Redistricted from the at-large seat. Died.	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		July 14, 1968 – August 24, 1968	90th
James M. Collins	Republican	August 24, 1968 – January 3, 1983	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish Pool's term. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	[data unknown/missing]
Steve Bartlett	Republican	January 3, 1983 – March 11, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Resigned to become Mayor of Dallas.	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 11, 1991 – May 8, 1991	102nd
Sam Johnson	Republican	May 8, 1991 – January 3, 2019	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected to finish Bartlett's term. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-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.[6]	[data unknown/missing]
					2007–2013
					2013–present Collin County
Van Taylor	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2013–present Collin County

Recent election results

2004

US House election, 2004: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	178,099	85.56
	Independent	Paul Jenkins	16,850	8.10
	Independent	James Vessels	13,204	6.34
Total votes			208,153	100.0
	Republican hold

2006

US House election, 2006: Texas District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	88,634	62.52	-23.04
	Democratic	Dan Dodd	49,488	34.91	+34.91
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	3,656	2.58
Majority			39,146	27.61
Turnout			141,778
	Republican hold		Swing	-49.44

2008

US House election, 2008: Texas District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	169,557	59.80	-2.72
	Democratic	Tom Daley	107,679	37.98	+3.07
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	6,300	2.22	-0.36
Majority
Turnout			283,536
	Republican hold		Swing

2010

US House election, 2010: Texas District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	101,180	66.28	+6.48
	Democratic	John Lingenfelder	47,848	31.34	-3.57
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	3,602	2.35	+0.13
	Independent	Harry Pierce	22	0.01
Majority
Turnout			152,652
	Republican hold		Swing

2012

US House election, 2012: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	187,180	100.0
Total votes			187,180	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

US House election, 2014: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	113,404	82.0
	Green	Paul Blair	24,876	18.0
Total votes			138,280	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Adam P. Bell was the first Democrat to run for Texas's 3rd since the redistricting effort of 2012.

US House election, 2016: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson	193,684	61.2
	Democratic	Adam P. Bell	109,420	34.6
	Libertarian	Scott Jameson	10,448	3.3
	Green	Paul Blair	2,915	0.9
Total votes			316,467	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

The incumbent representative, Sam Johnson, decided not to run for reelection in 2018, after having represented Texas's 3rd since 1991. His stated reason for retiring was that "the Lord has made clear that the season of my life in Congress is coming to an end".[8]

US House election, 2018: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van Taylor	169,520	54.2
	Democratic	Lorie Burch	138,234	44.2
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	4,604	1.5
	Independent	Jeff Simons (write-in)	153	0.1
Total votes			312,511	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections: Texas's 3rd District[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van Taylor	228,648	55.2
	Democratic	Lulu Seikaly	177,221	42.8
	Libertarian	Christopher J. Claytor	8,567	2.0
Total votes			414,436	100.0
	Republican hold

References

https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=03
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
http://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/
Bland, Scott; Cheney, Kyle (January 6, 2017). "Texas Rep. Sam Johnson announces he won't run for re-election". Politico. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
"Texas Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
Leslie, Katie (January 2017). "Plano Rep. Sam Johnson to retire when term ends in 2018". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 2, 2019.

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
Texas Secretary of State 2010 General Election Statewide Race Summary

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[census.gov-2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=48&cd=03

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] "My Congressional District". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

[5] ttp://gis1.tlc.state.tx.us/

[6] Bland, Scott; Cheney, Kyle (January 6, 2017). "Texas Rep. Sam Johnson announces he won't run for re-election". Politico. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

[txsos-7] "Texas Election Results". Texas Secretary of State. Retrieved December 5, 2018.

[8] Leslie, Katie (January 2017). "Plano Rep. Sam Johnson to retire when term ends in 2018". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 2, 2019.