Texas's 15th congressional district

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Texas's 15th congressional district

Population (2000)	651,619
Median income	$28,061
Ethnic composition	78.1% White, 2.9% Black, 0.5% Asian, 69.0% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+3

Texas District 15 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves a thin section in the far south of the state of Texas. The current Representative from District 15 is Rubén Hinojosa. The 2008 candidate for the Libertarian Party is Gricha Raether^[1].

[edit] 2006 Elections

On June 28, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the Texas legislature's redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act in the case of District 23. As a result, on August 4, 2006, a 3 judge panel announced replacement district boundaries for 2006 election for the 23rd district, as well as for the 15th, 21st, 25th and 28th districts. On election day in November, these 5 districts will have open primaries; a candidate will need to receive more than 50% of the popular vote to be elected. Otherwise, a runoff election in December will decide the seat. ^[2]

[edit] Election results

US House election, 2004: Texas District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa	96,089	57.8	-42.2
	Republican	Michael Thamm	67,917	40.8	+40.8
	Libertarian	William Cady	2,352	1.4	+1.4
Majority			28,172	16.9
Turnout			166,358
	Democratic hold		Swing	-41.5

[edit] References

v • d • e Texas's congressional districts

At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 The At-large district is obsolete. See also: Texas's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps