Texas's 27th congressional district of the

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covers the coastal bend of

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' Gulf Coast consisting of Corpus Christi and Victoria up to

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near

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. Its current representative is Republican Michael Cloud. Cloud was elected to the district in a special election on June 30, 2018, to replace former Republican representative

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, who had resigned on April 6. The 27th district was created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the

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. The district is slightly less than 50%

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, down from the 70% Hispanic population in the 2002–2010 cycles when the district reached from Corpus Christi to Brownsville. In August 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 27th district is unconstitutional, arguing that it displaces a Hispanic-opportunity district."Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map"
by Alexa Ura and Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune, Aug. 15, 2017 However, the

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later reversed the ruling, pronouncing the district constitutional in ''

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''.

Election results from presidential races

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

Historical district boundaries

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links