The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 8, 1994, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty seats in the House, apportioned according to the 1990 United States Census. In early 1994, several

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sued the state alleging that District 18 and

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were racially gerrymandered. District 30 was later added to the case, and in August, a federal judicial panel ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts. A separate panel later allowed the struck districts to be used for the 1994 elections, but it ordered the state to redraw its districts before the

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. This decision was later appealed and became the

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. These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 1994, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections. Amidst the

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, in which the

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took control of the U.S. House for the first time since

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gained two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas and won the statewide popular vote, but Democrats maintained their majority of Texas seats due to redistricting.

Overview

Congressional Districts

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Jim Chapman ran for re-election.

District 2

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 3

Incumbent Republican Sam Johnson ran for re-election.

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ralph Hall ran for re-election.

District 5

Incumbent Democrat John Wiley Bryant ran for re-election.

District 6

Incumbent Republican Joe Barton ran for re-election.

District 7

Incumbent Republican Bill Archer ran for re-election unopposed.

District 8

Incumbent Republican

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ran for re-election.

District 9

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 10

Incumbent Democrat J. J. Pickle opted to retire rather than run for re-election.

District 11

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Pete Geren ran for re-election.

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Bill Sarpalius ran for re-election.

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Greg Laughlin ran for re-election.

District 15

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Ronald D. Coleman ran for re-election.

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Charles Stenholm ran for re-election.

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Craig Washington ran for re-election. He was defeated in the Democratic Primary by Houston City Councilor Sheila Jackson Lee.

District 19

Incumbent Republican Larry Combest ran for re-election unopposed.

District 20

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 21

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith ran for re-election.

District 22

Incumbent Republican Tom DeLay ran for re-election.

District 23

Incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla ran for re-election.

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Martin Frost ran for re-election.

District 25

Incumbent Democrat

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retired to run for U.S. Senator.

District 26

Incumbent Republican Dick Armey ran for re-election. He became the first Texas Republican to be elected majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election.

District 28

Incumbent Democrat

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ran for re-election.

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Gene Green ran for re-election.

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson ran for re-election.

References

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