Texas's 19th congressional district of the

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includes the upper midwestern portion of the state of

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. The district includes portions of the State from Lubbock to Abilene. The current Representative from the 19th district is Republican

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. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+25, it is one of the most Republican districts in Texas.

History

The border runs along the western boundary with

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, and runs along county borders to include far reaching cities. The area is predominantly rural, with the exceptions of Abilene and Lubbock, and includes many

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es, and farms. This is one of the most conservative districts in Texas and the nation. It has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. Republicans have held the seat since 1985. In the last four decades, a Democrat has only won 40 percent of the vote in this district twice, in 1984 and 2004. Much of this region continued to elect conservative Democrats to local offices and the

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well into the 1990s. Since the mid-1990s, however, Republicans have dominated every level of government, winning by 70 percent or more of the vote. By the turn of the millennium, there were virtually no elected Democrats left other than at the county level. The district voted 77% for

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in 2004 and 71% for

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in 2008.

Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST48/CD118_TX19.pdf
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, McKinney Acres Bailey County (1) : Muleshoe Borden County (1) : Gail Callahan County (1) : Clyde (part; also 25th) Castro County (6) : All 6 communities Cochran County (3) : All 3 communities Crosby County (3) : All 3 communities Dawson County (5) : All 5 communities Fisher County (5) : All 5 communities Floyd County (2) : Floydada, Lockney Gaines County (4) : All 4 communities Garza County (1) : Post Hale County (6) : All 6 communities Haskell County (6) : All 6 communities Hockley County (7) : All 7 communities Howard County (5) : All 5 communities Jones County (6) : All 6 communities Kent County (2) : Girard, Jayton Lamb County (7) : All 7 communities Lubbock County (9) : All 9 communities Lynn County (4) : All 4 communities Martin County (2) : Midland (shared with Midland County), Stanton Mitchell County (4) : All 4 communities Nolan County (3) : All 3 communities Parmer County (3) : All 3 communities Scurry County (3) : All 3 communities Shackelford County (3) : All 3 communities Stonewall County (1) : Aspermont Swisher County (3) : All 3 communities Taylor County (9) : All 9 communities Terry County (3) : All 3 communities Throckmorton County (3) : All 3 communities Yoakum County (2) : Denver City (shared with Gaines County), Plains

List of members representing the district

Election results

Historical district boundaries

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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