Texas's 37th congressional district of the

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was created as a result of the 2020 census. The district is contained predominantly in

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with a small portion of southern Williamson County, and consists of the majority of the city of

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as well as small areas of its suburbs. It is represented by

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. From 1903 to 2005, the Austin area had been covered solely by

Texas's 10th congressional district Texas's 10th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives stretches from the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston region to the Greater Austin region. It includes Houston suburbs such as Katy, Cypress, Tomball, ...

. It initially covered all of Travis County and areas from surrounding counties, but steadily shrank over time with Austin's explosive growth in the second half of the 20th century. By the 1990s, it had shrunk to Austin itself and its innermost suburbs. From 2005, the Austin area was partitioned between several congressional districts, and the 10th's then-incumbent representative, Democrat

, was forced to move first to the 25th district from 2005–13 and then to the 35th district from 2013–23, both of which contained both a portion of Austin and an extensive area outside of it. After eighteen years of there being no Austin-centered district, the 37th district was created as of 2023, centered on the Austin area as the pre-2005 10th district had been.

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_TX37.pdf
/ref> Travis County (11) :

(part; also 10th,

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, and

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; shared with Hays and Williamson counties), Lost Creek, Manchaca, Pflugerville (part; also 10th, 17th, and

; shared with Williamson County), Rollingwood, San Leanna, Shady Hollow,

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(part; also 10th), Sunset Valley, Wells Branch (part; also 10th),

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Williamson County (2) :

(part; also 10th,

, and

; shared with Hays and Travis counties), Brushy Creek (part; also 10th and 31st)

List of members representing the district

Election results

2022

2024

References

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