Texas's 6th congressional district of the

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is in an area that includes

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, Navarro, Anderson, and

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counties to the south and southeast of the

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area plus the southeast corner of

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, a sliver of Dallas County and northern Freestone County. As of the 2010

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, the 6th district represented 698,498 people. The district is currently represented by Republican Jake Ellzey. The district was represented by

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from 1985 until 2019. Other notable representatives include Olin "Tiger" Teague and

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. The latter served as a Democrat, then notably resigned and ran as a Republican to win the ensuing special election. A special election to fill the seat was held on May 1, 2021, with the winner being determined in a July 27 runoff after no candidate received a majority of the vote. In the runoff, Republican state representative Jake Ellzey defeated fellow Republican Susan Wright (the widow of Ron Wright and the endorsee of former President

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), winning the seat.

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: Anderson County (4) : All 4 communities Cherokee County (11) : All 11 communities Dallas County (3) :

(part; also 3rd,

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, 5th, 24th, 30th, 32nd, and 33rd; shared with Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties),

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(part; also 30th and 33rd; shared with Ellis and Tarrant counties), Irving (part; also 24th and 33rd) Ellis County (20) : All 20 communities Freestone County (4) : Fairfield, Kirvin, Streetman (shared with Navarro County), Wortham Hill County (14) : All 14 communities Johnson County (8) : Alvarado, Burleson (part; also 25th; shared with Tarrant County), Coyote Flats (part; also 25th), Grandview, The Homesteads, Keene (part; also 25th),

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(part; also 33rd, shared with Ellis and Tarrant counties),

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(shared with Ellis County) Navarro County (19) : All 19 communities Tarrant County (3) :

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(part; also 25th and 33rd),

(part; also 30th and 33rd; shared with Dallas and Ellis counties),

(part; also 33rd, shared with Ellis and Johnson counties)

List of members representing the district

Election results

This special election took place after Wright died from health complications related to COVID-19 on February 7, 2021.

2024

Historical district boundaries

Early in the district's history, it stretched from the southern Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs all the way to Houston's northern suburbs. As Houston and DFW grew, the district shrank gradually northward, reaching its current boundaries today.

2012 redistricting

The 2012 redistricting process removed all of

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, Freestone, and

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counties from the district, while making the district more compact in southeastern

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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