Texas's 9th congressional district of the

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includes the southwestern portion of the

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area in

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. The current Representative for the district, since 2005, is Democrat Al Green. From 1967 to 2005, the 9th covered an area stretching from

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through Houston to Beaumont. Much of that area is now the 2nd district. Most of the area now in the 9th was in the 25th district from 1983 to 2005.

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_TX09.pdf
/ref> Brazoria County (3) : Iowa Colony (part; also 22nd), Manvel (part; also 22nd), Pearland (part; also 22nd; shared with Fort Bend and Harris counties) Fort Bend County (8) : Arcola (part; also 22nd), Fifth Street, Fresno,

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(part; also 2nd, 7th,

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, 18th, 22nd, 29th, 36th, 38th; shared with Harris and Montgomery counties), Missouri City (part; also 22nd; shared with Harris County), Pearland (part; also 22nd; shared with Brazoria and Harris counties), Sienna (part; also 22nd),

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(part; also 22nd; shared with Harris County) Harris County (2) :

(part; also 2nd, 7th,

, 18th, 22nd, 29th, 36th, 38th; shared with Fort Bend and Montgomery counties), Pearland (part; also 22nd; shared with Brazoria and Fort Bend counties)

List of members representing the district

Recent election results from statewide races

Election results

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2022

2024

Historical district boundaries

From 1967 to 2005, the district included the

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, and from 1935 to 2005, it took in

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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