Texas' 4th Congressional District
Texas' 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Pat Fallon (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Simon Cardell in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Fallon (R) | 68.4 | 241,603 | |
![]() | Simon Cardell (D) ![]() | 31.6 | 111,696 |
Total votes: 353,299 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Boler (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Simon Cardell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Simon Cardell ![]() | 100.0 | 14,954 |
Total votes: 14,954 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Don Horn in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Fallon | 80.3 | 70,801 | |
Don Horn | 19.7 | 17,396 |
Total votes: 88,197 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dan Thomas (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4
Mark Boler advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Boler (L) |
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Iro Omere and John Simmons in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Fallon (R) | 66.7 | 170,781 | |
![]() | Iro Omere (D) | 30.9 | 79,179 | |
![]() | John Simmons (L) ![]() | 2.4 | 6,049 |
Total votes: 256,009 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Iro Omere advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Iro Omere | 100.0 | 16,404 |
Total votes: 16,404 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Earl Davis (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Dan Thomas and John Harper in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Fallon | 59.0 | 41,297 | |
Dan Thomas ![]() | 30.2 | 21,168 | ||
John Harper | 10.8 | 7,576 |
Total votes: 70,041 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4
John Simmons advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 19, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Simmons (L) ![]() |
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 4
Pat Fallon defeated Russell Foster, Lou Antonelli, and Tracy Jones in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Pat Fallon (R) | 75.1 | 253,837 | |
![]() | Russell Foster (D) ![]() | 22.6 | 76,326 | |
![]() | Lou Antonelli (L) | 1.9 | 6,334 | |
![]() | Tracy Jones (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.4 | 1,306 |
Total votes: 337,803 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Ratcliffe (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Russell Foster advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Russell Foster ![]() | 100.0 | 24,970 |
Total votes: 24,970 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent John Ratcliffe advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Ratcliffe | 100.0 | 92,373 |
Total votes: 92,373 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4
Lou Antonelli advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 21, 2020.
Candidate | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lou Antonelli (L) |
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent John Ratcliffe defeated Catherine Krantz and Ken Ashby in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Ratcliffe (R) | 75.7 | 188,667 |
![]() | Catherine Krantz (D) | 23.0 | 57,400 | |
Ken Ashby (L) | 1.3 | 3,178 |
Total votes: 249,245 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Catherine Krantz defeated Lander Bethel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Catherine Krantz | 68.6 | 8,840 |
![]() | Lander Bethel | 31.4 | 4,048 |
Total votes: 12,888 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4
Incumbent John Ratcliffe defeated John Cooper in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Ratcliffe | 85.4 | 61,902 |
![]() | John Cooper | 14.6 | 10,560 |
Total votes: 72,462 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent John Ratcliffe (R) defeated Cody Wommack (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ratcliffe defeated Lou Gigliotti and Ray Hall in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
88% | 216,643 | |
Libertarian | Cody Wommack | 12% | 29,577 | |
Total Votes | 246,220 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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68% | 77,254 | ||
Lou Gigliotti | 21.1% | 23,939 | ||
Ray Hall | 10.9% | 12,353 | ||
Total Votes | 113,546 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State |
2014
The 4th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. John Ratcliffe won with no opposition in the general election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
100% | 115,085 | |
Total Votes | 115,085 |
2012
The 4th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Ralph Hall (R) won re-election. He defeated VaLinda Hathcox (D) and Thomas Griffing (L) in the general election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
73% | 182,679 | |
Democratic | VaLinda Hathcox | 24.1% | 60,214 | |
Libertarian | Thomas Griffing | 2.9% | 7,262 | |
Write-in | Fred Rostek | 0.1% | 188 | |
Total Votes | 250,343 | |||
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated VaLinda Hathcox (D), Jim Prindle (L) and Shane Shepard (I) in the general election.[5]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Glenn Melancon (D) and Fred Annett (L) in the general election.[6]
2006
On November 7, 2006, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Glenn Melancon (D) and Kurt Helm (L) in the general election.[7]
2004
On November 2, 2004, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Nickerson (D) and Kevin Anderson (L) in the general election.[8]
2002
On November 5, 2002, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Graves (R) and Barbara Robinson (L) in the general election.[9]
2000
On November 7, 2000, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jon Newton (R) and Joe Turner (L) in the general election.[10]
1998
On November 3, 1998, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Lohmeyer (R) and Jim Simon (L) in the general election.[11]
1996
On November 5, 1996, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jerry Ray Hall (R), Steven Rothacker (L) and Enos Denham, Jr. (Natural Law) in the general election.[12]
1994
On November 8, 1994, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Bridges (R) and Steven Rothacker (L) in the general election.[13]
1992
On November 3, 1992, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Bridges (R) and Steven Rothacker (L) in the general election.[14]
1990
On November 6, 1990, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tim McCord (Write-in) in the general election.[15]
U.S. House, Texas District 4 General Election, 1990 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
99.6% | 108,300 | |
Write-in | Tim McCord | 0.4% | 394 | |
Total Votes | 108,694 |
1988
On November 8, 1988, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Randy Sutton (R) and Melanie Dunn (L) in the general election.[16]
1986
On November 4, 1986, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas Blow (R) in the general election.[17]
U.S. House, Texas District 4 General Election, 1986 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
71.7% | 97,540 | |
Republican | Thomas Blow | 28.3% | 38,578 | |
Total Votes | 136,118 |
1984
On November 6, 1984, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas Blow (R) in the general election.[18]
U.S. House, Texas District 4 General Election, 1984 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
58% | 120,749 | |
Republican | Thomas Blow | 42% | 87,553 | |
N/A | Other | 0% | 39 | |
Total Votes | 208,341 |
1982
On November 2, 1982, Ralph Hall won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pete Collumb (R) and Bruce Iiams (L) in the general election.[19]
1980
On November 4, 1980, Ralph Hall won election to the United States House. He defeated John Wright (R) in the general election.[20]
U.S. House, Texas District 4 General Election, 1980 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
52.3% | 102,787 | |
Republican | John Wright | 47.7% | 93,915 | |
Total Votes | 196,702 |
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Texas enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021.[21] On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote.[22] Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021.[23] This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.
How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[24]
If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:[24]
- Lieutenant governor
- Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
- Attorney general
- State comptroller
- Commissioner of the General Land Office
The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."[24]
Texas District 4
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Texas District 4
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Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.[25][26][27]
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 4th the 69th most Republican district nationally.[28]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 62.4%-36.4%.[29]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 4th the 72nd most Republican district nationally.[30]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 36.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 62.4%.[31]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+28. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 28 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 4th Congressional District the eighth most Republican nationally.[32]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.98. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.98 points toward that party.[33]
See also
- Redistricting in Texas
- Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2020
- Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Texas," November 6, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1992," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1988," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1984," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Texas Senate approves congressional map that draws no new Black or Hispanic districts even as people of color fueled population growth," October 8, 2021
- ↑ Texas Legislature Online, "SB 6," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on Texas’ new political maps, which protect GOP majorities while diluting voices of voters of color," October 25, 2021
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ All About Redistricting, "Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ All About Redistricting, "Litigation in the 2010 cycle, Texas," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ Barone, M. & McCutcheon, C. (2013). The almanac of American politics 2014 : the senators, the representatives and the governors : their records and election results, their states and districts. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018