Population (2015) 731,274 Cook PVI R+25 (2014) | Median income 50,790 | |
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Current Representative Brian Babin (R–Woodville) Ethnicity 58.7% White
9.6% Black
2.1% Asian
23.5% Hispanic
0.49% Native American
5.6% other | ||
Texas's 36th Congressional District is a new district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections for a seat in the 113th United States Congress. Steve Stockman won the general election, and represented the new district. On December 9, 2013, Stockman announced that he would not seek reelection in 2014, and would instead challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican senatorial primary, and was succeeded in the U.S. House by Brian Babin.
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Texas's 36th Congressional District is located in southeast Texas and includes all of Newton, Jasper, Tyler, Polk, Orange, Hardin, Liberty, and Chambers counties, plus portions of southeastern Harris County. The Johnson Space Center is within the district.
2012 election
The new 36th District includes portions of four current congressional districts, represented by:
There were twelve candidates for the Republican nomination, one candidate for the Democratic nomination, one Libertarian candidate and one independent candidate.
2014 election
Candidates in the 2014 primary include Republicans Phil Fitzgerald, John Amdur, Doug Centilli, Dave Norman, Chuck Meyer and Kim I. Morrell, and Democrat Michael K. Cole.