Texas's 34th congressional district

Texas's 34th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[4] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and were seated for the 113th United States Congress.[5] Filemon Vela Jr. won the general election, and was seated in the new district.

Texas's 34th congressional district
Texas's 34th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Filemon Vela Jr.
DBrownsville
Distribution
  • 83.96% urban[1]
  • 16.04% rural
Population (2019)712,596[2]
Median household
income
$42,092[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+10[3]

Texas's 34th congressional district is composed of the area on the Gulf Coast between Brownsville and Corpus Christi.[6]

Election results from presidential races

Year Office Result
2012 President Obama 61 - 38%
2016 President Clinton 59 - 38%
2020 President Biden 52 - 47%

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history Counties represented
District created January 3, 2013

Filemon Vela Jr.
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016

Re-elected in 2018.

Re-elected in 2020.

Bee, Cameron, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales (part), Hidalgo (part), Jim Wells (part), Kenedy, Kleberg, San Patricio (part), Willacy[7]

Recent election results

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. 89,606 61.9
Republican Jessica Puente Bradshaw 52,448 36.3
Libertarian Steven (Ziggy) Shanklin 2,724 1.9
Majority 37,158 25.7
Total votes 144,778 100%
2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent) 47,503 59.5
Republican Larry Smith 30,811 38.5
Libertarian Ryan Rowley 1,563 2.0
Total votes 79,877 100.0
Democratic hold
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent) 104,638 62.7
Republican Rey Gonzalez Jr. 62,323 37.3
Total votes 166,961 100.0
Democratic hold
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district [8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent) 85,825 60.0
Republican Rey Gonzalez 57,243 40.0
Total votes 143,068 100
Democratic hold
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas: 34th district[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Filemon Vela Jr. (incumbent) 111,439 55.4
Republican Rey Gonzalez 84,119 41.9
Libertarian Anthony Cristo 3,222 1.6
Independent Chris Royal 2,235 1.1
Total votes 201,027 100.0
Democratic hold

References

  1. Bureau, US Census. "Geography Program". www.census.gov.
  2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  5. "Mapping the Future: GOP will draw map in Texas". Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  6. "DistrictViewer". dvr.capitol.texas.gov.
  7. https://www2.census.gov/geo/relfiles/cdsld13/48/dist_co_cd_48.txt
  8. Texas Office of the Secretary of State "2012 General Election"

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