2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

2004 Texas's 11th congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Chet Edwards; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Mike Conaway; Republican

2004 Texas's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Max Sandlin; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Louis Gohmert; Republican

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas
All 32 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90>%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90>%

The 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas occurred on November 2, 2004, to elect the members of the state of Texas's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Texas had thirty-two seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census.

These elections occurred simultaneously with the United States Senate elections of 2004, the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

Republicans gained five of Texas's House seats due to a midterm redistricting in 2003. However some of the districts created following this election would later be changed. The Twenty-third district would be declared an unconstitutional racially gerrymandered district by the Supreme Court in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry in 2006. Thus it and neighboring districts would be redrawn.

Overview

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	4,012,534	57.66%	16	21	+5
	Democratic	2,713,968	39%	16	11	-5
	Libertarian	180,389	2.59%	0	0	0
	Independent	51,712	0.74%	0	0	0
Totals		6,958,603	100.00%	32	32	—

Congressional districts

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Max Sandlin ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican Louie Gohmert.

Texas's 1st congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Gohmert	157,068	61.47
	Democratic	Max Sandlin (incumbent)	96,281	37.68
	Libertarian	Dean Tucker	2,158	0.84
Total votes			255,507	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Jim Turner opted to retire rather than run for re-election. Democratic representative Nick Lampson was redistricted from the neighboring 9th District and ran for re-election here.

Texas's 2nd congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Poe	139,951	55.53
	Democratic	Nick Lampson (incumbent)	108,156	42.91
	Libertarian	Sandra Leigh Saulsbury	3,931	1.56
Total votes			252,038	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Incumbent Republican Sam Johnson ran for re-election.

Texas's 3rd congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Johnson (incumbent)	180,099	85.62
	Independent	Paul Jenkins	16,966	8.07
	Libertarian	James Vessels	13,287	6.32
Total votes			210,352	100
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ralph Hall switched his party affiliation to the Republican Party on January 3, 2004.^[2] He ran for re-election.

Texas's 4th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ralph Hall (incumbent)	182,866	68.25
	Democratic	Jim Nickerson	81,585	30.45
	Libertarian	Kevin Anderson	3,491	1.30
Total votes			267,942	100
	Republican hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Jeb Hensarling ran for re-election.

Texas's 5th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling (incumbent)	148,816	64.47
	Democratic	Bill Bernstein	75,911	32.88
	Libertarian	John Gonzalez	6,118	2.65
Total votes			230,845	100
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Joe Barton ran for re-election.

Texas's 6th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Barton (incumbent)	168,767	66.02
	Democratic	Morris Meyer	83,609	32.71
	Libertarian	Stephen Schrader	3,251	1.27
Total votes			255,627	100
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican John Culberson ran for re-election.

Texas's 7th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Culberson (incumbent)	175,440	64.11
	Democratic	John Martinez	91,126	33.30
	Independent	Paul Staton	3,713	1.36
	Libertarian	Drew Parks	3,372	1.23
Total votes			273,651	100
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Kevin Brady ran for re-election.

Texas's 8th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Brady (incumbent)	179,599	68.91
	Democratic	Jim Wright	77,324	29.67
	Libertarian	Paul Hansen	3,705	1.42
Total votes			260,628	100
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Nick Lampson was redistricted to the 2nd District. He ran for re-election there. Democratic representative Chris Bell was redistricted from the neighboring 25th District and also ran for re-election here, but he lost in the primary to Al Green.

Texas's 9th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Green	114,462	72.19
	Republican	Arlette Molina	42,132	26.57
	Libertarian	Stacey Bourland	1,972	1.24
Total votes			158,566	100
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett was redistricted to the 25th District. He ran for re-election there.

Texas's 10th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McCaul	182,113	78.62
	Libertarian	Robert Fritsche	35,569	15.36
	Write-in	Lorenzo Sadun	13,961	6.03
Total votes			231,643	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards was redistricted to the 17th District. He ran for re-election there.

Texas's 11th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Conaway	177,291	76.76
	Democratic	Wayne Raasch	50,339	21.79
	Libertarian	Jeffrey Blunt	3,347	1.45
Total votes			230,977	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 12

Incumbent Republican Kay Granger ran for re-election.

Texas's 12th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Granger (incumbent)	173,222	72.32
	Democratic	Felix Alvarado	66,316	27.68
Total votes			239,538	100
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Republican Mac Thornberry ran for re-election.

Texas's 13th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mac Thornberry (incumbent)	189,448	92.31
	Libertarian	Smitty Smith	15,793	7.69
Total votes			205,241	100
	Republican hold

District 14

Incumbent Republican Ron Paul ran for re-election unopposed.

Texas's 14th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Paul (incumbent)	173,668	100.00
Total votes			173,668	100
	Republican hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Ruben Hinojosa ran for re-election.

Texas's 15th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Hinojosa (incumbent)	96,089	57.76
	Republican	Michael Thamm	67,917	40.83
	Libertarian	William Cady	2,352	1.41
Total votes			166,358	100
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Silvestre Reyes ran for re-election.

Texas's 16th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Silvestre Reyes (incumbent)	108,577	67.53
	Republican	David Brigham	49,972	31.08
	Libertarian	Brad Clardy	2,224	1.38
Total votes			160,773	100
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Charles Stenholm was redistricted to the 19th District. Democratic representative Chet Edwards was redistricted from the neighboring 11th District and ran for re-election here.

Texas's 17th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chet Edwards (incumbent)	125,309	51.20
	Republican	Arlene Wohlgemuth	116,049	47.42
	Libertarian	Clyde Garland	3,390	1.39
Total votes			244,748	100
	Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee ran for re-election.

Texas's 18th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheila Jackson Lee (incumbent)	136,018	88.91
	Independent	Tom Bazán	9,787	6.40
	Libertarian	Brent Sullivan	7,183	4.70
Total votes			152,988	100
	Democratic hold

District 19

2004 Texas's 19th congressional district election

← 2002

2006 →


Nominee	Randy Neugebauer	Charles Stenholm
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	136,459	93,531
Percentage	58.44%	40.05%

County results
Arrington: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Stenholm: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Randy Neugebauer
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Randy Neugebauer
Republican

A week after winning re-election in 2002, incumbent Republican Larry Combest announced that he would resign on May 31, 2003.^[3] This prompted a special election to be held, which fellow Republican Randy Neugebauer won in a runoff.^[4] He ran for re-election. Democratic representative Charles Stenholm was redistricted from the neighboring 17th District and also ran for re-election here.

Texas's 19th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Neugebauer (incumbent)	136,459	58.44
	Democratic	Charles Stenholm (incumbent)	93,531	40.05
	Libertarian	Richard Peterson	3,524	1.51
Total votes			233,514	100
	Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Charlie Gonzalez ran for re-election.

Texas's 20th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Gonzalez (incumbent)	112,480	65.47
	Republican	Roger Scott	54,976	32.00
	Libertarian	Jessie Bouley	2,377	1.38
	Independent	Michael Idrogo	1,971	1.15
Total votes			171,804	100
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican Lamar Smith ran for re-election.

Texas's 21st congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Smith (incumbent)	209,774	61.50
	Democratic	Rhett Smith	121,129	35.51
	Libertarian	Jason Pratt	10,216	2.99
Total votes			341,119	100
	Republican hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican Tom DeLay ran for re-election.

Texas's 22nd congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom DeLay (incumbent)	150,386	55.16
	Democratic	Richard Morrison	112,034	41.10
	Independent	Michael Fjetland	5,314	1.95
	Libertarian	Tom Morrison	4,886	1.79
Total votes			272,620	100
	Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla ran for re-election.

Texas's 23rd congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Bonilla (incumbent)	170,716	69.26
	Democratic	Joe Sullivan	72,480	29.40
	Libertarian	Nazirite Perez	3,307	1.34
Total votes			246,503	100
	Republican hold

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Martin Frost was redistricted to the 32nd District. He ran for re-election there.

Texas's 14th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenny Marchant	154,435	63.98
	Democratic	Gary Page	82,599	34.22
	Libertarian	James Lawrence	4,340	1.80
Total votes			241,374	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Chris Bell was redistricted to the 9th District. He ran for re-election there but lost in the primary to Al Green. Democratic representative Lloyd Doggett was redistricted from the neighboring 10th District and ran for re-election here.

Texas's 25th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	108,309	67.60
	Republican	Rebecca Armendariz Klein	49,252	30.74
	Libertarian	James Werner	2,656	1.66
Total votes			160,217	100
	Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Republican Michael Burgess ran for re-election.

Texas's 26th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Burgess (incumbent)	180,519	65.75
	Democratic	Lico Reyes	89,809	32.71
	Libertarian	James Gholston	4,211	1.53
Total votes			274,539	100
	Republican hold

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Solomon Ortiz ran for re-election.

Texas's 27th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Solomon P. Ortiz (incumbent)	112,081	63.13
	Republican	Willie Vaden	61,955	34.90
	Libertarian	Christopher Claytor	3,500	1.97
Total votes			177,536	100
	Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Ciro Rodriguez ran for re-election but lost in the primary to Henry Cuellar.

Texas's 28th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Cuellar	106,323	59.01
	Republican	Jim Hopson	69,538	38.60
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	4,305	2.39
Total votes			180,166	100
	Democratic hold

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Gene Green ran for re-election.

Texas's 29th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Green (incumbent)	78,256	94.14
	Libertarian	Clifford Messina	4,868	5.86
Total votes			83,124	100
	Democratic hold

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson ran for re-election.

Texas's 30th congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eddie Bernice Johnson (incumbent)	144,513	93.03
	Libertarian	John Davis	10,821	6.97
Total votes			155,334	100
	Democratic hold

District 31

Incumbent Republican John Carter ran for re-election.

Texas's 31st congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Carter (incumbent)	160,247	64.77
	Democratic	Jon Porter	80,292	32.45
	Libertarian	Celeste Adams	6,888	2.78
Total votes			247,427	100
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent Republican Pete Sessions ran for re-election. Democratic representative Martin Frost was redistricted from the neighboring 24th District and also ran for re-election here.

Texas's 32nd congressional district, 2004^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Sessions (incumbent)	109,859	54.32
	Democratic	Martin Frost (incumbent)	89,030	44.02
	Libertarian	Michael Needleman	3,347	1.65
Total votes			202,236	100
	Republican hold

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^ "CNN.com - Texas Rep. Hall switches to GOP - Jan. 3, 2004". www.cnn.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
^ FREEDMAN, D. A. N. (December 10, 2002). "Wife´s troubles prompt Combest resignation 12-09-2002". Plainview Herald. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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[3] FREEDMAN, D. A. N. (December 10, 2002). "Wife´s troubles prompt Combest resignation 12-09-2002". Plainview Herald. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

[4] "Special Runoff Election, US Representative District 19". elections.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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