2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas

November 6, 2018
All 36 Texas seats to the United States House of Representatives
Turnout	52.8%
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 25 11 Seats before 24 11 Seats won 23 13 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 4,135,359 3,852,752 Percentage 50.4% 47.0% Swing 6.8% 9.9%
Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>% Popular vote by congressional district. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote in the state, but instead by results in each congressional district.

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Voters elected the 36 U.S. representatives from the state of Texas, one from each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices, including the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on March 6 and the run-offs were held on May 22.

In 2018, for the first time in at least 25 years, the Texas Democratic Party fielded at least one candidate in each of the state's 36 congressional districts. The state congressional delegation changed from a 25–11 Republican majority to a 23–13 Republican majority, the most seats that Democrats had won in the state since 2006. Democrats won almost 47% of the vote, likely due to the down-ballot effect of Representative Beto O'Rourke's Senate candidacy, in which he won 48.3% of the vote, but also because four Democrat incumbents faced no Republican opposition in their general elections.

Turnout was also more than doubled from the last midterm election.

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	32	4,135,359	50.41%	23	2	63.9%
	Democratic	36	3,852,752	46.97%	13	2	36.1%
	Libertarian	31	190,816	2.33%	0		0.0%
	Independent	6	23,352	0.28%	0		0.0%
	Write-in	4	429	0.0%	0		0.00%
Total		109	8,202,708	100.0%	36		100.0%

District

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas by district:

District 1

2018 Texas's 1st congressional district election

Nominee Louie Gohmert Shirley McKellar Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 168,165 61,263 Percentage 72.3% 26.3%

U.S. Representative before election Louie Gohmert Republican Elected U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert Republican

The first district is located in East Texas, including Deep East Texas, and takes in Longview, Lufkin, and Tyler. Incumbent Republican Louie Gohmert, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 73.9% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+25.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Louie Gohmert, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

• Anthony Culler
• Roshin Rowjee, physician

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Shirley McKellar, Army veteran, non-profit businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2012, 2014 & 2016

Eliminated in primary

• Brent Beal, professor

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Callaway, Texas Outlaw Poet

General election

Endorsements

Results

District 2

2018 Texas's 2nd congressional district election

Nominee Dan Crenshaw Todd Litton Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 139,188 119,992 Percentage 52.8% 45.6%

County results Crenshaw:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Ted Poe Republican Elected U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw Republican

This district is located in Greater Houston, including parts of northern and western Houston, as well as Humble, Kingwood, and Spring. Incumbent Republican Ted Poe, who had represented the district since 2005, did not run for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.6% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+11.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dan Crenshaw, retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant commander and former Navy SEAL

Eliminated in primary

• David Balat, healthcare executive
• Johnny Havens, attorney and retired U.S. Army Captain
• Justin Lurie, investment banker
• Kevin Roberts, state representative
• Jon Spiers, surgeon
• Rick Walker, businessman and retired U.S. Army Reserve Captain
• Kathaleen Wall, activist and fundraiser
• Malcolm Whittaker, patent lawyer

Declined

• Ted Poe, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Results

Runoff results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Todd Litton, former chair of the City of Houston's Tower Commission

Eliminated in primary

• Darnell Jones, retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant commander
• Ali Khorasani, field service engineer
• Silky Malik, author
• H.P. Parvizian, franchise owner

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick Gunnels

Eliminated in primary

• James Kong

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 3

2018 Texas's 3rd congressional district election

Nominee Van Taylor Lorie Burch Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 169,520 138,234 Percentage 54.2% 44.2%

U.S. Representative before election Sam Johnson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Van Taylor Republican

The 3rd district is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, including the Dallas suburbs of Frisco, McKinney, and Plano. Incumbent Republican Sam Johnson, who had represented the district since 1991, did not run for re-election. He was re-elected with 61.2% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+13.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Van Taylor, state senator for the 8th district

Eliminated in primary

• Roger Barone, businessman
• Alex Donkervoet, actuary

Declined

• Sam Johnson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lorie Burch, LGBT rights attorney

Eliminated in primary

• Adam Bell, businessman and nominee for this seat in 2016
• Sam Johnson, attorney
• Medrick Yhap, mortgage consultant

Endorsements

Results

Runoff results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Christopher Claytor

Eliminated in primary

• Scott Jameson

Results

Christopher Claytor was declared the nominee by defeating Scott Jameson at the Collin County Libertarian Party Convention on Saturday, March 17.

Independents

• Roger Barone
• Robert Mason (Humane Party)

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results