Texas 1st Congressional District (TX) — Elections 1876–2024

Texas 1st Congressional District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+51%. Democratic peak: D+87 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+51MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: RealignerAkashic typology
Population: 746,0362024 5-year
Median household income: $66,4632024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 65.1%2024 5-year
Black: 16.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 18.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+87 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+51 in 2024MIT Election Lab

MORAN, NathanielCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: GOHMERT, Louie (2021–2023), GOHMERT, Louie (2019–2021), GOHMERT, Louie (2017–2019), GOHMERT, Louie (2015–2017)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

17 counties · 0 D · 17 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.4%	75,082	237,130	314,978
2020	R	−45.9%	82,504	225,841	312,219
2016	R	−47.8%	67,090	197,271	272,473
2012	R	−43.8%	73,132	189,317	264,961
2008	R	−38.7%	80,971	184,418	267,280
2004	R	−36.8%	81,358	176,758	259,086
2000	R	−32.1%	76,270	149,681	228,669
1996	R	−8.1%	90,153	107,375	213,812
1992	R	−4.5%	86,025	96,592	232,393
1988	R	−16.7%	89,575	125,659	216,544
1984	R	−31.9%	75,332	146,378	222,562
1980	R	−14.8%	79,410	107,573	189,674
1976	D	+0.7%	83,415	82,286	166,471
1972	R	−45.4%	38,044	102,152	141,078
1968	O	+1.7%	46,343	43,892	141,414
1964	D	+9.5%	67,693	55,884	123,806
1960	D	+0.9%	53,532	52,544	107,741
1956	R	−13.1%	41,318	53,841	95,910
1952	D	+6.6%	58,492	51,186	109,985
1948	D	+44.2%	41,058	11,384	67,125
1944	D	+64.6%	46,537	6,987	61,179
1940	D	+77.5%	62,616	7,908	70,569
1936	D	+85.1%	44,957	3,573	48,621
1932	D	+86.7%	48,435	3,380	51,976
1928	D	+18.1%	21,123	14,652	35,799
1924	D	+67.3%	32,254	5,754	39,354
1920	D	+39.0%	19,447	6,709	32,667
1916	D	+60.7%	18,929	3,951	24,676
1912	D	+56.9%	14,594	2,662	20,965
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	—	No data	—	—	—
1896	—	No data	—	—	—
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	R	44.6%	53.1%	11,291,854
2020	R	43.9%	53.5%	11,144,040
2018	R	48.3%	50.9%	8,371,655
2014	R	34.4%	61.6%	4,648,358
2012	R	40.6%	56.5%	7,864,822
2008	R	42.8%	54.8%	7,912,075
2006	R	36.0%	61.7%	4,314,663
2002	R	43.3%	55.3%	4,514,012
2000	R	32.3%	65.1%	6,267,964
1996	R	43.9%	54.8%	5,527,441
1994	R	38.3%	60.8%	4,279,940
1990	R	37.4%	60.2%	3,822,157
1988	D	59.2%	40.0%	5,323,606
1984	R	41.4%	58.5%	5,314,178
1982	D	58.6%	40.5%	3,103,167
1978	R	49.3%	49.8%	2,312,540
1976	D	56.8%	42.2%	3,874,230

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

16.0%

English

11.0%

Irish

7.9%

German

7.4%

Scottish

1.6%

Italian

1.5%

French

1.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.4%

75–84

3.0%

5.1%

65–74

5.6%

6.0%

55–64

6.4%

5.6%

45–54

5.8%

6.2%

35–44

6.2%

25–34

6.3%

4.7%

18–24

4.3%

9.2%

5–17

8.8%

3.1%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$66,463

Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 1$66,463

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.6%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.7%

Working age (18–64)13.1%

Seniors (65+)11.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

84.9%

speak English only

Spanish13.4%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%

Other Indo-European0.6%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

30.7%

Other Christian

14.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

8.7%

Methodist

5.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

TX-1 spans deep East Texas, a region with strong historical ties to conservative rural voting patterns. In 2024, the Republican presidential candidate carried the district by nearly 50 points, making it among the least competitive in the nation.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 1st Congressional District peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fifteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $66,463 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 1, Texas voted Republican by 51.4 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 314,978 votes cast, 75,082 went Democratic and 237,130 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 1, Texas's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Texas as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 14 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 1, Texas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in Congressional District 1, Texas?

Congressional District 1, Texas has a population of 746,036 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Texas?

Median household income in Congressional District 1, Texas is $66,463 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Texas 1st Congressional District changed its political identity in living memory.

Key facts

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