Texas 3rd Congressional District (TX) — Elections 1876–2024

Texas 3rd Congressional District, Texas: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+15%. Democratic peak: D+86 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+15MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 1,034,8502024 5-year
Median household income: $116,9672024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 55.1%2024 5-year
Black: 10.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 16.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+86 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+57 in 1984MIT Election Lab

SELF, KeithCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: TAYLOR, Nicholas (2021–2023), TAYLOR, Nicholas (2019–2021), JOHNSON, Sam (2017–2019), JOHNSON, Sam (2015–2017)

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

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 0 D · 2 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	−15.1%	188,198	257,477	458,954
2020	R	−8.2%	194,163	229,348	431,199
2016	R	−20.0%	119,089	183,314	321,892
2012	R	−33.3%	87,708	177,418	269,696
2008	R	−27.1%	95,567	167,358	265,370
2004	R	−43.0%	62,662	158,470	222,711
2000	R	−46.7%	41,549	117,717	163,163
1996	R	−30.6%	38,329	77,070	126,593
1992	R	−24.7%	26,369	57,437	125,750
1988	R	−42.5%	26,312	65,590	92,398
1984	R	−56.5%	17,148	61,948	79,251
1980	R	−29.6%	20,021	37,711	59,833
1976	R	−10.4%	18,892	23,343	42,603
1972	R	−52.0%	7,096	22,697	29,987
1968	R	−1.4%	9,012	9,358	24,549
1964	D	+36.6%	12,136	5,620	17,780
1960	D	+7.7%	7,864	6,735	14,688
1956	D	+5.1%	7,848	7,077	14,981
1952	D	+5.3%	9,152	8,230	17,399
1948	D	+57.5%	8,951	1,990	12,108
1944	D	+67.7%	10,795	1,418	13,850
1940	D	+78.2%	13,172	1,606	14,797
1936	D	+86.0%	9,712	725	10,454
1932	D	+84.6%	10,961	887	11,905
1928	D	+3.2%	5,833	5,469	11,321
1924	D	+65.9%	11,868	2,338	14,472
1920	D	+54.1%	7,158	1,859	9,788
1916	D	+75.5%	7,098	855	8,265
1912	D	+72.4%	5,591	475	7,069
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.

English

10.5%

German

9.7%

Irish

7.6%

American

6.3%

Italian

2.8%

Scottish

1.8%

French

1.6%

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: 37.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.7%

1.6%

75–84

2.0%

3.4%

65–74

3.9%

5.7%

55–64

5.7%

7.4%

45–54

7.2%

7.7%

35–44

7.9%

6.5%

25–34

6.6%

4.5%

18–24

4.3%

9.6%

5–17

9.3%

3.0%

2.8%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$116,967

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$116,967

Texas$78,476

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

6.7%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 187.7%

Working age (18–64)6.2%

Seniors (65+)9.9%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

70.1%

speak English only

Spanish11.1%

Asian & Pacific Islander9.1%

Other Indo-European7.3%

Other languages2.5%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

12.3%

Other Christian

11.8%

Baptist

10.0%

Non-Christian

5.7%

Methodist

4.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Texas's 3rd district covers the affluent northern Dallas suburbs, a corridor of rapid population growth and rising educational attainment that compressed its presidential margin from R+20 a decade ago to R+7.5 in 2024.

The shift began with civil rights. 1968 marked the realignment in Texas 3rd Congressional District, by a one point margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-seven points in 1984. The 2024 margin was fifteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Texas 3rd Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $116,967, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Texas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Texas voted Republican by 15.1 points (R+15), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 458,954 votes cast, 188,198 went Democratic and 257,477 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Texas's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Texas as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 14 times, Republican 15 times, and other 0 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Texas last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Texas voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Texas?

Congressional District 3, Texas has a population of 1,034,850 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Texas?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Texas is $116,967 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Texas?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Texas 3rd Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 15 points.

Key facts

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