- Lead
- 57,663
- Total
- 91,461
- vs nation
- R+61.6
Texas 2nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 48,684
- Total
- 80,507
- vs nation
- R+64.9
- Lead
- 41,385
- Total
- 66,982
- vs nation
- R+63.9
- Lead
- 34,109
- Total
- 59,902
- vs nation
- R+60.8
- Lead
- 28,977
- Total
- 62,838
- vs nation
- R+53.4
- Lead
- 27,387
- Total
- 60,112
- vs nation
- R+43.1
- Lead
- 18,842
- Total
- 53,267
- vs nation
- R+35.9
- Lead
- 3,465
- Total
- 46,831
- vs nation
- R+15.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 196,2842024 5-year
- Population density
- 80 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,450 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,1002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.0 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 62, TX · twin score 99.1
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 2nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
94.2%
15,950 votes · D+88.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 93.0%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
81.2%
74,242 votes · R+63.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 79.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
19,984votes
60.9% of the vote · D+22.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · 19,957 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
74,242votes
81.2% of the vote · R+63.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 64,152 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+106.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+81.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +86.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+64.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+60.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +63.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 18.1%13,099 | 81.9%59,171 | 72,270 |
| 2018 | R | 19.5%10,431 | 80.5%43,148 | 53,579 |
With a 63.0-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this deep East Texas district ranks among the most one-sided in the state legislature, reflecting the region's rural, homogeneous electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.0 points.
A population of 196,284, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,100 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 62 and State House District 59.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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