Texas 4th State House District, Texas: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 205,3232024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,6062024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 2016MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 27,391 | 56,167 | 84,424 | ||
| R | 21,126 | 48,777 | 70,866 | ||
| R | 12,464 | 38,711 | 52,855 | ||
| R | 11,827 | 33,037 | 45,328 | ||
| R | 14,213 | 31,782 | 46,330 | ||
| R | 12,229 | 29,102 | 41,497 | ||
| R | 10,814 | 21,698 | 32,952 | ||
| R | 11,275 | 12,689 | 26,781 | ||
| D | 10,012 | 9,807 | 28,423 | ||
| R | 11,147 | 12,713 | 23,989 | ||
| R | 8,372 | 14,254 | 22,686 | ||
| D | 9,430 | 8,902 | 18,579 | ||
| D | 9,484 | 5,665 | 15,197 | ||
| R | 3,853 | 7,517 | 11,384 | ||
| D | 4,514 | 3,324 | 11,153 | ||
| D | 6,578 | 2,689 | 9,285 | ||
| D | 4,324 | 3,690 | 8,072 | ||
| D | 4,085 | 3,772 | 7,899 | ||
| D | 5,475 | 3,942 | 9,420 | ||
| D | 4,895 | 972 | 6,593 | ||
| D | 5,493 | 595 | 6,764 | ||
| D | 6,818 | 826 | 7,647 | ||
| D | 5,200 | 329 | 5,535 | ||
| D | 5,475 | 352 | 5,840 | ||
| D | 3,323 | 2,153 | 5,476 | ||
| D | 7,046 | 1,040 | 8,191 | ||
| D | 3,719 | 781 | 5,576 | ||
| D | 3,470 | 530 | 4,311 | ||
| D | 2,567 | 301 | 3,442 | ||
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Demographics
Texas 4th State House District sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Texas 4th State House District peaked at eighty-eight points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1996 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of five points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $85,606 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 4, Texas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/48004/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.