- Lead
- 15,454
- Total
- 104,635
- vs nation
- R+13.3
Texas 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,691
- Total
- 95,929
- vs nation
- R+12.5
- Lead
- 14,241
- Total
- 65,630
- vs nation
- R+23.8
- Lead
- 17,062
- Total
- 47,112
- vs nation
- R+40.1
- Lead
- 13,916
- Total
- 45,769
- vs nation
- R+37.7
- Lead
- 15,903
- Total
- 28,842
- vs nation
- R+52.7
- Lead
- 12,212
- Total
- 21,403
- vs nation
- R+57.6
- Lead
- 7,065
- Total
- 16,946
- vs nation
- R+50.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 202,2952024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,538 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 132 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $157,4952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72.1 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, TX · twin score 98.8
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 61st 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. Roosevelt1936
87.2%
506 votes · D+75.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 86.2%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
85.9%
7,693 votes · R+72.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 83.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
43,268votes
41.4% of the vote · R+14.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 43,034 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
58,722votes
56.1% of the vote · R+14.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 50,725 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
+69.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +59.9 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+57.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.1 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +53.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 43.7%26,243 | 56.3%33,797 | 60,040 |
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+14.7, against R+30.4 in 2008. Median household income was $121,600 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state house district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 72.1 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.8 points.
A population of 202,295, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $157,495 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 66 and State House District 106.
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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