- Lead
- 17,254
- Total
- 103,742
- vs nation
- R+15.2
Texas 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,944
- Total
- 95,624
- vs nation
- R+12.8
- Lead
- 13,205
- Total
- 68,322
- vs nation
- R+21.4
- Lead
- 17,647
- Total
- 55,854
- vs nation
- R+35.4
- Lead
- 13,570
- Total
- 55,925
- vs nation
- R+31.5
- Lead
- 19,356
- Total
- 46,550
- vs nation
- R+39.1
- Lead
- 14,648
- Total
- 34,312
- vs nation
- R+43.2
- Lead
- 6,971
- Total
- 26,653
- vs nation
- R+34.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 202,2492024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,375 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 147 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $116,2562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.9 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 106, TX · twin score 95.8
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 65th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden1876
94.3%
333 votes · D+88.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 91.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
76.4%
12,306 votes · R+52.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
43,184votes
45.2% of the vote · R+8.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 42,458 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
59,712votes
57.6% of the vote · R+16.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 51,128 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
+93.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +80.2 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+43.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.7 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +39.1 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.
Its Republican presidential margin was R+16.6 in 2024 and R+24.4 in 2008. Median household income was $111,498 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 88.7 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 52.9 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.6 points.
A population of 202,249, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $116,256 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 106 and State House District 57.
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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