- Lead
- 69,001
- Total
- 95,204
- vs nation
- R+71.0
Texas 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 63,223
- Total
- 89,203
- vs nation
- R+75.3
- Lead
- 55,277
- Total
- 76,961
- vs nation
- R+73.9
- Lead
- 49,172
- Total
- 71,514
- vs nation
- R+72.6
- Lead
- 43,906
- Total
- 74,743
- vs nation
- R+66.0
- Lead
- 42,175
- Total
- 73,994
- vs nation
- R+54.5
- Lead
- 31,462
- Total
- 68,133
- vs nation
- R+46.7
- Lead
- 10,409
- Total
- 62,788
- vs nation
- R+25.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+72.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 193,7332024 5-year
- Population density
- 18 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10,863 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,0822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.4 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72.5 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 5, TX · twin score 96.6
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 68th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
97.2%
4,111 votes · D+94.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 90.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
85.9%
81,765 votes · R+72.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 84.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
35,644votes
86.6% of the vote · D+73.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 33,386 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
81,765votes
85.9% of the vote · R+72.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 75,752 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
+85.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +75.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+75.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+70.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +73.9 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+72.5, this West Texas district ranks among the most heavily one-sided state house seats in the country, reflecting a sparse, rural electorate where statewide Democratic candidates rarely compete.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.4 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 72.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.5 points.
A population of 193,733, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,082 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 5 and State House District 69.
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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