- Lead
- 4,451
- Total
- 76,576
- vs nation
- D+7.3
Texas 70th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,190
- Total
- 82,305
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 1,162
- Total
- 67,772
- vs nation
- R+3.8
- Lead
- 13,314
- Total
- 63,426
- vs nation
- R+24.8
- Lead
- 9,263
- Total
- 62,758
- vs nation
- R+22.0
- Lead
- 20,464
- Total
- 60,123
- vs nation
- R+31.6
- Lead
- 17,491
- Total
- 42,271
- vs nation
- R+41.9
- Lead
- 8,532
- Total
- 32,046
- vs nation
- R+35.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 185,5742024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,084 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 36.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,9872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.5 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, TX · twin score 90.7
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 70th 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
91.9%
1,666 votes · D+83.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 91.9%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
78.2%
14,115 votes · R+56.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 73.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
45,214votes
54.9% of the vote · D+11.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 39,540 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
40,122votes
66.7% of the vote · R+34.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 37,965 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
+86.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +83.5 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+41.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.4 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +38.2 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%24,074 | 56.3%31,004 | 55,078 |
Texas House District 70, with roughly 185,000 residents, voted Democratic at the presidential level by 5.7 points in 2024, reflecting the broader suburban realignment reshaping competitive districts across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.5 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.8 points.
A population of 185,574, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,987 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 115.
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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