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State House District 75·Texas

Texas 75th State House District was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Texas's most decisive Republican strongholds by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
TX
Latest
D+15
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
408,959
2024 ACS

Texas 75th State House District, Texas: Populist district. In 2024, voted D+15%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+15MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
408,9592024 5-year
Median household income
$59,8062024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
29.6%2024 5-year
Black
3.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
82.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+73 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+21 in 1972MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+15.1%
67,23349,371118,353
D
+35.1%
83,65639,606125,497
D
+42.8%
69,43426,071101,407
D
+32.3%
53,04826,84081,109
D
+32.5%
57,30729,01686,994
D
+12.9%
44,68334,40779,639
D
+18.1%
39,37927,03968,119
D
+30.2%
39,43320,31563,266
D
+15.2%
31,80222,17963,479
D
+5.9%
29,41026,10055,785
R
−12.0%
24,38331,05055,620
R
−13.3%
18,82425,02146,742
D
+3.1%
21,35820,05342,017
R
−21.1%
15,23323,47339,023
D
+3.4%
15,33814,25231,990
D
+25.7%
16,4619,71626,266
D
+9.4%
12,22310,12122,391
R
−10.0%
7,1188,70315,913
R
−15.6%
6,8549,39516,272
D
+45.7%
7,2052,60410,073
D
+59.5%
5,3669737,382
D
+53.3%
5,8111,7687,592
D
+73.5%
5,5988336,485
D
+59.0%
5,3241,3346,759
D
+0.5%
2,8712,8415,713
D
+71.4%
3,6065734,246
D
+0.9%
1,9461,9113,891
D
+33.2%
1,6928312,592
D
+63.1%
1,3691371,953
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
3.6%
Irish
2.2%
American
2.2%
English
2.0%
Italian
1.1%
French
0.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
32.0%
speak English only
Spanish66.1%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
48.0%
Other Christian
9.4%
Baptist
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.5%
Methodist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

District 75 recorded an R+76.1 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most lopsided state house districts in Texas. Its political uniformity makes it a benchmark for measuring the GOP's ceiling in deep-red rural constituencies.

The Democratic margin in Texas 75th State House District peaked at seventy-three points in 1936. By 1988 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifteen points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the district's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $59,806 sits well below state and national norms, and 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 75, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 75, Texas voted Democratic by 15.1 points (D+15), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 118,353 votes cast, 67,233 went Democratic and 49,371 went Republican.
What is State House District 75, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 75, Texas as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 75, Texas last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 75, Texas voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in State House District 75, Texas?
State House District 75, Texas has a population of 408,959 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 75, Texas?
Median household income in State House District 75, Texas is $59,806 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of State House District 75, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 75, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.