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Texas's 35th congressional district
Texas's 35th congressional district
	Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Greg Casar; D–Austin
Distribution	95.99% urban; 4.01% rural;
Population (2023)	834,055
Median household; income	$73,349
Ethnicity	55.1% Hispanic; 26.2% White; 11.9% Black; 3.2% Two or more races; 2.9% Asian; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+21

Texas's 35th congressional district is a district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States census.^[5] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections and were seated for the 113th United States Congress.^[6] This election was won by Lloyd Doggett, who previously represented Texas's 25th congressional district before redistricting.^[7]

The district includes parts of the San Antonio metropolitan area (primarily black- and Hispanic-majority areas), including portions of Bexar County, thin strips of Comal and Hays counties, a portion of Caldwell County, and portions of southern and eastern Austin in Travis County.^[8] The district roughly follows Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Austin.

In March 2017, a panel of federal judges ruled that the 35th district was illegally drawn with discriminatory intent.^[9] In August 2017, another panel of federal judges in San Antonio ruled that the district was unconstitutional.^[10] However, the district was allowed to stand in the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 Abbott v. Perez ruling.^[11]

Greg Casar, from Austin, won the 2022 election for this seat; Doggett moved to the newly created 37th district, centered almost entirely on Austin and containing small amounts of its suburbs, and won the election there. As a result, Austin will be represented by two Democrats in the House.

With a Cook PVI of D+21 (as of 2023), it is now the second-most Democratic district that includes Austin. Only the 37th is more Democratic with a D+24 rating.^[4]

Election results from presidential races

Results
Year	Office	Result
2012	President	Obama 63 - 35%
2016	President	Clinton 64 - 30%
2020	President	Biden 68 - 31%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 2013
Lloyd Doggett (Austin)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 37th district.	2013–2023 Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis^[12]
Greg Casar (Austin)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present Parts of Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis^[13]

Election results

2012

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2012^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett	105,626	63.94%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	52,894	32.02%
	Libertarian	Ross Lynn Leonne	4,082	2.47%
	Green	Meghan Owen	2,540	1.53%
Majority			52,732	31.92%
Total votes			165,179	100%

2014

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2014^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	60,124	62.48%	−1.46%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	32,040	33.29%	+1.27%
	Libertarian	Cory W. Bruner	2,767	2.87%	+.4%
	Green	Kat Swift	1,294	1.34%	−.19%
Majority			28,084	29.19%
Total votes			96,225	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	−1.46%

2016

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2016^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	124,613	63.07%	+0.59%
	Republican	Susan Narvaiz	62,384	31.57%	−1.72%
	Libertarian	Rhet Rosenquest Smith	6,504	3.29%	+.42%
	Green	Scott Trimble	4,076	2.06%	+.62%
Majority			62,228	31.50%	+2.31%
Total votes			197,516	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.59%

2018

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2018^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	138,278	71.25%	+8.18%
	Republican	David Smalling	50,553	26.05%	−5.52%
	Libertarian	Clark Patterson	5,236	2.70%	+.64%
Majority			87,725	45.20%	+13.70%
Total votes			194,067	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+8.18%

2020

Texas's 35th congressional district election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd Doggett (incumbent)	176,373	65.4
	Republican	Jennifer Garcia Sharon	80,795	30.0
	Libertarian	Mark Loewe	7,393	2.7
	Independent	Jason Mata	5,236	1.9
Total votes			269,797	100.0
	Democratic hold