With 212 of 254 counties reporting early voting results and 28% of polling locations reporting Election Day results, incumbents have maintained their leads in several Congressional races up for election across the Greater Houston area in the Nov. 5 general election.
Community Impact will update this article as more Election Day vote totals released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Posted 8:30 p.m., Nov. 5
Early voting results show incumbents taking the lead in several Congressional races up for election across the Greater Houston area in the Nov. 5 general election.
What's happening?
According to the approximately 50% of early and absentee voting results reported by the Texas Secretary of State:
- District 2: Republican incumbent Dan Crenshaw—first elected in 2018—has taken the lead with 173,679 votes, while Democratic challenger Peter Filler has received 88,990 votes.
- District 7: Democratic incumbent Lizzie Fletcher—first elected in 2018—has taken the lead with 120,273 votes, while Republican challenger Caroline Kane has received 74,940.
- District 8: Republican incumbent Morgan Luttrell—first elected in 2022—has taken the lead with 167,158 votes, while Democratic challenger Laura Jones has received 79,710 votes.
- District 10: Republican incumbent Michael T. McCaul—first elected in 2004—has taken the lead with 109,921 votes, while Democratic challenger Theresa Bosseau and Libertarian challenger Jeff Miller have received 49,680 votes and 3,454 votes, respectively.
- District 14: Republican incumbent Randy Weber—first elected in 2012—has taken the lead with 138,314 votes, while Democratic challenger Ronda Hart has received 64,867 votes.
- District 18: Democratic candidate and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has taken the lead with 118,421 votes, while Republican candidate Lana Centonze has received 50,182 votes. District 18 was previously held by the former U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee who died July 19 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
- District 22: Republican incumbent Troy E. Nehls—first elected in 2020—has taken the lead with 147,458 votes, while Democratic challenger Marquette Greene-Scott has received 88,296 votes.
- District 29: Democratic incumbent Sylvia Garcia—first elected in 2018—has taken the lead with 71,399 votes, while Republican challenger Alan Garza has received 36,366 votes.
- District 36: Republican incumbent Brian Babin—first elected in 2014—has taken the lead with 112,224 votes, while Democratic challenger Dayna Steele has received 60,933 votes.
- District 38: Republican incumbent Wesley P. Hunt—first elected in 2022—as taken the lead with 179,133 votes, while Democratic challenger Melissa McDonough has received 102,370 votes. District 38 was created during the 2020 census redistricting process and is the state's newest Congressional district.
Members of the U.S. Congress are elected to serve two-year terms and represent people of a specific congressional district, according to the U.S. House of Representatives' website. The number of representatives per state is proportionate to population and Texas has 38 Congressional districts.
To be elected, a representative must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for at least seven years, and an inhabitant of the state he or she represents, per the website.
Stay tuned
Community Impact will update this article as more Election Day vote totals released. All results are unofficial until canvassed.
Visit communityimpact.com/voter-guide/election-results to see results from all local elections in your community.
