Texas's 66th House of Representatives district explained

State:Texas
Percent Black:10.0
Chamber:House of Representatives
Representative:Matt Shaheen
Party:Republican
Residence:Plano
Percent White:55.3
District:66
Percent Asian:20.4
Percent Hispanic:12.5
Population:198,718
Population Year:2020
Voting Age:149,863

The Texas House of Representatives' 66th district represents a portion of Collin County, including parts of Plano and Dallas. The current representative of this district is Matt Shaheen, a Republican from Plano who has represented the district since 2015.[1]

Upon being moved to Collin County in 1993, district 66 became a suburban Republican stronghold; recently however, the district has become increasingly competitive, with Democrats coming within 1 percentage point of flipping the district in both 2018 and 2020.[2]

As a result of the 2021 redistricting, the district will represent parts of Frisco, Plano, Prosper, and Celina.[3]

Statewide election results

Election results from recent statewide races:

District 66 vote by party in presidential elections !Year!Democratic!Republican!Third parties
202053.73% 47,84444.62% 39,7291.65% 1,471
District 66 vote by party in Class I Senate elections !Year!Democratic!Republican!Third parties
201852.51% 36,76946.79% 32,7600.70% 488
District 66 vote by party in Class II Senate elections !Year!Democratic!Republican!Third parties
202048.89% 42,68848.99% 42,7682.12% 1,852
District 66 vote by party in gubernatorial elections !Year!Democratic!Republican!Third parties
201844.17% 30,66854.01% 37,5041.82% 1,262

List of representatives

Legislature[4] RepresentativePartyTerm startTerm endCounties represented
3rdHamilton P. BeeUnknown18491851Webb
4th18511853
5th18531855
6th18551857
7th18571859
8thBacilio Benavides18591861
9thJohn Staehely18611862Comal
10thHerman Seele18631866
11thDaniel Murchison18661870
12th-14thUnknown
15thJames Monroe SwisherRepublican18761879Blanco, Travis
16thJames T.W. LoeGreenback18791881
17thAlbert W.H. MoursundDemocratic18811883
18th18831885Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton
19thJames Knox White18851887
20thCharles Irvin Battle18871889
21stRichard H.D. Sorrell II18891891
22ndGreen Cameron Duncan18911893
23rdRobert Henry Rogers18931893McLennan
Seth Phineas Mills18931895
24th18951897
Cullen Thomas18951897
25thAlbert Sidney Bird18971899
25thJames Sluder18971899
26thPat Morriss Neff18991901
27th19011903
Henry B. Terrell19011903
28thEdward Flynn English19031905Milam, Robertson
29thJames Joseph Elliott19051907
30thClifford Braly19071909
31stRichard Boswell19091911
32ndLeRoy Hamilton Hillyer19111913
33rdWilliam Riley Butler19131915Bell
34th19151917
35th19171919
36thCharles William Barrett19191921
37th19211923
38thJohn H. WesslesRepublican19231925Fayette
39thJames PavlicaDemocratic19251926
40th19271929
41st19291931
42ndGus Herzik19311933
43rdJames Pavlica19331935
44thGus Herzik19351937
45th19371939
46thJohn Abness Kerr19391941
47thRudolph B. Spacek19411943
48th19411943
49th19431945
50th19451947
51st19491951
52nd19511953
53rdMax Carlton Smith19531955Blanco, Caldwell, Hays
54th19551957
55th19571959
56th19591961
57thHenry Arnold Fletcher19611963
58thJames E. Nugent19631965Bandera, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton
59th19651967
60thGene Hendryx19671969Brewster, Coke, Crane, Glasscock, Irion, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Sterling, Terrell, Upton, Ward
61stGeorge Baker19691971
62nd19711973
63rdPhil Cates19731975Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hall, Motley, Wheeler
64th19751977
65th19771979
66thFoster Whaley19791981
67th19811983
68thDick Burnett19831985Coke, Mitchell, Tom Green, Sterling
69th19851987
70th19871989
71stRobert Junell19891991
72nd19911993
73rdBrian McCallRepublican19931995Collin (part)
74th19951997
75th19971999
76th19992001
77th20012003
78th20032005
79th20052007
80th20072009
81st20092010
Van Taylor20102011
82nd20112013
83rd20132015
84thMatt Shaheen20152017
85th20172019
86th20192021
87th20212023
88thTBDTBD20232025

Recent election results

Source

References

  1. Web site: Texas House of Representatives District 66. 2021-11-02. Ballotpedia. en.
  2. Web site: Election Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20211025164834/https://www.collincountytx.gov/elections/election_results/Pages/result_archive.aspx . 2021-10-25 . 2021-06-16 . www.collincountytx.gov . en.
  3. Web site: District Population Analysis with County Subtotals. 1 November 2021. data.capitol.texas.gov.
  4. Web site: Legislative Reference Library Legislators and Leaders Texas Legislators: Past & Present. 2021-07-23. lrl.texas.gov.

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