| State: | Texas |
| District Number: | 35 |
| Image Name: | Texas US Congressional District 35 (since 2021).tif |
| Image Width: | 400 |
| Image Caption: | Texas's 35th congressional district since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Greg Casar |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Austin |
| Distribution Ref: | [1] |
| Percent Urban: | 95.99 |
| Percent Rural: | 4.01 |
| Population: | 802,077[2] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $71,075[3] |
| Percent White: | 26.2 |
| Percent Black: | 11.9 |
| Percent Asian: | 2.9 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 3.2 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 55.1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.8 |
| Cpvi: | D+21[4] |
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]
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]
| 2012 | President | Obama 63 - 35% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | President | Clinton 64 - 30% | ||
| 2020 | President | Biden 68 - 31% |
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | width=300px | District location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established January 3, 2013 | |||||||||
| align=left nowrap | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | 2013–2023 Parts of Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, and Travis[12] | |||
| align=left nowrap | Greg Casar | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Elected in 2022. | 2023–present Parts of Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis[13] | |||