Texas's 10th congressional district explained

State:	Texas
District Number:	10
Image Name:	Texas US Congressional District 10 (since 2021).tif
Image Width:	400
Image Caption:	Texas's 10th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative:	Michael McCaul
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Austin
Distribution Ref:	^[1]
Percent Urban:	77.46
Percent Rural:	22.54
Population:	803,507^[2]
Population Year:	2022
Median Income:	$80,035
Percent White:	56.0
Percent Black:	9.3
Percent Asian:	5.4
Percent More Than One Race:	3.6
Percent Hispanic:	24.9
Percent Other Race:	0.7
Cpvi:	R+13^[3]

Texas's 10th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives stretches from the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston region to the Greater Austin region. It includes Houston suburbs such as Katy, Cypress, Tomball, and Prairie View, cities in east-central Texas including Brenham and Columbus, and northern Austin and some suburbs including Pflugerville, Bastrop, Manor, and Elgin. The current representative is Michael McCaul.

For most of the time from 1903 to 2005, the 10th was centered on Austin. It originally included large portions of the Texas Hill Country. Future President Lyndon B. Johnson represented this district from 1937 to 1949. During the second half of the 20th century, Austin's dramatic growth resulted in the district becoming more compact over the years. By the 1990s, it was reduced to little more than Austin itself and surrounding suburbs in Travis County.

However, in a mid-decade redistricting conducted in 2003, the 10th was dramatically altered. It lost much of the southern portion of its territory. To make up for the loss in population, it was extended all the way to the outer fringes of Houston, making the new district heavily Republican. Five-term Democratic incumbent Lloyd Doggett was forced to transfer to another district. McCaul won the open seat in 2004, and has held it ever since.

List of members representing the district

Members	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1883
align=left	John Hancock		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		Elected in 1882 Retired.	Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Coleman, Comal, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, McCulloch, Runnels, San Saba, Travis, Uvalde, and Williamson Counties.^[4]
align=left	Joseph D. Sayers		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893		Elected in 1884 Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the .	Texas Hill Country
align=left	Walter Gresham		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		Elected in 1892. Lost renomination.
align=left	Miles Crowley		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897		Elected in 1894. Retired.
align=left	Robert B. Hawley		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901		Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
align=left	George F. Burgess		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903		Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Albert S. Burleson		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1903 – March 6, 1913		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become U.S. Postmaster General.
Vacant		nowrap	March 6, 1913 – April 15, 1913
align=left	James P. Buchanan		Democratic	nowrap	April 15, 1913 – February 22, 1937		Elected to finish Burleson's term. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936 Died.
Vacant		nowrap	February 22, 1937 – April 10, 1937
align=left	Lyndon B. Johnson		Democratic	nowrap	April 10, 1937 – January 3, 1949		Elected to finish Buchanan's term. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
align=left	Homer Thornberry		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1949 – December 20, 1963		Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Resigned to become judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Vacant		nowrap	December 20, 1963 – December 21, 1963
align=left	J. J. Pickle		Democratic	nowrap	December 21, 1963 – January 3, 1995		Elected to finish Thornberry's term. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
align=left	Lloyd Doggett		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005		Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Redistricted to the .	1995–2005: Travis County, TX: Austin and surrounding suburbs
Michael McCaul	Republican	January 3, 2005 – present		Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2005–2013
2013–2023 Austin, Bastrop (part), Colorado, Fayette, Harris (part), Lee (part), Travis (part), Waller, Washington^[5]
2023–present Austin, Bastrop (part), Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes, Lee, Madison, Travis (part), Waller, Washington, Williamson (part)^[6]

Recent election results

2004

Due to the 2003 mid-decade redistricting plan, the 10th's boundaries were gerrymandered forcing Democratic incumbent Lloyd Doggett to redistrict to the 25th district. Attorney Michael McCaul won the Republican nomination and ran without any major-party opposition.

2018

Incumbent Michael McCaul faced Assistant Attorney of Austin Mike Siegel in the 2018 general election, winning by 4.3 percent of the vote. This is the closest contest McCaul has faced.^[7] The outcome was notable in a district that political experts rated as "Heavily Republican."^{[8] [9]}

2020

In the November 3, 2020 general election, incumbent Michael McCaul again defeated Austin Assistant Attorney Mike Siegel.

2022

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) . . February 7, 2018 . April 2, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130402141525/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html . dead.
2. Web site: My Congressional District.
3. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. en.
4. News: Davis. Edmund Jackson. Edmund J. Davis. To the Voters of the 10th Congressional District. The Evening Light. San Antonio, Texas. August 2, 1882. Newspapers.com.
5. Web site: August 26, 2021 . District Population Analysis with County Subtotals CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2100 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627201121/https://data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/d76b111c-63a8-4868-b937-2f689d61060b/resource/42d93c3b-9571-45c2-9829-5bf491459fab/download/planc2100r100.pdf . June 27, 2022 . January 1, 2023 . Capitol Data Portal . Texas Legislative Council.
6. Web site: October 17, 2021 . District Population Analysis with County Subtotals CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS - PLANC2193 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225103632/https://data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/b806b39a-4bab-4103-a66a-9c99bcaba490/resource/494a6420-5004-4fcc-a7c6-a6d5a24e34a6/download/planc2193r100.pdf . December 25, 2022 . January 1, 2023 . Capitol Data Portal . Texas Legislative Council.
7. Web site: Downey. Renzo. January 21, 2019. Mike Siegel running again in North Austin congressional district. August 23, 2020. Austin American Statesman.
8. Web site: Texas' 10th Congressional District election, 2020. August 23, 2020. Ballotpedia.
9. News: Adams-Heard. Rachel. August 13, 2020. A Bernie Democrat Will Again Try to Flip Texas' 10th District. August 24, 2020. Bloomberg.com.